Bowl Potholders Tutorial

I thought I would do a small tutorial on how I did those potholders for bowls.

I cute 2 pieces of fabric 10.5 square. 2 pieces of cotton batting or insul bright 10.5 square. If you want to use these in the microwave use cotton batting. Insul Bright CAN NOT be placed in the microwave.

place the batting on top of fabric and draw an X  sew the X. This gives is some stability.

 

 

Next measure the middle which was 5.25  then 1 inch on either side   then 2.5 inch down. You can see the markings in the first picture.  Fold and make a dart.  Do this on each side.. there will be 4 darts total.

after sewing the dart   trim

place rights sides together and sew around the edge leaving a small space for turning.

trim off the corners

turns right side out,  either hand stitch the opening or stitch all way around the edge.

I like this size  it can fit different style bowls

 

sorry some pictures are blurry  not sure if it is the camera or me. But you get the picture. :)

 

40 Years Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to my Husband and I    40 years ago today I married my best friend,  the love of my life, my high school sweetheart

 

 

Bowl Potholder

Everyone in my family knows that my hubby Tim LOVES ice cream. He can sit and eat a half gallon all himself if I would let him.   Years ago my mother took a trip to Mexico and saw this ice cream  bowl she brought it back for Tim.

 Every time I get ice cream for him I wrap a dish towel around the bowl.  The bowl gets cold for his hands. I have seen these before on the Internet just never bothered to make it. My to do list is very long. You know how things just get put off. I had bought this pattern a few years back and had thoughts yep going to do this.  Again the project got put on the list.

 

Finally yesterday I got it done. I made a few changes . I knew this wasn't going to be put in the microwave so instead of cotton batting I used insul bright thinking it would hold the cold in protect his hands from getting chilled. I made it 10.5 inch square.  These were very easy to make. Now why didn't I make it before?

I made a few more

Forget Me Not Doily

I just finished my forget me not doily.  It was to have 2 rows of flowers.  But I miss counted and did the first row of flowers wrong. They are to have six petals not five. Grrrrr. That's what I get for not reading the pattern.  It still looks pretty. I am not going to throw it away. I will use it somewhere.

Pot Holders

I decided to make my son on law some potholders. He is always taking my daughters outside when he grills. Then she doesn't have hers in the kitchen. Of course he takes the double mitt one, that is the one she uses alot.
Also in Liz ' s sew along it is kitchen. Perfect. I get to finish both.
I really wanted beer fabric. Bit I couldn't find any at Joann's. I did find this wine one
Hugs
Susan

Crochet Along Finished

I am finally finished with this crochet along. Can you see me doing my happy dance. :). I just pressed it alittle cause I want to use it on my coffee table in the living room . This turned out bigger than I thought using size 10 thread and 7 hook.
If I decide to use it on my round kitchen table I will block it . Right now it's 32 inches.
Now back to my table cloth squares and I am going to get back to my sewing machine as well.

Crochet Along Last Row

I am finally on the last row of this crochet along. Oh boy is this going to take a long time. Making these points is the last row. This is going to take a long time as I don't crochet fast.
See the one set of point on top. I have 15 more to do.
Hugs. Susan

Update on Crochet Along

Here I am on row 28.  Hopefully I will finish this week.

Crochet Along

I visited this blog http://stitchymcfloss.blogspot.com  and she was having a Crochet Along (CAL). I thought the doily was so lovely I had to join up. I joined up a few days late so I thought I had to catch up.  Doilies are my weakness. Just had to make this one. Here is the link for the doily.  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/large-pineapple-doily

                                                                ISN'T THIS A BEAUTY!!!!

Here I am at at row 21 of 34.

I am using size 10 thread with a 7 needle  This is going to come out much bigger that the orginal.. They did it in size 30 thread. Once this is finished back to my tablecloth.

New Doily

I just finished Row17 of 34

Crochet

It has been awhile since I blogged here.  It is not like that I  not doing anything  I really am. LOL Would be nice just sitting on the sofa eating candy but...
I have been crocheting my little fingers to the bone.
Make these different doilies for family.
I first made this for my mother

Don't know why it keeps turning sideways..

Then I made these

I am also making Mother's Day gifts   that I will post at a later date.

Another St.Patrick's Day Doily

Just finished this small St.Patrick's Day doily. I got it on the Internet for free. It's called Celtic Cross Doily by Rosé Pirrone.
http://www.free-crochet.com/detail.html?code=FC00948&cat_id=311

St. Patrick's Day Decorations

Thought I would post all my St. Patrick's Day decorations.

My kitchen table... I crocheted this table topper last year.

This is the doily in the kitchen. The printable I got from Pinterest. Follow me on Pinterest  I have a board called Printables.

This is in the Living room

My dinning room table

The table runner I made a few years back..
Please excuse the puzzle pieces( hahahaha) I am putting together a puzzle for the sewing room.

I have a long way to go on the puzzle. I am not very good with puzzles. :) But I am trying. I keep it on the card table.

St. Patrick's Day Doily

I made this St. Patrick's Day doily. I saw this on Olga's blog. http://lacycrochet.blogspot.com     I thought hmmmmm I have some left over green thread,  ok I will make one since it is a small.
 She found the directions  here: http://www.crochetpatty.com/patterns/thread/clover.html  by Patrizia Pisani. 
 I changed the directions a bit.
This is my version.
If you like to crochet you got to check out Olga's blog mentions above (lacycrochet).  She does lovely work and I admire her alot.Thanks for posted it Olga and giving me the idea.

                   

My version is 9.5 inches

Tablecloth

Here are the directions for the table cloth I am making.
it is called Double Delight.  You can mak it in different size since it is made with motifs