Grandma's Got a Sewing Machine: A Hodge Podge of Sewing Projects!

If you follow me over on A Working Pantry you will know that in this post I dropped a teaser on a project my sister and I were doing together in spite of living 12 hours apart. This is the picture I shared ...

There were some good guesses as to what I/we were making, but none were right. Here's the fall version of the finished product ...

Here's the link to the YouTube video we took the instructions from. We didn't follow her exact directions but instead changed a few of the measurements to suit our towels.

We are on a mission to make 'kitchen' themed gifts as gifts for the holiday season. What would you put with the towel? Both my sister and I are doing a variety of towels, some for us and some for gift giving. What would you like to receive in a 'kitchen' themed gift if you were the recipient? We really want it to be something we make ... kind of a gift from the heart.

I'm back to stitching up 'santa sacks' and while shopping from my fabric pantry came across a bear themed piece of fabric in my stash. It was given to me last year and I thought the bears were so cute but couldn't really come up with an idea to use them. I added the fabric to my stash and forgot about it ... until this week! I got the idea to fussy cut the bears and turn them into 'holiday gift sacks.' Here's one I did this week ...

I've been going through my summer clothes before changing them out for winter clothing and recycling fabric from items I don't intend to wear again for whatever reason. The lining and loops at the top of this bear bag are from some of that recycled clothing ... turned fabric. The picture doesn't do the bear bag justice as the lighting in the room was off, but it really is so very cute! I am thinking that a certain grandchild of mine will love receiving gifts from grandma and grandpa dressed up and delivered in this bag!

A few other things I've managed to finish since I last posted are ...

this jar topper ...

I just love the country farmhouse look and this gingham jar topper fits the theme so well!

And finally, here's a leaders and enders project I try to work on every time I sit down at my sewing machine to do any sewing. Either before I start sewing on the 'current project' at that time or immediately after I finish, I stitch up one of these using random scrap fabric I have on hand. I have several pre-cut so it's easy to grab one and run it through the machine. I usually only do one or two, sometimes more, but the idea is not to rush to finish it but to just work on it a little at a time. When I get the stack finished, my plans are to turn it into a quilt or use it as a border on a quilt.

Don't forget, I would really like to hear your ideas on what to put in a 'kitchen' theme gift for the holiday season that would go well with the towels my sister and I are making. Thanks in advance for your input!

That's it for this post, what are you stitching up and or creating?

mrs. patsi @ Grandma's Got a Sewing Machine