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Practically Sewing ala Soulemama

Chas · February 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Recently my favorite blog, Soulemama  posted that she was doing some sewing for her home… quick little projects that were a bit of instant gratification and necessary.
I had one of the  projects in mind as well.
As you know, we sold our dishwasher and now all of our dishes are washed by  hand.
I picked up a drying rack and mat at the local thrift store, but the mat was plastic and the water seemed to just sit and get a bit stagnant underneath the mat and just make a terrible mess.

I used some dish towels under there, still not good enough…
I ended up buying a mat at a kitchen outlet while in Pigeon Forge.
It was handy, but in all actuality I needed TWO!
So to the sewing machine I went…. and came up with this.

I took an old but still very absorbent towel,  folded it equally into three sections so it would be nice and fluffy. I then sewed down the sides and then turned it inside out. I sewed up the open edge and embellished it with some pretty strips of vintage linens.
I think it turned out quite nicely.
Now when this one is in the wash…

This one can be used!

Hurrah!
And the BEST part is…. it didn’t cost me a penny. 🙂

My Cup Runneth Over…

Filed Under: Frugality, homemaking, sewing

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  1. Shelly says

    February 25, 2011 at 7:14 pm

    This is my kind of sewing…… My skills are not good enough to sew things that I can wear, but I do these little projects around the house, repair seams, and hems. Well done!

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  2. Peris says

    February 25, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    Great Idea….jus stumbled up on your blog…love it!!! Can't wait to read more!

    Reply
  3. Wendy says

    February 28, 2011 at 1:05 pm

    Great idea Chasity! Hope you guys are all doing well!

    Reply

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