Thready Thursday...

I am taking an online sewing class at

Crazy Little Projects

and last week's class was

How To Sew A Straight Line

 

They suggested making a burp cloth or two but I have no need for those so I figured I would dress up some plain kitchen towels with a colorful panel.

 

Here are the towels and the fabric I plan on using

 

First I cut out the three panels

 

and then I sewed them on the front of the towels

 I sewed them at different heights because I thought they looked more interesting that way.

and this is the finished product!

 

I didn't stop there though...

I needed a new cover for a q-snap I found while "organizing" my stash

 

I found this tutorial and thought

THIS LOOKS EASY!

and it was ;)

 

So I got out this fabric and elastic and got to work.

I needed it to fit an 11" x 11" frame so

my fabric is 45" x 7" 

made a hem of a half inch on each side

(I folded it in a 1/2" and then did it again)

 then cut 2 pieces of elastic -

I folded the fabric in half and used that

plus another inch for the length of the elastic

then I threaded through the elastic through

the hem and sewed the elastic to

the fabric to secure it on both ends

 

sew a seam to join the two ends together

and VIOLA it is a q-snap cover!!

 

 Thanks for taking a peek at my sewing!