Website: Budgeting

This website/blog looks pretty interesting. The format is prose so it might take a little reading to get the information I want, but it looks like it has some good tips for living frugally.

Frugal Wife = Wealthy Life
http://frugalwifewealthylife.blogspot.com/

Halloween Placemats

So I was looking through my mother's awesome stash of fabric to look for some cute prints for my apron, and I came upon this darling fall Halloween fabric.

Hmmm... what to make... what to make...

Placemats!

So I did. Wednesday. And Thursday. I think they turned out pretty well, although I've now learned the beastly part of sewing - cutting. Any tips about how to make it easier? How to get those straight lines and perfect corners?

Anyway, the cool part is that when I was topstitching (is this the correct term?) the edges, I realized I need to sew on the main part to keep the layers in place. I was going to do a nice old rectangle or something, but then I had a fun idea - a spider web!

So I sewed wicked cool spider webs onto the mats in contrasting colors - I'm happy with how it turned out! Now if only I had thought of these BEFORE Halloween... =)

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BACK:

I want to make: Aprons

For me and Evie!

Found here