Miss Crafty Pants

Something about the winter makes me want to create.  I think it’s all the time spent inside at home.  The past two weeks I’ve made burp cloths, two pillowcases, four appliqued shirts, a dish drying mat, and a changing pad.  And that was all done after work while MM took an afternoon nap!  I can only imagine what I’d sew if I could do it during BOTH her naps…woah!

I saw this dish mat on Darby’s blog, which I *love*.  She got the idea from SouleMama’s book, again someone’s blog who I *love*.  Here’s my take on it:

It’s perfect for when you take dishes out of the dishwasher and they’re still wet.  I used three Henry Glass fabrics that I thought looked cute and vintage.  The back is light blue terry cloth.  It’s basically a 16″ x 16″ square.

And then I started thinking how I could use something similar on the downstairs bedroom where we change MM.

So I made something close with two Amy Butler fabrics that I love, except the back is chenille.  If I made another one I would put a middle layer of flannel just to make even more absorbent in case of accidents.  I made it larger at 19″ x 20″.

So, that’s what I’ve been doing lately–being a Suzy Homemaker.  Who knows what I’ll be making next.

In other news, am I the only one who could care less about the Super Bowl?  C. and I went out to eat dinner, got home after the game started, and watched a little bit of the Puppy Bowl before turning on Criminal Minds.  I don’ t even know who’s playing and C. actually thought it was *last* weekend.  Ha!

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