Seam Ripper Sunday--Towel Revamp

Seam Ripper Count:  1/2 (I caught myself before I started stitching at one point)

I found at Target 2 packs of hand towels on sale.  I knew I could do SOMETHING with them--and here it is.  I found some coordinating fabric in my stash and got to work.

And, here is the after!  You'll notice that the aqua polka dots didn't make it on.  This was to be a ruffle.  I'm still going to add it, but this was as far as I could go before someone started yelling for Mommy!  But I was able to crank out another one for the girls' bathroom.

Craft Room Redo

I don't have many "before" pictures, meaning "before destuction."  But I do have pictures of the carpet rip-out phase.  It should be noted that the whole upstairs looked similar to this nightmare.

Before:

And finally, some peace has been restored!

After:

My foldout cutting table (down)

My cutting table (extended)

Yes, I still need to do some painting.

Itsy Bitsy Paper--Dollar Store Craft

Check out this fabulous dollar store craft from Lindy at Itsy Bitsy Paper.  I know what I'm doing tomorrow!  Check out her great blog at Itsybitsypaper.blogspot.com!

http://itsybitsypaper.blogspot.com/2011/02/dollar-store-craft.html

Fat Quarter Frenzy

Well, I made it through another Fat Quarter sale at Among Friends Quilt Shop.  The prep work for this sale is second only to the day after Thanksgiving sales.  I ended up with 53 total fat quarters.  Here is a sample of my findings. 

And, if that wasn't enough fabric for the day, I also found these prints.  My daughter loves peace signs and it is hard to find peace sign material that isn't "cheesy."  This was my compromise.

Trash to Treasure--Cassette Holder

Does anyone know what the item below is?  If you were born prior to 1990, then you should!  It's a cassette holder.  Yes, it brings back memories of having to hit fast forward to go to the next song . . .not quite there--more FF . . . nope, almost--more FF . . . crap, too far--rewind.  Great times!  And look, the previous owner left a small token broken inside.

Before:

I'm sure there are a million great uses for this (besides holding your Phil Collins' No Jacket Required tape.)  I decided this would be perfect to hold my fat quarters which are quickly piling up.

After:

Trash to Treasure--Fax Box

This is the fax box we used to sort out incoming faxes at the office. 

This had too many great cubby holes for me to let it go to waste and be thrown away.  So, I found a foam brush, my Mod Podge and cut up several sheets of scrapbook paper.  My final goal was to use this to sort my fabrics.

And here's the final version below!  I know the modem and router do not go with my theme.  However, their previous home were on the floor. I can't wait to use my new treasure!

Seam Ripper Sundays

Seam Ripper Count:  2

For my first installment of Seam Ripper Sundays, I decided to make the Mod Jacket from the book, Sew Serendipity by Kay Whitt.

One of my favorite shops in Columbus, Sew to Speak, was having a sale on Saturday and I found the cute fabrics below:

Here's my progress Saturday evening:

And, finally, voila!