Placements for Melissa!
I wanted to make some placemats that weren’t too complicated for Melissa (our oldest daughter) and this pattern was it:
Sittin Pretty by Nancy Altsman of Black Cat Creations.
I love to french braid and the technique used here was simple. Fabric requirments are:
Sometimes it’s fun to start with a pattern and “tweak” it just a bit to make it simpler and faster.
I made 4 placemats using my ”tweaks” (no binding & easy borders) and the results:
The back side is 54″ wide fabric from the Holly Jolly collection and took 1 1/4 yards to do all 4 placemats! There was enough fabric left to make napkins!
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My grandson Spencer told me he wanted a flannel Funky Monkey quilt for his birthday. He loves that fabric, so how could I say no? I needed something that would last many laundering’s and be kid-proof. I used 5 different fabrics @ 1/2 yard each and cut them into 10 @ 18″x18″ squares and made a giant 9-patch quilt for him. I sewed these squares together with 1/2″ seams but didn’t have time to put on a binding. So, using Moda Snuggles, I put right sides together, sewed, turned and top stitched! This project took a total of 3 hours to complete!
I enlisted the help of Grandma Jan (his other grandma) to make him PJ’s and a sock monkey. Well…..she is quite the sewer and look at what she came up with. The sock monkey matches the pj’s and has a little bag to put Spencer’s teeth in for the Tooth Fairy!
Quilt Kits are available here: Spencer’s Quilt
I received this note and photos from a satisfied customer and wanted to share them with you,
“Dear Granny Linda:
Thank you SO much for the Learn to Sew kit and tin! My mom gave it to me for Christmas and I was very excited to learn to sew with it. Yesterday, my mom and I got out my little sewing machine and she showed me how to press the edges of my pockets down and how to sew the pockets on my tote bag. Then, we sewed the tote bag up. It looks very nice and my furry stuffed animals will now have a fun place to hang out with me. It was fun. Here is a picture of me with my finished bag. And then my mom took a picture of one of the pockets, so you could see how good I did!
Sincerely, B. Cristen
Age 10″
You can see the “Learn to Sew” tin and kit from Moda here.