Everybody’s Talking Sewing

Since I had some of the illusion netting left over from making the body loofah - and I do so hate wasting perfectly good materials - I added a mitten loofah to the collection.

Your Mitten

Trace around your hand on tissue or tracing paper. Add at least an extra 1″ all the way around your hand when you do this. I use paper when need to trace or transfer markings. You can get it on a roll very cheaply and it lasts forever.

Pin your pattern to at least 8-layers of illusion netting. This will give you 4-layers per side for your mitten.

Set your sewing machine for a 2.5 straight stitch, and sew along your traced pattern line through the netting. Take a couple of extra stitches at the junction of the thumb so that it’s not a V - more like a U-shape; it will lay nicer this way when you turn it.

Tear off all the tracing paper; the close straight-stitches will make it easy to remove.

Trim your edge to 1/4″ to 3/8″ wide - trim carefully at the V/U of the thumb area.

Clip the V/U at the thumb junction, and turn the mitten right side out. Pin all round to hold the mitten flat.

Sew about 1/8″ all round the outside edge of the mitten.  (Yes that is one of those Plexiglas sewing tables. They’re from DreamWorld - I’ve had four custom tables for my different sewing machines; I can’t imagine not using one, they’re that terrific).

After you’ve clipped threads and removed all the pins, we’ll finish the bottom edge. Turn up the open end about 1/2″, and pin securely. I used a 3.5 width x 1.5 length zig-zag stitch to sew this turned-under edge into place. You might want to run a simple straight stitch along this open end before turning it under if you’re having problems with the different layers of illusion netting behaving themselves.

TA-DA!  One handy-dandy mitten loofah custom made just for you - by you.  Just like the body loofah, the mitten is gentle, dries fast and is fully washable. You might want to add a loop to it for hanging…. you’re bound to have a little netting left over!

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It’s almost the middle of October. How can it be the middle of October? It was just June! I blinked again didn’t I? Gotta stop doing that…

I know a lot of folks that have the exact same reaction - usually followed by a good case of panic for the upcoming holiday season. I can relate.

Last year we started creating fast-to-make Free Holiday Ornament patterns to download in PDF format. The original series was Cats and Dogs, and since then we’ve added All Baby Things and Hope and Remembrance.

Make them out of fleece or have the kids do them from felt! Nice and quirky - they’re going to make you smile.

A few weeks ago while paying bills I realized it was getting on that time of year again. I know their’s a correlation between those two items… anyway, I wanted something that could make up fast, didn’t cost an arm-and-a-leg, and still look good.

I don’t want much do I?

Well it took a bit, but I figured it out. If you’ve opened a catalogue lately, you’re going to see Wine Glass Charms staring at you - pricey Wine Glass Charms.

I think they’re great… especially when I realized I had everything I needed to really personalize them. Well Duh Ann! Glad you woke up kiddo.

We’d already put together 13 different sets of themed Pewter Charms and had them on the Wearables site, and I’m discovering more I’ve just ‘got to have’ all the time. (If there’s some theme we haven’t created yet, but you’d really like, let us know) These are perfect to use for Wine Glass Charms.

All I needed to do was get the rest of the components and write up some instructions. I could so do that!

I ended up putting together kits for sets of 6 Wine Glass Charms; with extra split rings and 24 extra crystal glass beads. You didn’t think I was going to use acrylic did you? Not a chance. All you need to do is add your favorite charms.

Quick, easy, and inexpensive - I think we have a winner here. Besides, I’ve already made 24; I’m on a roll.

PS: You can learn all about them if you just Click Here.

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