Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Placemats and Kitchen Towels

Well, I finally finished that set of placemats for dinner.  I made the mistake of adding ruffles, which took forever!...



I needed a little bridal shower gift, and I used some of my placemat scraps to make these...



Want to make some of your own?  Find the tutorial at  Less Than Perfect Life of Bliss.  These cake towels are fun to make and awfully cute, don't you think?

Here they are all wrapped up and ready to go in a red casserole dish along with some red measuring spoons.  In case you're wondering, we were supposed to choose our gift according to one of our favorite sayings about marriage....I sure hope the bride-to-be enjoys this!

24 comments:

  1. SOOOOO cute!!
    How fun to make such pretty things, a perfect gift!

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  2. Of course! I love them! How cute! It could be an awesome personalized gift to someone!

    Thanks for your hugs and prayer you sent last time. You are such a sweet sweet friend Heather :)

    all the blessings,
    Myric

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  3. Heather,
    both the placemats and the towels are adorable! What a cute design you came up with. They are unique and make the perfect gift, she will love them!
    Rebecca

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  4. Oh ...they are stunning!!! What a fantastic gift!!

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  5. They are so adorable! Heather, you are so talented!
    -Shelley

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  6. Hi Heather,
    Your dinner placemats turned out awesome...And although the ruffles took a while... I bet they were worth the effort... Oh and love, love, love the cute kitchen towels. I think the idea of picking a gift to reflect your favorite marriage saying is such a cute idea. Well done my friend.

    Hugs and Kisses,
    ♥Ana

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  7. Those are adorable. Great shower gift idea.

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  8. These are adorable...so cute. I know that ruffles take a ton of time to do but they are sure worth it. Lucky bride!

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  9. Very, very cute. I got a sewing machine for Christmas 2010 and I really need to start putting it to good use. :)

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  10. oh... how adorable... and, as your mom says, "they sure make it worth it"...

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  11. My expression through the years has been "I only sew for love" meaning, of course, that it's too much work to do for a lesser motive. I'm sure she will love it!

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  12. How cute are those! What a perfect present. Thanks for the link to the tutorial.

    blessings,
    karianne

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  13. The towels and placemats are adorable.I love your gift all wrapped up.It looks perfect.

    L
    Kathy

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  14. Oh how cute!! I love them ~Love Heather

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  15. These are just darling! Love it!

    Have a wonderful week!

    Blessings,
    Jill

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  16. Seriously. An adorable gift.
    This is why I should learn to sew.
    Move to MN please.

    xo Jeanne.

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  17. aww..those towels are so cute! The cake one is my favorite. The bride must have loved it!

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  18. I think those ruffles were worth all the time. Cute cute! LOVE those towels. I'm off to check out the tutorial. What a great gift.

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  19. Hi Heather,just stopping by to say how delightful your blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
    http://chelencarter-retiredandlovingit.blogspot.com/

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  20. Wait so these are towels or napkins. They would be great napkins. AL through I dunno if I would want to take your art or art I made and use them for someone's face.

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