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The End of My Fabric

Some time last spring I had the Kondo bug and I cleared out piles of fabric. I had enough material here in Florida to sew up a couple dozen masks. Validation for the thought "It might come in handy someday." Oh, well.

Still, after the mask making I had just the smallest odds and ends left over. Why is it so hard to let go of those scraps of fabric? And yarn? I can't even knit anymore from carpal tunnel, but you'd think my yarn stash was gold coins they way I hang on to it.

Well, it is an unusually rainy day here today and I really wanted to make something. I used up the fabric for a couple of mug mats and these bowl cozies I saw on pinterest.
I use mug mats all the time.

Remains to be seen about the bowl things.

I would not use these in the microwave because I don't know that the material and thread is all cotton.

This is a crafty thing I did with the girls I was working with way back in January. It was an effort to clean out yarn and fabric scraps too.


My grandmother used to say something about idle hands and the devil's workshop. Must have left an impression.

Comments

  1. Linda ReederApril 24, 2020 at 7:47 PM

    When I finish the two place mats and the table topper I am s-l-o-w-l-y working, I will be down to scraps too. I will make a couple more masks, since we may need to wear them for a long time. Then I don't know? Patchwork potholders?

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  2. Arkansas PattiApril 25, 2020 at 8:59 AM

    Don't ya know that as soon as you get rid of something that its need will surface. Don't feel badly, NO ONE saw face masks coming.

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  3. TaborApril 26, 2020 at 10:08 AM

    I have fabric for masks but nothing for ties. I want the elastic andhave ordered andhen I can sew some for our yard workers, etc.

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  4. KayApril 27, 2020 at 5:16 PM

    I was so glad my mother had not heard of Kondo and had a stash of thread and elastic which I split up and zigzagged. I’d gotten rid of quite a bit of my fabric scraps that I wish now I kept. Tsk. Instead, I’ve been now having to cut up my friend’s husband’s aloha shirts because I know they are 100% cotton.

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