Today was a Make and Take class at Tiny Stitches. We had seven wonderful women who came to the shop at 9 am to spend the day making small projects that are perfect for gifts. We started the morning with bagels and cream cheese – also coffee. Our first project was a baked potato bag. You know, the kind you put potatoes in for the microwave. I know there are a lot of patterns out there, but this is one I made up. We have pre-quilted potato fabric in the shop. It even has Warm Tater batting in it. A couple of hems, a couple of seams and the bags were made.
Next we made a rice bag, the type you heat in the microwave and put around your neck. This was made from a commercial pattern and involved flying geese. ![Smile](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxuMrE0Op5glsfRXbOsn5tiSWhPswNnVNe21hXEIsMaxWG0V5eSayvucCckoZrOr6_4AtZFdz4Rrpdo-vQUyrliAJXgeiTBwAokhN3xcIA52O13Pnd8HQBQnvu9X9P96h8L4-z/?imgmax=800)
The next project was a pet screen zipper bag. Mary made some bling for the zipper pull for everyone.
After the zipper bag, we had lunch. I brought potato soup in the crock pot and Mary brought quiche and salad. Yummy lunch!
Mary then taught a scissor case, made from a quilt block. This project took a little more time since the block had to be quilted and bound before turning it into the scissor holder.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8RLqA_GRXq085I_F4Kpei9EZZE1pVjXySvD-ixbsbH5Jxdgvkkcd9w-NYE17laSxCJxa5zfoZDvLmIHlNOL1Nv6oWL5tTatDEU3H7gNyUHB0ZmPCQN0ZBH7iAlOoq2Tl1of_/?imgmax=800)
After this we had dessert/snack. I made brownies and we had them with ice cream, hot fudge and whipped cream – definitely not the low cal special.
The last project was hexagon pot holders. They are a variation of the table topper, using Insul-Brite and only two fabric strips.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBV_SBigkK-EdV9DIMBtlnRPUH34cqPvWGvZCLHp8XwA_4vluVqQpDLzHB9__UAVDBcAB-6czopZn7ePli-4596BsVakBfXhplFqijO3VKPIWJu-51JsMZk9rt43F1gUYLG-N1/?imgmax=800)
Here is a photo of all the projects.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL2CE5s6LBU5K-jChLaxRXOpEajzAqTxC3HMels-dkNWgAIkF6eUUNIsQtyomKPZN3185wdn9VPc7B2pANF-X3A7RKS7ufxnicR_P2NL08g_tjS39WDrhQLoRtbX7NXM9gchR/?imgmax=800)
All in all, it was a wonderful day.
Melinda