An Apron made from a tea towel

On February 23, 2008, I attended the Cotton Corner Quilt
show in West Monroe sponsored by the North Louisiana
Quilter's Guild. It was a wonderful quilt show with some
beautiful quilts. As always I was inspired to complete some
of the projects I have going and found ideas for future
projects.

At the quilt show they had a Make It and Take It session on
making kitchen aprons from tea towels. They provided all
materials for this class free of charge. This is the apron I
made. It only took about one hour to make. Probably would
not take as long the next time I make one. I'm wanting to
make some more. I think these would be an excellent gift for
people. It's not too early to start on Christmas gifts.

Locker Rug Hooking Project

A few weeks ago I took a class at Quilt N' Stitch called Locker Rug Hooking. We used the book by Cindy Murray called The Happy Rug Hooker 3. There were lots of laughs floating around about the title of the book we used. Locker rug hooking is fun to do once you get started. It's a great way to use us your fabric scraps because you use 1 1/4 inch strips of fabric. All that you need to get started is a locker hook tool that looks like a crochet hook on one end and on the other end is an eye like a needle. You also need 3.75 gridded canvas, cotton locker yarn like the Peaches & Cream thread and of course your fabric strips. This project I finished is about 9"X 12". It's a great take along project while waiting. I've started a new one which will be a rug which will finish 22" x 36".