I started working through the projects for my online Home Ec class this past week.  I’m on my fourth project but I’ll show you my first two in this post.

I’ll admit…I wasn’t too motivated to make cloth napkins.  It was a super easy project and I didn’t really need to learn the “lesson”.  However, when I signed up for the course I was determined to make every single project in order.  So, I bit the bullet and did it.

I used some green cotton fabric from my stash and white thread.  I didn’t have any ric-rac in my house (seriously?  How could that happen?) so I “borrowed” some from my friend, Kelly.  It’s got a bit of green on the white ric-rac and it looks pretty cute on the double napkin.

Remember how I didn’t want to do this project because I didn’t need to learn the lesson?  Karma.  My single napkin picture is showing the only part of the zigzag stitch worth showing off.  The rest looks totally mangled.  I didn’t think I needed to change my sewing foot from when I worked with the vinyl for the cuff project.  I was wrong.  Lesson learned.

The next project was a tote bag.  It was a pretty basic tote and it didn’t give me any problems.  For this, I chose some Clifford the Big Red Dog fabric that someone had given me.  This tote is going to be a library tote for one of my nephews.

To go along with the tote, I made a fabric panel book.  This has nothing to do with the Home Ec class, but I figured I better make it while I was one a roll!  Fabric panel books are super easy to do and make great gifts for babies or young toddlers.  You can find fabric panels at most fabric shops–although the selection is usually underwhelming (at least where I live).

What did you make last weekend?