When Life Gives You Lemons.

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Or rather when a friend shares with you some of the latest range of Tilda Lemon Tree Collection, then you just want to do them proud and make something lovely and usable. 


I wanted to make something functional and practical for my home and what better than a couple of items for the kitchen.



Using a beautiful piece of gifted feed sack fabric I used an assortment of fabric pieces to add a bright and cheery  band to the bottom of the kitchen towel and then a couple of applique lemons above.



Using the left-overs I had enough to make a pot mat/holder with some using Insul-Brite for the batting. They are going to look great hanging on the oven door. 




Once I knew what I was going to make the rest was quite simple and easy to put together and I am thinking of making a few more sets to add to the gift box.

Here are a couple of tutorials from Pinterest.

Get this one here.




And these delightful houses by Kerryanne can be found here.


and of course a tutorial from Jenny who gifted me the fabric.

Can't wait to see what she is making from her selection of fabric!

Keep creating.



Comments

  1. selina24 January 2018 at 11:17

    lovely & bright!
    though they look like lemons rather than pears, still what a great idea!
    thanx for sharing

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  2. Maria25 January 2018 at 01:29

    Such a beautiful use of the pretty fabrics..
    I love useful gifts and a pretty tea towel is always great...

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  3. Clara25 January 2018 at 01:36

    Such beautiful inspirations!

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  4. Michelle Ridgway25 January 2018 at 07:56

    How beautiful and fresh they look Rosie. Such a sweet gift too xx

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  5. Jenny of Elefantz25 January 2018 at 12:31

    You clever cookie! I love them...who would have thought? LOL!!

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  6. vaiybora11 June 2018 at 12:58

    I really like your new decorative designs! it's so beautiful so much and good idea on site.

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  7. ctnbee15 August 2018 at 00:26

    Great designs and very practical! It looks beautiful! It's nice that you do it. I like such colors. Thanks for the beautiful photos! It's nice that you show us your projects. I'm glad I'm reading your blog. The blog is really great!

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  8. Anonymous26 August 2018 at 09:11

    hi Rosie these are such beautiful projects,love the fresh look,well done my friend xx

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  9. Susan 5 January 2019 at 16:30

    I KNEW it was Jenny! LOL It has her name written all over it. Your towels are quite lovely, and it seems so simple, I should have thought to do something like that. But now, thanks to you, I will!

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  10. Unknown19 January 2019 at 01:09

    Love your towels, inspired to make some. Will brighten the kitchen, to help with the long days of winter

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