Summer scarves

I made two of these neat summer scarves within 30 minutes tonight. I love the knit material for both of these.  It keeps you from hemming the scarf-which means it goes much faster! My mother-in-law's birthday is next week, so I thought I would give these to her for a gift.  I found the tutorial at Ruffles and Stuff, but it is really on Dana's blog here http://www.dana-made-it.com/2008/07/tutorial-summer-scarf.html.  I have also made some quilted potholders for her for mother's day.  Hopefully she will like her gifts as much as I do! 
I get to see my mom later this month, so she will get her mother's day gift from me then.  Hope she had a great time at the Chop House tonight.

By the way, check out the dress form that those scarves are hanging on (smile).

Round 2-Quilted potholder

Well this one is better. I was doing the math and if you use 4 strips that are 9 X 2.75, then you have 11 total inches. You would need to take 2 inches off to make it a 9 X 9 square. Oh well, all that to say that I think I figured out why my other one wasn't quite right. This one is not too bad. The printed fabrics are from the M'Liss fabric line at Hancock fabrics. I think a quilted table runner to match would be too cute for a summer table.

Quilted potholder

I thought I better get some practice in before the middle of May. I am going on my first ever quilt retreat with my mom and a lovely group of avid quilters! The ironic part of this is "I Don't Quilt!"-HAHA I want to learn how and I would love to be able to hand quilt. I have been doing some applique and I love all those little stitches. I saw this cute tutorial http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/04/craft_project_simple_quilted_p.html the other day on http://kari-youcanmakeit.blogspot.com/ or U Create for short. It was for quilted potholders. Well I really need some major practice or I am going to embarrass myself in May! I thought these were the cutest materials. I cut them evenly just like it said, so why in the world are they as uneven as they are???? Obviously I was not keeping up with the 1/4" seam allowance or something. Oh well, my dog likes it! Will go for round two before I give up on potholders.