Hot pads

had some scrap fabric laying around and thought I'd wip up some more decorative  hot pads for my kitchen.. and we like to use them as little place mats, for when our bowls or plates are hot.

they are 10"x10"

batting

bias tape

and I used white material for the back

Dish Towels & flashcards

Appliqued dish towels

Made these for a good friend's birthday

The brown and turqoise polka dot fabric worked out perfect for the eyes of the birds!

(The appliqued patterns are hand drawn on the fabric and cut out)

Phonogram flashcards

index cards

small book ring

ribbon

1 hole punch

easy peasy

Grocery bag holder

If you want your holder all one color - 1 piece of fabric, 20 x 25 inches. If you want strips like pictured here, you'll need 6 pieces of fabric, 20" x 5 ".
2 pieces of narrow elastic (1/2", 1/4" wide or smaller). 11 " and 6 1/2 ".
1 piece of ribbon - 14 inches long.
Thread

If you're using strips, sew all of them together along their long sides (a little larger seems than your elastic). Iron all of the seams open.

Then, make a casing for your elastic at each end. Turn over the fabric about 1/4" and then fold it over again a little larger than the size of your elastic. Sew really close to the fold so that your elastic can still fit. Do this to both ends.

Now, thread your elastic through each end and sew each end of the elastic securely to the opening of each end of the casing. Keep in mind, the larger piece of elastic is for the top of your holder (so you can shove many bags in) and the smaller piece of elastic is for the bottom (so that you only pull one bag out at a time).

Next, turn the holder right side out and pin the ribbon (I turned the end under once) into place, about 3/4 of an inch from the top. Sew the ribbon into place several times, making it secure.

Lastly, sew the 2 long sides together, with right sides together and sew other side of ribbon to other side of bag.

Stuff it and Hang it!