{"id":1762,"date":"2013-10-18T16:59:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T21:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2013-10-18T18:02:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T23:02:03","slug":"the-scrappy-fun-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=1762","title":{"rendered":"More scrappy fun"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Scrappy,<\/a>

Scrappy, Crumby Potholders<\/p><\/div>\n

I continue to enjoy using scraps and crumbs to make useful items for our home.\u00a0 These potholders were made by treadle-sewing fabric scraps to foundation (used printer) paper for both front and back sides.\u00a0 After removing the paper, they are sandwiched with Unsul-Bright\u00ae Insulated Lining and cotton batting.\u00a0 I used the treadle machine to free-motion quilt and apply black binding.\u00a0 I finished the binding by hand.<\/p>\n

I \u2665 <\/strong><\/span>how they turned out and even DH said he wouldn’t be surprised to see potholders like these in a gourmet shop for $10 – 20 EACH!\u00a0 That’s pretty high praise from a guy who would just as well use his shirttail to handle hot pots.\u00a0 We’ll see how long he keeps these clean!<\/span><\/p>\n

Since it’s been rainy and dreary for the past several days, I’ve been looking for a hand project to do.\u00a0 I have finally finished making batik stars for the Tumbling Stars quilt top (see Unfinished Projects in the sidebar),<\/span> so<\/span> I decided to <\/span>use some leftover crumbs to make hand stitched potholders.\u00a0 I \u2665<\/span> the way they<\/span> look and am considering giving some as holiday gifts.\u00a0 These are backed with black fabric and big-stitch hand quilted (it’s impossible to make tiny stitches through 2 layers of fabric, cotton batting and Insul-Bright).\u00a0 Pictured is the first four made and I will start making more tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week found me back at the doctor’s office for another attempt to overcome a persistent urinary tract infection.\u00a0 I was given 3 different antibiotics this time in hopes of a cure.\u00a0 It leaves me wondering if the pills will cure the infection or kill me trying.\u00a0 Hope to feel better soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shirl<\/span><\/p>\n

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I continue to enjoy using scraps and crumbs to make useful items for our home.\u00a0 These potholders were made by treadle-sewing fabric scraps to foundation (used printer) paper for both front and back sides.\u00a0 After removing the paper, they are sandwiched with Unsul-Bright\u00ae Insulated Lining and cotton batting.\u00a0 I used the treadle machine to free-motion (continue reading…) <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1762"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1777,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762\/revisions\/1777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}