Coffee in a minute

I saw some cute cozies on Etsy and had to give it a try.

Here is a picture of the actual item, keeping an actual drink company. Sent from the actual coffee shop, even.

If you look closely, you can see another in the background, carefully guarded by its owner.

Ladies Pajama Sunday

Today, the ladies all came by for sewing, gossip and food.

The project today was pajama pants, because you can never have too many.

(Well, I had to admit that I didn't need another pair. I think more than five is pushing the limits of good sense.)

Fun fabric choices combined with a simple pattern to make wonderful pajama pants for each of the sewing ladies.

Thank you to all the ladies for a wonderful Sunday and for being kind enough to pose in your wonderful, comfortable creations.

I had to include a close-up of Jen's fabric. Not everyone can pull off pink and John Deere in one place.

Next week? I think we may have to make hanging kitchen towels. Simple (because I'm not allowed to say "easy" anymore) enough to not need to be gathered.

Unless, of course, I get some other crazy idea before the end of the week.

Reduce, Recycle, Reuse

I can't resist a challenge.

In this case, the challenge of making a pair of thrift store jeans into a bag. Okay, so I really used a pair of jeans and a button-down shirt.

The jeans are reasonably sized, but still make a good-sized bag. More than big enough to store your current knitting project or even double as a diaper bag.

Plenty of pockets, too.

Oh, and for those of you that heard there was yarn dyeing going on, here is a peek at some of the colorways.

Kitchen Fashion

Sometimes, an idea comes to me that just begs to come to life. Here is one of those little ideas.

Are you tired of Honey walking off with your kitchen hand towel? Of course, you don't realize it until he's left the kitchen and your hands are wet.

Through the years, I've seen these in many a kitchen. I saw some really cute towels on Etsy.com and just had to attempt to make one.

In my sewing world, nothing ever really happens by singles. I don't think efficiency can be taken too far.

Although, while working with my stash fabrics, I didn't get any to match. No two fabrics the same, no two buttons the same. I'm a stash-buster!

(That assumes I don't buy more fabric, or hit the thrift store during a 50% off everything sale.)