Layout for gift bags

After laying the two strips (5"X22") in the shape of a cross - sew along the middle on each side - then sew each of the four sides together - hem down top of bag - add handles (grosgrain ribbon) and lace if desired.

gift bags

Clay pot doll

We made these cute clay pot dolls in Craft Club today - I used a metal vase for my base, and a clay pot head that I painted, the other gals used a larger clay pot on the bottom. It was a lot of fun decorating them up with buttons and 'stuff'.

fat cats

I made this wall hanging using part of a jelly roll in some pretty wild colors - I plan on adding a buillion fringe at the bottom - too quiet the way it is - ha ha....

Craft Club flag

What fun it was to make this flag. It is composed of red, white and blue form core. A pair of scissors, paper punch ruler, paper clips, bells and some glue and that's it! The small rod on top can be made from bamboo sticks that you use on the grill - after it was finished I noticed that the long stripes and the short stripes are uneven - we looked at the picture from the magazine and theirs was uneven too - how funny. I could have fixed it, but I sort of like it the way it is.

Keeping off the roads and alley

One of the gals in our quilt workshop showed us how to crochet a 'curly' scarf and we all loved trying it out. Using different yards and needles really made a big difference on how they turned out.

Yesterday we worked on making greeting cards at Craft Club - lots of fun. Some of the gals have great ideas and do some swell stuff - mine was sort of vanilla.