Simple Home Project- Dishtowels

Happy Monday! What a week we had here at The Quilt Barn. The sale kept us all busy and flying around the store.

But now it is time to get back to our usual: blogging about the stuff we love and have made.
I am on project #4 (I think) from the book Simple Home, dishtowels.

I had been meaning to go shopping and buy some plain dishtowels and embellish with their method but other things distracted me (as is easily done). Then I spied dishtowels on a roll. What!!?? How can you work somewhere and not notice something? Lets be honest, that happens all the time to me. I will be cutting some fabric and never have seen it.

So, I cut a couple of lengths of the dishtowel on a roll, gathered scraps and ruffled ric rac and got to work. Voila, fancy dishtowels.

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Simple Home Projects- Placemats

Today I was supposed to show you Part 2 of The Courthouse Steps Tutorial.
Sewing, writing, and photographing that tutorial is kicking my seat.
While I work on that I will show you the placemats I made from the Simple Home Book. Remember the potholders I made? This is the second project. I am hoping to make most of the projects from this book.

Tada, the scalloped edge placemats. I like the fabric in the book better. I was going for fallish fabrics for mine. One down, 5 to go.

Last year I made these placemats (reversible). They are like a mini quilt that I sandwiched, quilted and bound. They have held up really well.

Which project should I do next? I am liking the quicker ones. The tote bag? The apron? Choices, choices.
And the rest of the Couthouse Steps tutorial? I will have that finished up for you this week.

tara