Today’s guest blogger is Care of Obsessively Stitching!  Yay!  I’m so excited to have Care drop in and share another great tutorial. 

Seriously, she has a ton of awesome tutorials and is just the nicest person.  I was even lucky enough to have Care become my 100th follower and it was really a huge thrill for me.  She has a ton of sewing knowledge on anything from quilts to doll clothes.  She even does amazingly crafty and dollar conscious projects as well, you can see her on Dollar Store Crafts coming up with all sorts of amazing things!

Let’s hear it from Care!

I go through phases with cooking and baking. Sometimes I will have a few months at a time when I just can’t get enough baking, and try new recipes daily.

Other times I do everything possible to stay OUT of the kitchen! Regardless, the kitchen ends up being the center of the home, so it’s important to keep it spiffy and fun! 

I love practical things, I admit it.  I especially love them when they’re beautiful as well.  Form follows function, right?  Not so fast, maybe Frank Lloyd Wright might have said it best.

I cut up a scuzzie old towel with rust stains on it and no one knows the difference.  Fly Through Our Window has a great little tutorial (it’s a downloadable pdf) on how to make one (or two).  I didn’t follow her tutorial, but just wanted to use up some scraps.  I made these to fit next to my sink when I hand wash all those big pots and pans and cutting boards.  I used it the other night and couldn’t stop staring at the pretty fabric.  Now if that doesn’t encourage a little dish washing, I don’t know what will!

Bringing you a fun tutorial today is Mary of Pin.Sew.Press. 

Mary is definitely another sweetheart that is truly talented.  She makes amazing quilts and lots of other projects.  She’s someone who commented on my blog and I popped over to take a look at what she had going on in her blog (as I usually like to do), her projects defintely caught my eye.  I love her combination of quilting and smaller projects, she is a great source of inspiring projects.

Let’s hear it from Mary…

Hello there! I’m Mary from Pin.Sew.Press. and I used to cook quite a bit . . . until I fell in love with sewing! (Sorry family.) I love food – everything from tofu and quinoa to pizza and doughnuts. To be honest, I mostly love to eat out! But even when I’m not cooking often, the kitchen is very much the center of our home. We have a two-year-old daughter, and one of my biggest pet peeves is when she yanks the kitchen towel off the oven door handle ten times a day and it sits in a heap on the floor. So here’s my solution . . . The Stay-Put Kitchen Towel!

This is a quick and easy project, and you probably already have the materials on hand. All you need is a kitchen towel, three strips of fabric, and some ribbon. Easy stuff!  Here’s to a prettier kitchen, and keeping that towel where it belongs!

Thanks Mary, these are such a great idea and a beautifully done tutorial!

Go check out the complete Stay-put Kitchen Towel Tutorial HERE on Pin.Sew.Press.