Cute little Gift

And.........I'm back!  My little sweetheart had surgery today, so all I could think about the past couple of days was that. It was like my brain was mush. He's fine, he had a congenital chlosteatoma.  A "Chlostea-what?" I know that is what I said.  Basically, a cyst on his ear drum that he was born with.

Anywhooo....let's get our CRAFT ON! I wanted to share this little ruffled towel I made for my great aunt in- law.  She's always making us goodies in the kitchen, so I thought she might like this little ruffled towel for her birthday.

The fun part about this towel I think is the container I made for it.  Can you guess what it is?  It's a Pringles container!  I just wrapped patterned paper around it and then added a bow.  So simple but it made quite an impact, I think.  I didn't get a picture of the lid, but it was super fun! Since the lids are see through I made a cute little "Happy Birthday" sign.  I'll make another can for you guys and then you can see the lid. How about that?!  

Ok....so the ruffled towel I just sewed straight down the middle with the straight stitch. I made it a long stitch.  Then I pulled it at an end.  After I "ruffled" it, I just sewed it on the towel.  I know there is probably a more technical way of doing this type of thing...which if you know how let me know.....but this is how I did it.  I'm not a really great sewer, but people will always ask me how I can sew and my best piece of advice is....Don't be afraid of your sewing machine...just go for it.  Remember it doesn't have to be perfect! I think that was the hardest lesson for me to learn. I wanted to worry about every stitch!  Don't ...like Nike says, "Just Do It"...I guess in this instance it's "Just Sew It"! ha!  

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I hope you learned something today!

Happy Crafting!

Smiles, 

Jill

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