FELT FLOWER HAIR PINS

I am having so much fun making these felt flower hair pins.  Can you believe they are made from plain ol' felt?  So inexpensive and easy to make.  If you scroll down in my postings I have linked with the gal who did a tuturiol on these - that's where I got the idea to make them. 

CHUNKY ROPE BASKETS

Ok...I've been told this basket making method was very popular about 20 years ago and now it's becoming popular again - funny how everything seems to come back around.  I'm teaching this class at Greenbaum's Quilted Forest and have had so much fun making them.  I love the process because it's all done by hand - no machine required - which means I can take it along on car trips.  Supplies are x-large cotton piping rope and 2" strips of fabric. 

The basic concept is wrapping the fabric around the rope and tieing the rope together to form a circle.  As you wrap you will be connecting the previous wrapped rope with the new rope you are working with - when sides are desired lay new wrapped rope on top of the previous rope and build the sides.

The possibilities are endless...

My cat Margaret had to interrupt the photo shoot! :)  She's such a FABRIC cat.

QUILT BINDING

OK, how many of you say I will never make a quilt because I hate binding?  I see hands raised every where.  Well, I say to you - please try this method. 

First you will start with 2 1/4" strips (not bias) and fold in half lengthwise (remember you will need enough strips to cover all 4 sides of quilt) and press with an iron, then follow the steps below.

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