Tolentreasures

Because really, you are only going to use them a few times.   If only I had a dollar for every one of these I have made.   I would have....well maybe only $100 or so, but still I have made a lot of them! Start with a long, skinny rectangle. Lay any fusible medium on the sides and about 3 - 4 inches in from the ends depending on how wide your material is.   (You will have to fold and experiment with that length.   I was using Stitch Witchery which I cut in roughly 1/2 inch strips with the help of a six year old who wanted so bad to use that "roly thing that cuts" Translation: Rotary Cutter (so it's really not very even)   You can buy rolls of fusible stuff also without the paper on it so you have to do all your ironing first and slide that in lest you completely gum up your iron.   Iron the short end over about 1/2 inch. (that picture totally disappeared)   Then fold your ends in and i...

The best of both worlds would describe what we have... Thursday afternoon my daughter, the Princess and I went to Pittsburgh to the Strip District to get supplies for the shower tomorrow. I love to go in Schorin's for all the tablewares. They have such a great selection of plates and cups and tablecloths and placemats in about any color and it is so well arranged and the people there are so friendly! I love the hustle and bustle and energy of The Strip District, sometimes it ALMOST makes me think that I could live in the city, however..... This morning a friend of mine introduced me to the Produce Auction that the Amish have in Smicksburg, Pa and I realize that the country is the place for me. There is something about standing in that open air auction building bidding on flowers and produce realizing that this is part of your "culture" in the country that I could just not give up that makes me realize that although I was born and raised in the city, I think that ...