Staying Safe

Welcome to the studio! At least we can visit safely on the internet.  I have turned away from my quest to use up some of my paper stash to using up some of my fabric and sewing supplies.  I do have a lot of patterned cotton fabric thanks to my Mother who is a quilter.  She was always giving me leftover fabric and I stashed it away.  I also found that I have a supply of Shir-Tailor by Pellon, a non-woven fusible fabric that is good to line face masks. I also have a lot of bias tapes in assorted colors and a lot of grosgrain ribbon that make good ties for face masks.  So I have everything on hand to create masks. I studied several tutorials and patterns for making the masks and found the information and videos at The Fabric Patch http://www.fabricpatch.net/face-masks-for-covid-19-relief.htm was most helpful.  I made these with 2 layers of fabric and 2 layers of non-woven fabric(Pellon). I found using ties work best since it was hard to determine what length of elastic to use if the masks will be used by different sized people. 

I have photographed 5 of the masks that I sewed the last couple of days and will probably make more.  I do not have any novelty prints but have a variety of plaid, floral, and smaller prints.

This is not a typical creation for a challenge but I think it fits into the challenge at Love to Craft Challenge blog.  Their challenge for April is LICCB #45 Anything Goes. So I am sharing what I am working on. 

Please stay safe out there.  Keep healthy!  And if you are out among others, please wear a mask.
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Interesting Card

Hello! Glad that you dropped by.  Before I start raking leaves today, I thought I'd share a card which my DH calls "Interesting."  Well, it is a bit different.  I made this for the challenge at Poppy Sketch shown on the right and we are to use  a pop of Houndstooth pattern.  After finding this pattern paper in a Fancy Pants Trend Setter pad and the loopy trim in red in my stash, I designed my card around these 2 elements.  The card base is Ivory CS embossed at the top with Cuttlebug Pop Culture Border and stamped on the bottom with the Train  and Sentiment from GKD The Northwoods and Life is Good sets.  They were stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Black and Red EP's.  Added the strip of Houndstooth paper and the ball fringe trim
 to finish my design.
Challenges:
Poppy Sketches:  #15 with a Pop of Pattern

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa