The Friday 15

I decided I won't be making cakes anymore. So goodbye to my pans and doilies. Boo hoo.

Sew a Flag Potholder - Tutorial Tuesday

For this project you will need:

• 1 ½” x 3 ½” red fabric, cut 2
• 1 ½” x 8 ½” red fabric, cut 2
• 1 ½” x 3 ½” white fabric, cut 2
• 1 ½” x 8 ½” white fabric, cut 2
• 4 ½” x 5 ¼” blue fabric
• 8 ½” x 8 ½” backing fabric
• 8 ½” x 8 ½” cotton batting, cut 2 or Insul-Bright for high-heat uses
• Pins or Clover Wonder Clips
• Iron
• Sewing machine
• Matching thread
• Rotary cutter
• Cutting ruler
• Cutting mat

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Looking for more kitchen ideas? Check out my other projects!

With the 4th of July coming up a potholder seemed fitting for today's tutorial. You can find the step-by-step how to directions for the homemade flag potholder sewing project right here:

A Typical Day at Sea on a Cruise Ship

It's Cruise Ship Saturday and we're talking about sea days!

I hear the question a lot.

"Will I get bored at sea?"

Only you know what amount of activity required to keep you from getting bored. Take a look at a ship's paper that outlines everything going on for the day. (You can find the Google doc version of the pages HERE.)

So what do you think? Will you be bored?

As for me, plop me in front of a window with my computer and I can write all day.

The Friday 15

Collapsible containers and patterns and vinyl lettering and journals and clothes. A veritable smorgasbord of donations! And another 15 items are gone from my house.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

I've been watching coverage of the volcano eruption in Hawaii with great interest. We've been to Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii several times. We've seen steam rising from the crater; we've seen lava flowing at night.

They are always under the threat of potential eruption, but now the threat is real. Here's hoping beauty will continue to abound after the lava stops flowing.