Anyone else make Dishcloths?
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Comments (14)I just have a few finishing touch ups to do for my grandsons book and will send it to the printer. It's not a Christmas gift. His parents are fully aware of the book as they've been 'ordered' to send me the vast majority of the pictures. They're just so happy it's over. LOL I added the last of his birthday party pictures to the book and am waiting for the other grandma to give me one thing to add to it. Then my son and his girlfriend will go through the book picture by picture and add anything they want to it. I'll pay for their book and a copy for me. Anyone else in the family who wants one can pay for their own. They're not cheap...... I'm using Blurb to put it together. They also did the maternity book I did last year. They did a fantastic job. :)...See MoreZipper_Tx and anyone else interested in my rugs I make
Comments (13)a few years ago I wanted to start doing a new craft to take up some of my time. It couldn't cost much or take up much room. I went to the Steam Threshers reunion in Rollag MN. There was a lady there who was making these rugs. I talked to her but I never got her name of number. The next year we went back but she wasn't there. Some other ladies were doing the rugs and they said they have classes in MN. That wouldn't do me any good since I live in SD. They had the ladies email address from the year before and told me she was from Bismarck ND. That is my hometown. It took her 9 months to answer my email. We finally got together. She showed my sister and I how to make them in about 3 hours. My husband had made me the loom. He and the teacher talked together on the phone and she had emailed me some pictures of the loom. It only took him a couple of hours to make it I think. I can make a 43 in. x 24 in. rug in about 12 hours. I make them out of old sheets. I can buy the sheets at a thrift store for 25 cents a piece. They call them drop clothes. Some have stains or tears in them, but they still work for me. I have made about 15 of them. I sold 2 of them and have donated some to fund raisers or raffles and given away some. It takes about 5 sheets to make one. They have some videos on Utube. just put in twining rugs, I get lots of compliments on them. People have said they will last 40 years. They are machine washable. I made a set of placemats with the same loom and I can make pot holders or pads to set hot kettles on. Wyoming Breezes is a blog site that has some information on it too. If anyone has any questions I will be happy to try to answer them for you...See MoreDoes anyone else have trouble making that first cut?.....
Comments (6)I rarely ever buy fabric except with particular project in mind, so this isn't a problem with me. Oh, except for that one bundle of six coordinated half yard cuts that I've never found a pattern for. See, that's why I don't do it. I did love getting a bunch of fat quarters and half yard cuts from a friend who was moving and de-stashing though. It's so fun to make scrappy quilts with fabric you would never buy yourself, but that looks great in scrappies....See MoreDoes anyone else make their own suet cakes for the birds?
Comments (3)Cookie8: Are you making a statement or asking a question? Not trying to be picky here, just curious. Personally, I wouldn't use the grease/oil I'd get from frying meat of any kind to make bird food but that's just me. The spices you mentioned probably wouldn't do any harm but on the other hand, probably won't do the birds any good either. If the argument is that purchased lard is just a refined/rendered fat from (in this case) pork and isn't any different than oil/fat rendered from home frying/cooking of some meat product, I'll have to disagree....See Morearizonarose
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