It is the year of the bowl cozy! I found a youtube video using 10 inch squares.... which I had gotten a stack of 10 inch squares earlier this year from connecting threads. I have a red/tan and dark blue/light blue to gift with a positive saying mug and some ice cream topping things. We love to use these when warming up things in the microwave so the bowls don't burn the hands when taking them out. Also works for cold ice cream for a cozy for the bowl. I've even popped my silicone popcorn popper from the microwave to one of these cozies to eat out of so I don't burn my leg having the silicone on it. Very handy. I made sure to purchase the special batting for it and used cotton thread and fabrics. I hope my co-leader likes them! Now I just need to make some for my MIL's house, my FIL, both kids so they have their own (and with 4 in the house there should be one clean one.... right?). I have a request to make some to fit the pasta bowls as well from hubby.... I'll have to figure that one out I guess too.
This is what happened when I got up from sewing the X on the front and back and was marking the corners for the V shape. He looks so cozy, doesn't he?
Spoiled cat had me go retrieve my work chair from my desk and roll him down a bit so I had a place to sit. I sewed the darts into them, then got up to trim and pin them right sides together for the sewing them together part....
and this had happened! It seemed to be musical chairs night for Peanut!
I had to stop at 2 since I had to take the boy to guitar - he had an hour lesson to make up for a missed week so Em and I hit Walmart for more things for the Secret Santa exchange at girl scouts. After picking up Aidan from his lesson, we stopped at Barnes and Noble on the way home to get a gift card. The kids wanted to look for books too.... which worked out for me! I had them each pick a book and then said they will get wrapped for under the tree =) I'll even let them wrap them! Em is trying a new series Wings of Fire. Aidan picked out Hitler vs. Stalin, The Eastern Front 1941-1945. Did I ever mention, my kids are complete opposites? He was looking at a book on JFK, but he had read a good autobiography of him this spring and already reread it once so went for someone different this time.
4 comments:
good that the kids are readers - some you can barely get to pick up a book. I keep telling myself I need to make the bowl cozies and keep forgetting about them - I think I have some of the batting but not sure. I will need to look sometime
Silly, Peanut! Having the kids choose their own books is a good idea, but having them wrap the books, too is sneaky. Sneaky in a brilliant sort of way! :o))
My sister and I --as adults used to go shopping together and often found the same thing we both liked--like a purse--sowe would buy them and then wrap them and exchange them at the holiday--(and most of the time they were even the same color--) so thanks for the memory!!
I am wondering if I would like to read the book Obama has out--but I looked up the cost--$25 dollars--a bit much for a book--so maybe after the first of the year--I will see if the Library has it!! I usually only read mysteries--
and I really need to make my son and his girl friend those bowl holders--even have the insulated linning stuff--so will look for the u-tube video--
do take care--luv and hugs, di
Those bowl cozies are the best - we use ours a lot. Perfect gift for your co-leader! It's great that your kids are readers - no matter what they like to read!
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