Simple sewn leaf hot pads.
What a simple and quick gift to put together. The hot pad leaf motif could be put together oh so quickly, sewn together from large scraps in just a few moments during a commercial break in your favorite movie. Paired with a baked loaf of pumpkin bread or cranberry bread - something that heralds the warmth of the autumn season, you have a wonderful greeting to the harvest season.
Take a few moments and find yourself your your fabric stash. Come on, we all have them. Just the other day, we dug out tupperware containers of fabric that had been collected and we have been dusting them off, dragging out all that fabric, revitalizing it and renewing our dedication to making gifts and small tokens of sentiment for those we love.
Dust off your sewing machine and practice practice practice. Your efforts don’t have to be perfect. In fact, it is the very imperfections that make people love your work. It is imperfections that make what you create so valuable in 100 years! If you do not quite believe what we are saying - go check on eBay for handmade goods. Not the current manufactured items, but what handmade goods from Grandmas are going for. Those could be YOUR items. Get going. Get sewing. Something like this little scenario is perfect to take over to a friend. Bake a loaf of quick bread, sew a little hot pad and go tell a friend “I love being your friend”.
