Florida Vacation

We leave this Saturday June 28th for a 10 day florida vacation to orlando/Daytona Beach and then just down the coast to Coco Beach and where ever else our little hearts desire and boy do we need this vacation just me and hubby... I will post
pictures after we return home..

1944 Vintage inspired laundry bag

Free Laundry Bag Pattern - Vintage (1944)

Materials:

3/4 yard Printed Cotton

J. & P. Coats Percale Bias Trim, single fold

Coat Hanger

J. & P. Coats or Clark’s O.N.T. Mercerized Sewing Thread in matching colors, or Best Six Cord in white

Directions for Cutting:

1 piece — 18″ x 36″
2 pieces — 7″ x 17 1/2″

Directions for Making:
(1/2″ allowed for seams)

Place 7″ x 17 1/2″ pieces (top section) wrong sides together.
To shape top edge, place a hanger along edge, draw around outside curve and cut along outline.
Cut one piece in half up the center and hem cut edges 1/4″ and press.
Baste the 2 small pieces against the one whole piece, right sides together, and stitch across the top and down the sides, turn to right side and press.
To make bag section, stitch selvage edges of 18″ x 36″ piece together (right sides together) to within 6″ from top edge and press.
With selvage seam at center front, stitch across bottom edge, turn to right side and press.
Gather top edge of bag section.
Baste and stitch top section to bag section, raw edge to raw edge (right sides together).
Baste and stitch both edges of bias trim across front 3″ from top edge and repeat this over seam line, allowing 10″ to extend at each side of center opening for ties.
To finish ties, top stitch 10″ of bias to wrong side of each tie. Insert hanger.

Wallet Sized Sewing Kit

Wallet Sized Sewing Kit - Free Tutorial
Today’s feature is from Mackville Road with a lovely wallet sized Sewing Bag Tutorial.

This is a wallet shaped bag that has several pockets and features to hold things like threads, small scissors, pins, needles, whatever you like. Very cute and perfect for toting around sewing supplies!

Supplies needed:

Eight 7″ X 8″ pieces of fabric (suggests at least one piece with a heavier weight)
2″ X 4″ piece of felt
1 Button
Thread
Visit the site for complete instructions.

For more projects to organize and tote around crafty stuff, see 26 Free Tutorials For Needle Books & Cases, Crochet Hook Clutch Pattern and 30 Free Patterns For Knitting Needle Cases, Rolls, Pouches & Organizers.

Heat Resistant curling iron Bag

Heat Resistant Curling Iron Bag - Sewing Tutorial
Today’s feature is from Suzanne with a free sewing tutorial for a Heat Resistant Curling Iron Bag:

When we travel I do my hair just as we are leaving. I hate having to put the hot curling iron in the luggage. So once I became interested in sewing again I looked for a pattern to make something that will keep the heat from ruining anything. Saw where someone has a patent on some kind of curling iron bag, also saw advertisements for bags selling for $20 and up - didn’t even look.

I tried to modify instructions from a tote bag I found on line but just couldn’t get it to do what I wanted with two different fabric patterns and with the heat resistant lining. After trying four times and having all four not being what I was looking for I had an “Eureka” moment. So here it is - my first pattern. The pattern assumes people already know how to sew.

Materials Needed Include:

28″ piece of ribbon, lace, cord or whatever you like
Thread
Permanent fabric adhesive
Cotton Fabric
Heat resistant lining
Nice project and perfect for toting around a curling iron when traveling!

Layered Mexican Salad (YUMMO!!!!)

Layered Mexican Salad

1 lg. can refried beans
1 sm. container sour cream
1 pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch (tm) dressing
lettuce, grated
1 lg. tomato, chopped
1 pkg. grated cheese (your choice of flavor)
1 sm. can black olives
1 sm. cans of jalapeno peppers
1 bag Doritos Taco Flavored chips

On a large plate, smooth out the can of refried beans. Mix sour cream and Hidden Valley Ranch (tm) dressing together. Spoon this mixture on top of refried beans. Graduate each layer in so that there is a border of each layer sticking out. Layer each of the following ingredients: lettuce, tomato, grated cheese, jalapeno peppers and then black olives. Serve with crushed taco flavored chips on top.

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Grubby Grungy Jars

Grubby Grungy Jars

Okay....so I thought these would be easy to make. I got the recipe ALL wrong. I glopped this cinnamon and glue crap all over a jar. It looked kinda funky. I couldn't remember my recipe...how much cinnamon, how much glue...was there anything else I was supposed to add??? DUH.....Oh well....It was fun to play! I found my recipe and will be trying again this weekend!

Here is a great recipe from Prim Mart--I copied this word for word from their site. I think they have the best tutorials on the web.


SUPPLIES:
GLASS JARS
MODGE PODGE (OR ELMER'S GLUE)
INSTANT COFFEE OR GROUND SPICES

Pour instant coffee granules into a large bowl (you can use a plate or cookie sheet-whatever. Coat the jar with modge podge, one section at a time and then roll/push it into the coffee granules-bang the jar to get off the loose coffee...Do each section and then let it sit overnight. Then coat again with modge podge and roll again in coffee granules...Let dry overnight. Do this as many times as you want for the look you want.

Just a few notes: ALOT of the granules will fall off and after the first application you'll still be able to brush them off when dry-DON'T DO IT!

Coat for the 2nd time and roll again. As the modge podge mixes with the granules it will make the modge podge DARK as it dries...kinda looks like molasses but dried...You can see in the pic the parts that look like that.

After you are satisfied with the look and it's dry, coat one more time to "seal" with modge podge.... (I didn't do this part tho...A TINY TINY amount of coffee "dust" came off when I ran my hands over the jar so I'm thinking if you coated one final time it'd be "sealed" really good)

You could try this with cinnamon or other ground spices too-or mix the coffee/cinnamon together. You might need to do one round of the coffee and then the next time do cinnamon as when the coffee gets wet it tends to dissolve a bit.

You will notice that some of it will slide down the jar-don't put too thick of a coat of modge podge on the jar or it WILL slide down-remember it's like spray painting-a few light coats is better than one drippy heavy one!

I did not use anything to "prep" the jar, I did not do the inside of the jar either.

You could print out your vintage picture or label and glue it on the jar then do the grunging around the label.

These would be really cool with prim fabric flowers in them...or candles...I have this one sitting on my counter with a votive in it-looks very cool-hard to capture the "glow" on camera tho...

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Seasonal Tissue Box cover

Here is free pattern I stumbled upon and I love it.. So I thought I would share it with all of you.. Enjoy it...