Cozy?

I used some of our fabric to make a coffee cozy.  What do you think?

Because of the elastic, it fits snugly onto this coffee cup and will adjust to other sizes of cups as well.  It has cotton batting inside the fabric layers, so it will really protect your hands from the hot coffee.  With all the cute buttons we have, the most difficult part of the project was choosing which button to use.  This fabric comes with 3 designs in each package.

Here's the Candlelight Christmas Designer Fabric:

This fabric is in our Holiday Catalog.  Always check out the clearance rack, too, for bargains with fabric and other crafting supplies.   

Oh, and don't forget to sign up for my Just Christmas Cards class this Thursday.  We'll be making 15 cards -- 3 each of 5 designs.  Look over in the side bar and you can see the cards.  Want to come but feel you might be too tired to make 15 cards after a busy day?  I have a suggestion:  Come and make 5 cards, then stamp and/or cut all the pieces you'll need to finish the other cards at home.  Have a great day!

Fun Fabric Project

While I'm home this morning with yet another asthma episode (forgot to wear my dust mask when I was shuffling Christmas decorations from storage), I'll share one of my latest fabric projects with you.  These were so much fun to make.

Using 1 piece of fabric from the package, you can make 2 wine bottle gift bags.  The packages come with 3 pieces of fabric, each a different design.  Each piece is slightly larger than a fat quarter, like you buy for quilting.

I dressed it up by tying it closed with some of our sweater trim.  Then I added a pair of our stitched felt mittens and a cute little tag.  I tied the tag on with bakers twine.

My husband had the idea to turn down the top edge a little and I liked it!  He's very clever sometimes and I'm glad he's interested in my projects.  Wouldn't this make a nice Christmas gift for someone.  Of course, my bottle is empty - for display only:)

Have a great day and remind me to use my dust mask whenever I handle anything from storage.  I can't believe I forgot it.  Come back soon.  In my next post, I'll show you another cute project using this same fabric.