My grandsons like to draw and write so I made a super hero cover for a composition notebook. First I sewed some scraps of fabric together and placed it on light batting and used some decorative stitches on my machine to put them together. Then I took the composition book opened out wide and traced the book on the back side of the fabric and batting.
A simple cover for a pillow can be made by placing two pieces of fabric together right sides together and stitching around the edges leaving one end open so you can turn right side out. This pillow was two pieces of fleece fabric, one printed and one plain.
I like to hang a towel over my stove handle which is next to my kitchen sink to use as a hand towel. My mother used to crochet a top or make a top of fabric but the fabric never lasted as long as the towel and I don’t crochet. I saw this idea at a craft show and have been making them ever since. I like to use good quality towels and find them for all the holidays. Then I go to the Dollar Store to buy pot holders to match them. Then I cut the label off the pot holder and find the middle of the holder with the loop on the one side. Then I lay the towel face down and fold it so the towel fits side to side of the pot holder. I pin the middle of the towel and pin it to the middle of the pot holder right sides together. Then I stitch across the middle of both.
This was a quilt idea from Joann’s. You buy the panel for the Jungle Babies fabric book and then there was a Joann’s idea free pattern showing how to make a quilt out of the book panel. There was coordinating fabric for the borders and backing and instructions that were easy to follow. You can put a tube on the back if you want to hang the quilt for a wall hanging or just use as a quilt.
This was a service project that my quilt group made for a local hospital. There are kids going through cancer treatments who don’t have many choices of things to do so we tried to give them something fun to wear. They are truly super heros. This was a free pattern from a website called Sewing with Nancy Zieman. It gives easy to follow instructions.
Who doesn’t love the sock monkeys from our youth? They still make the socks and you can find them at Hobby Lobby and Joann’s. The directions for making the sock monkey doll is included on the label, or you can go on line to find the directions.
Our quilt group also made some fidgit mats for people in Nursing homes. We assembled a mat about the size of a placemat, with batting. Then we pooled together our scraps, old zippers, lace, buttons, velcro and anything else we could find. It was a way to get rid of some scraps.
When I retired, I joined a quilt club in a neighboring town. This group not only works on their own individual projects but does many service projects. Since we live close to several hospitals, we started making pillowcases and super hero capes for kids going through chemotherapy and don’t have a lot of choices in their lives. We try to make them fun with super hero fabrics or other fun fabrics.