I made this quick and easy but very cute towel for a friend’s birthday last weekend. She is one of my theater friends and played Miep in The Diary of Anne Frank with me this spring. Miep was known for bringing the Frank’s supplies while they were in hiding and there is a scene in the play where she brings them spice cake for the New Year. Heidi is also known for bringing us all baked treats during the run of the show so this design was quite fitting for her. I got the design from Urban Threads. I really love their designs and the prices are very good.

This is a raw edge applique design and I stitched it on a waffle weave towel. Here is the direct link to the design: Take the Cake

 
This is the view west on Main Street from my front porch just now. Saturdays are usually pretty quiet around here anyway, but when Mother Nature sends this stuff, it is down right cryptic around here.
 
These are the Spruce trees along the edge of my parking lot. Aren’t they pretty?

Anyway, when it gets like this on a Saturday, I try to get productive. I’ve been doing so much computer work this week that I can’t stand it anymore so I decided to sew instead. (It’s only 11a.m. right now so I have a lot more time to find stuff to do!)

 
This beauty has been draped across the back of the pink comfy chair in the corner almost since I opened. Years ago I was really into fancy embroidery, silk ribbons and beads. This was an experiment in crazy quilting and embellishment. Today I decided to finish it up into something useful. I squared it up and put a back on it and now it is a pillow cover. The finished size is about 15×15 and I don’t have a 14 inch square pillow form handy so I can’t test how it looks completely finished. I don’t know what I’ll do with it. There is a lot of detailed handwork on it so I have no idea what to charge if I were to try to sell it. I guess I’ll just keep it around to further illustrate that I have a lot of talents that really aren’t very practical but sure are pretty!
      
Now I think I may go dig out those children’s choir robes and see if I can get them finished up.

 
If I had to list my Top Ten craft materials wool felt would definitely be in the Top 5. (Hmmm, maybe I will think on this and actually make a top ten list…)
There is just so much to love about real 100% wool felt (or the 80/20 stuff if you just can’t find or afford the 100% stuff).

 
Last week my shipment of wool felt packs arrived. The fat quarter bundle (7-22″x18″ cuts) is $41.99 and the Charm Pack (36-5×5″ squares) is $21.99.