Projects — Make It

  Are you ready for the weekend?  Then you need this charming bag.  I made the pouch by sewing thrift store blouses into a patchwork piece of fabric.  Then I used Fairfield Purely Cotton™ 100% natural needlepunched cotton batting sandwiched inside the patchwork fabric and cotton fabric in a marsala color.  I sewed a pouch with a flap, and added a necktie for a shoulder strap.   Next, I made a marsala colored tassel and pinned to the flap of the bag. Here's how: Gather your materials.  You'll need the Large PattieWack Tassel Maker.    Wind yarn on tassel maker...

Here's a cute little card for the kids to make on a rainy day.  They will have fun drawing the stick figure, and making a fan that turns into an umbrella! Gather your supplies of paper in raindrop colors.   Cut and fold card in half. Cut paper for umbrella and fold into 1/2" pleats. Apply glue to one edge of the pleats.   Fold in half and glue together to form the fan/umbrella.   Glue umbrella into crease of card.   Draw a stick figure hold an umbrella handle.  Cut out.   Apply glue to back of stick figure cut-out....

  Turn a chiminea into a fountain, covered with broken dishes.  A miniature tea set added to the design gives it a surprisingly unexpected whimsical touch.         Supplies: Chiminea Broken ceramic and china dishes Miniature tea set Aleene’s® Liquid Fusion Glue Grout Sponge & water Hammer Drill Fountain pump Clay pot (sized to turn upside down in the chiminea) Sealer & brush   Steps: Seal the inside of the chiminea to enable you to add water for the fountain.  Let dry. Drill a hole in the back of the chiminea above water lever, for the cord to pull...