Doggie Apron

For Christmas this year my sister said that she wanted handmade doggie items (actually she said bracelets, but we'll get to that later).  While I was over a Joann's, I spotted this cute Christmas fabric with dogs on it.

Here is a close-up of the sweet little dogs on the fabric.  I knew that I needed to make her something with it.  So when I got home, I stitched up this reversible apron for her to wear while making the Christmas cooking and baking dishes.

While looking around my craft room for some more "dog fabric," I spotted these little pups.  They are leftover pieces from a doggie quilt that I made her a few years ago.  I quilted them into a couple of microwave fabric bowls for her kitchen.  

I had to make them patchwork because I only had small pieces of fabric left over.  But I think they came out cute.  What do you think - do you like the patchwork look?

 

Making Microwave Bowl Holders

Some of the groups that I belong to on Facebook are ones that have to do with stamping or sewing projects.  (Hmm...Does that surprise you?)  One day I saw a photo of someone who had made some of these microwave bowl holders.  And she had a whole stack of them!

Anyway, I got that photo in my head and wanted to make some of these cute holders, so I took out some fabric and away I sewed.  They are so much fun to make, quick and easy and make a nice gift given with a bowl and some soup or something.

You can find the pattern on youtube- there's a lot of people making them.  I used mostly teals and some coordinating colors so that mine would match my kitchen.  Only problem is, I don't want to use them and get them dirty!  Ha ha!  I would just like to display them near my mircowave.  :)

Well, I might pick one to use.  If you get them dirty you can wash them in your washer.

Here is my "stack."  What do you think?