While I am rolling along sharing some of the quilting/sewing related projects I've completed (ah, what a wonderful feeling of something FINISHED), here are a few more.

I picked up this remnant of fleece at Hancock's only because I really liked the vibrant colors. Originally I had thought of making it into a scarf for hubby, but decided it wasn't "manly" enough. Last night after finding a rotary cutter that is in desperate need of a blade change, I trimmed it up the best I could and made some little fringe. Since the weather is a bit chilly right now, if I do venture outside, I'll be happy to have a fleece scarf to warm me up!!

In the early months of 2007, I decided it was time for me to have an apron. Whenver I cook or bake, I have a tendency to wipe my hands on my shirt and pants. So an apron really is a necessity for me.  Even though I have two aprons patterns, of course I couldn't find them. After thinking about this for weeks, and looking at towels at Wal-Mart, I knew it could be done frugally.  I bought a cheap bath towel, some grossgrain(?) for the ties and  coordinating dishclothes. Sewing through terrycloth isn't easy. My machine was less than happy with this task. I flipped up the towel in the middle so that I could create pockets. Into one of those pockets I sewed two of the dishclothes. I wished I had made the tie ribbons longer as it's hard for me to reach around my back and tie/untie them. As for the tie around the neck, it works, but the weight of the towel is too much.

In hindsight I am glad that I was able to envision this idea and make it work. However, if I were to do this in the future, I probably wouldn't use a towel as the weight of it is really too much on the neck.  Plus I really like the idea of having dishcloths to wipe my hands on. So I would definitely add that feature, but attach them with a button so they could be washed separately. My apron has been used by not only me, but the boys ~ they like to dry their hands on the towel, ur apron. 

While hubby was working in my craft room before Christmas getting the computer ready for the boys, I found a piece of fabric that I didn't recognize. Talk about suprised when I opened it up and realized it was a Chrismtas apron. So on Christmas Eve, while hubby was doing the computer thing, I sewed this little apron right up. I am very happy with the end result. So happy that the last time I was at Hancock's I picked up four more aprons, all Christmas themed as they were 75% off ~ can't beat that frugal deal.

And for the last project of the day, here's a purse I did a few years ago. The actual purse is from the craft section of Wal-Mart. I think it was just a few dollors. I found this Fun Fur (?) and crocheted it. That was the most  difficult crocheting I've ever done. I found a huge hook and made sure my stitches were definitely loose, very loose. Then I sewed the "fur" around the top of the purse. It's definitely cute, but I don't know that I'd do the crocheting of the fur again.