A snow day becomes a sew day! (a tutorial of sorts)

Our first snow day and as everything we had set for today got cancelled;

Women's Bible Study

Homeschool Group Christmas Party

Kid's Club Party

I am a FREE woman, well if a woman who has 7 kids could be free. For those of you who are counting, yes I have one extra child today. My girlfriend, Beth, left her 6 year old here, as she had a job interpreting for a deaf college student this morning. I got all the kids busy with some of their lessons and then ran for my new baby.

It is amazing how quick they can work when you say the words "snow and play.' They stayed focused and it gave me the time I needed to finish a pair of mittens and a rolling pin cover for my naked silicone rolling pin.

If you want to make this, here is what you will need.

• a scrap of fabric that makes your heart sing (hey, life is short!)
• matching thread
• a sewing machine, but of course you could do this by hand too
• ribbon, cording or make yourself a drawstring out of coordinating fabric

Start with a piece of fabric that is wider and longer than your object it will be covering. I didn't measure, as that would be MATH and I have the morning OFF!

I stitched down both long sides.

I rolled over my top and bottom edges (an iron would be good here, but I am having a day 'OFF'!)

Roll it again and now you have a nice edge for your casement, sew, baby, sew. Do the same for the other short end or if you don't want both ends with a drawstring, you could do one and sew the other end up. Your casement size is determined by what you will later be threading through.

Here you can see, the casement has a nice finished edge and the long side is rough, but that will be inside.

Place pretty sides of fabric facing each other. Sew the side seam, but be careful...you don't want to sew over the casement at the top or bottom or you won't be able to fit your drawstring through later. My pink pin reminds me to stop before the casement. *casement is a tube that will allow you to thread your drawstring through it. ;-)

I had a wee bit of piping left over from an old project, I like the color and I am all about recycling. The pin acts as a needle to guide you through the casement. You could use a ribbon, cording or you could make your own drawstring with a long piece of fabric. (if you need help with that send me a note.)

Hey, isn't she Purdy? All warm and cozy now, ready for the drawer. I am sure the things in the drawer will notice they are naked and she is not!

Finished...time about 15 minutes- even with 7 kids who wandered in during the process.

Little Miss Sunshine (8) is my baker, she was happy to give the new rolling pin cover a little handshake. (see that look, it is, " Mama, can we bake today?")