Pick of the Patch Kitchen Towels

Greetings friends - happy Tuesday! It is new project tutorial day - time to share my October post for the Therm O Web Blog with you! As a Fabric Education Designer for Therm O Web (they are the makers of all those wonderful HeatnBond and SpraynBond products), I create projects and tutorials for their very popular blog each month. I share a fun, new project and give you my tips and tricks for using their products. For the month of October, the blog is focused on fall and Halloween designs. I created a brand new project that was posted yesterday - it is a complete project tutorial for my "Pick of the Patch Kitchen Towel." This quick and easy fall project contains a complete supply list, printable pattern with templates, and step-by-step directions with color photos. The model uses a standard cotton dish/kitchen towel found in home or discount department stores and cotton quilting fabric (autumn and solid prints); as always, I encourage you to use fabrics/scraps you have on hand, to make this kitchen towel your own. I hope you will stop by the Therm O Web blog and check out my project and tutorial...

About this design:
The base towel is a standard cotton kitchen towel found pretty much any place you can purchase home goods (mine measure approximately 20" W x 28" H, but directions work for the size you have on hand). It is embellished with a focal fabric print across the bottom and several autumn appliqué motifs. This project can easily be completed in an afternoon and is suitable for a beginner. It also makes the perfect hostess gift - simply use a pretty ribbon to tie it up with a cookie cutter and/or potholder and a wooden spoon - you can even add a favorite recipe card.

This seasonal sewing project is perfect for fat quarters or scraps. I used HeatnBond FeatherLite EZ-Print Iron-On Adhesive Sheets and SpraynBond Basting Adhesive Fabric Spray...plus, I give you tips for using each item! I also used a Pressing Paper Fabric and Craft Sheet to protect my work area. Visit the tutorial post for a complete and detailed supply list.

Let's talk about the HeatnBond FeatherLite EZ-Print Iron-On Adhesive Sheets. HeatnBond EZ Print FeatherLite is a paper backed, iron-on, sewable, double-sided adhesive for bonding fabric without extra weight or stiffness. This lightweight formula is great for this particular project, as it gets even softer after laundering. It comes in 8.5" x 11" paperbacked sheets that fit an inkjet printer - simply load a sheet into your printer to print the applique templates provided in my tutorial - no tracing necessary!! 

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You will have to visit the Therm O Web blog for my complete tutorial and pattern, but I am posting a few photos here...

Here is a direct link to the project tutorial:

https://blog.thermoweb.com/pick-of-the-patch-kitchen-towel-featuring-heatnbond/

I hope this project gets you excited to create something special and unique...

I am creating monthly projects for the Therm O Web blog and will be sure to post here, when I do...my project for November is scheduled to be posted on November 16th...and, as always, I am working on a very fun, seasonal idea!

Thank you for stopping by for a visit today - I always enjoy sharing with you. Enjoy the rest of your week and make time to work on something creative...

Hide and Seek Fabric Tour

Greetings friends, happy Wednesday! I am so happy to be today's stop on the Hide and Seek Fabric Tour; thank you so much visiting with me. I really enjoyed playing with this whimsical, colorful fabric collection and have three projects to share with you. These were all created with the new Hide and Seek Fabric Collection designed by Kenzie Kae Elston (Snippets of Whimsy) for Poppie Cotton. I enjoyed putting on my creative hat and playing with these joyful prints. This brand new collection (shipping to shops this month) has the cutest bunnies, turtles, gnomes, butterflies and chickens playing "hide and seek" under a cheerful sun amongst fabulous florals…all done soft blues, corals, yellows and sage greens. 

This Poppie Cotton collection brings me so much joy - it has a lovely Scandinavian feel to me! I knew a large table runner for my farmhouse table was going to be in the works, along with a couple smaller projects. This month, for the runner, I didn't use a pattern - in fact, as usual, I just started playing around in EQ8 and made it up as I went along. I also whipped up a patchwork project bag and pincushion scissor keep.

To start, I created a table runner with a large flowering bloom on either end. This runner is basic, traditional piecing with two focal blocks featuring machine appliqué. I am calling it "Big Blooms," which really says it all. It measures 64" H x 24" W and I specially placed the fussy cut blocks to be right side up, depending on your viewpoint from around the table. I also fussy cut the centers of the large blooms (see enlarged image below). I used a fat quarter stack of Hide and Seek, along with a Farmhouse Favorite (Country Confetti in Heavy Cream Cream) for the appliqué background. I quilted it myself on my domestic machine and it turned out even better than I envisioned. My "Big Blooms" table runner is currently adorning my dining room table and is making the room happy and inviting. I don't know if I will write a pattern for it - it depends on demand - leave a comment or send me a message if you would like to see me release a pattern (and yes, a pattern for my Poppie Cotton quilt "Farmstead Finds" is forthcoming)…

Next, I made the cutest patchwork zippered pouch. I used the I used the "Honey I'm Gnome" print in  natural (see below) as the focus across the bottom of the bag...along with a coral colored zipper and a baker's twine zipper pull. This is a medium-sized project bag,  measuring 11" H x 9.75" W - perfect for a half sheet pattern and materials.

Finally, I created a pincushion with a twill tape tie to attach my scissors. I also added a wool felt flower in the lower left-hand corner, attached with tiny pins in the center. This pillow pincushion measures 8.5" H x 3.5" W and was made by strip piecing leftover scraps onto fusible fleece. It is stuffed with fiberfill and sawdust shavings.

I hope you have enjoyed this stop on the fabric tour and are feeling inspired - thank you for visiting with me today. For more creative projects using the Hide and Seek fabric collection, visit the Poppie Cotton Blog. If you love this fabric collection, be sure to check out your favorite quilt shop and request it - Hide and Seek is shipping this month.

I am already working on my project ideas for the next Poppie Cotton Fabric Tour in November - it is using the fabric collection "Moonbeam Dreams" (click on the link to see a preview!). Plus, I will have a new Therm O Web project tutorial posted on October 16th, as well (it is a fun kitchen project)…so, be sure to stop back soon...