Adventures in More Cup Cozies

In today's installment of Tabi's Creating Adventures we are looking at more cup cozies. All of these were made from remnant fabric. My sister requested some microwave bowl hot pads as gifts for her coworkers (Christmas 2025) and I had enough fabric left from those projects to make some smaller items. I hope you enjoy!

Top: Peanuts! Charlie Brown and crew are happy to help keep coffee (or tea) warm. These were made from remnants of the microwave bowl hot pad project.

 

Bottom: Mulan was one of the gift fabrics for my sister's coworker. The purple and green cup cozie is just cute. The blue one is a batik and feels different than other cottons. I was surprised at how well it works for a cup cozie. We also have a beach shells print on the end. All of these are made with remnants from other projects. 

Below: Gothic skulls are a favored theme of my barista friend. She gushed when she saw this design. 

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Adventures in Ornaments

Welcome to another installment of Tabi's Creating Adventures! 

Last time I talked about corner bookmarks. Today it's ornaments! 

 

(Again, I'm not sure what's going on with the sideways pics. It might be a while before I can get them fixed.) 

 

So, scrap fabrics from other projects make great ornaments, corner bookmarks, and a variety of other things depending on the size of the leftover material. Ornaments and corner bookmarks use smaller pieces of scrap fabric.  Sometimes the material lends itself more to ornaments and sometimes more to corner bookmarks, and sometimes the fabric remnants lend themselves to making the loops for the ornaments. I cut and pin for both ornaments and corner bookmarks at the same time. The larger pieces of scrap fabric I cut to use for larger scrap busters. More on that another day. 

Anyway, above is a small selection of ornaments from Halloween, mats (soon to come!), and some non-holiday crafting. These ornaments are the third set I have made.

Here we have the front (above) and back (below) of some slightly larger Christmas themed ornaments. I was able to use the last of this fabric that I have had for quite a while, so if anyone wants something with a similar pattern I'll have to see about ordering from a print-and-ship site. (That might take a while... on my part.) 

I hope you enjoyed this installment on ornaments! If you have any ideas or suggestions for things you'd like to see, please let me know! My contact info is below!

 

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Adventures in Corner Bookmarks (Part 2)

Welcome back to Tabi's Creating Adventures blog! 

 

It's been a while since I posted last. Life has been crazy. We spent the last year getting used to our new normal and recovering from being exhausted. I plan to post blogs monthly going forward!

 

I'm still not sure why the pictures show up sideways. Maybe it has something to do with the pictures being in portrait instead of landscape. I'll work on figuring it out, though it might be a while.  

 

For today's installment, I made a bunch more of the corner bookmarks. These are great scrap busters and pretty easy to make. I tend to keep the pieces that are left from other projects (as most crafters do) and stick them in a box until I'm ready to do something with them. I had several fabrics that paired well together and a few left that didn't really go together. No worries, there will be more projects, more scraps, and more scrap busting to come!  

Above, I had a good number of fabrics in my scraps box. I think my favorites are either the duck and flower combination or the antique advertisement fabrics. 

 

Below, I finished using up some of the Christmas fabrics, so Christmas corner bookmarks made sense. So far, that makes 3 batches of corner bookmarks. (See my previous posts for the first batch.)  

Corner bookmarks is the focus of this post, but I have a couple of other things I like to make with scraps depending on the size of the scraps. Stay tuned for more cool little projects!

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Adventures in Colorful Cup Cozies

Welcome to another installment of Tabi's Creating Adventures. Today we have cup cozies, the reversible, quilted version. Below: the cup cozies are turned inside out and are in the same place as the reversed pattern in the Top picture.

These are available in my PayHip shop as they are available. Stay tuned for more!

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Adventures in Corner Bookmarks

Welcome to another installment of Tabi's Creating Adventures! 

 

Today's highlight is corner bookmarks. These little guys are great additions to any reader's accessory collection. In the picture below, you can see two of the smaller corner bookmarks displayed on their tags. Some of the bookmarks even have a little reading buddy on them. Small enough to hold in your hand and big enough to mark a page, your favorite reader will appreciate the soft touch and ease of finding their page.

Making these is a great scrap buster! Each bookmark is made with two contrasting fabrics and sewn together like a pillow without stuffing (or a quilt without batting) and folded over to make a nook for the page of a book. The bookmark rests on the corner of the page and is held in place by pressure while the book is closed.

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Adventures in Devorative Pillows - Peacocks

Welcome to Tabi's Creating Adventures! Today we're looking at pillows! I made these for my sister and her husband out of remnant fabric from the apron I made for my sister previously. Some of the fabric (not the peacock design) came from a stack of fat quarters in five colors that were bundled together. The marbled effect on those fabrics is fun and I enjoyed working with them!

Top: the fronts of the pillows.

Bottom: the backs of the pillows.

As you can see, I made 2 of the pillows with pockets, one has a peacock on the front and the back, and one is a little skinny pillow. Like I said earlier, these are remnants from another project. I like stash-buster projects and I hope my sister and her husband like them, too.

Also, I am having trouble getting my pictures to upload upright here. They are upright everywhere else.

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Adventures in Potion Containers

Welcome back to Tabi's Creating Adventures! Today we're looking at an experiment in specialty bag making. Inspired by Critical Role's "Bailey's Dice Bag of Hoarding," this gem is intended for use as a potion bottle bag. Each slot has enough space for two potion bottles, but I don't want them to clank together, so the second potion bottle will be in a pouch.

I used a fealty fabric for the bag and the pouches. The pouches are made with my medium size drawstring bag pattern and have rope-ribbon for the drawstring part. (Pardon the distressed background of the table.)

Each pouch fits a potion bottle. Shown below is a Potion of Greater Healing (as per rules for D&D).

I recently received a box of bottles to use for healing potions. Time to get crafting on another project. =-)

Yay, stash-busters!

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Adventures in Pocket PillowsHere

Did you know that small pillows make great stash busters for fabric? Now you do! To be fair, these were actually quite fun to make. I especially like how the pockets fit on the smaller pillows (note the purple pillows with butterfly pockets). 

Here is a snapshot of all the pillows I made.

 

 

 Here, we again have our panda fabric featured. I think I have about used up all the panda fabric, though it might make one more appearance later. As you can see below, these little pocket pillows are quite small. They are great for decorations, kids bedrooms, and even Tooth Fairy pillows. 

My son claimed the blue chevron pillow above. He thought it was the neatest thing and decided I had made it for him. I can't complain, though, it feels good to have my work appreciated.

The pillow below I made and sent to my brother and sister-in-law... yes, the same brother that works at Texas Tech and asked for the adult bibs. It's thematic... I like it.

 

My sister-in-law also really likes pugs, so I put together this pocket pillow (above) for her. 

Next up, I experimented with ruffles. There are definitely some things to figure out if I want to use ruffles regularly, but it turned out really cute either way.

Again, the solid fabrics worked well with the chevron fabric. The light blue was paired with this same chevron fabric for 2 of the adult bibs. The green fabric also worked out perfectly. 

John Deere anyone? I somehow managed to acquire 2 different John Deere fabrics in my stash.

I had a handful of small-ish purple fabrics that worked great for these pillows. Between the different shades of purple and the butterfly fabric, I had my choice of combinations.

The design for these might seem different or odd, but I think they are cute.  I have also gotten several compliments on them when I had them out for display. I especially like the "crooked" pocket... it is like an extra accent.

The final pillow (below) does not have a pocket. I found the floral fabric a little too nice to cover. Also, it reminds me of my husband's grandma. I think this pillow would have looked nice in her living room. She had such lovely taste in her decorations.

 I hope you enjoyed these pillows! See you next time!

 

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Adventures in Adult Bibs

So, my brother requested adult bibs for one of his in-laws. This was a great opportunity to make a bunch of adult bibs in different designs, because you know that I like to make things in batches. So, after a rummage through my larger fabric options and a trip to the local fabric store, I got to work on these beauties... functional Velcro and all. I really like the way they turned out.

Above: Since my brother works at Texas Tech, the licensed fabric was a good choice. Patterned fabric on the front and solid fabric on the back tends to be my go-to, though I experimented with some different options.

Below: The two fishing fabric bibs were made from fabric that I bought for this project. I actually made 4, but only pictured 2 because the other 2 are part of what I made for my brother. The others were all fabrics I had in my stash. If you have been with me for very long, you might recognize the panda material from a quilt I made a few years ago.

The panda material had a few options for the back side material. I decided on chevrons for one and polka dots for the other. I think both of these turned out cute.

This chevron fabric paired well with light blue and light orange. One of the unexpected things for these specifically is that the chevron material shows through to the back side, especially with the blue. It looks neat, though it was completely unintended.

 

 

Finally, the fishing fabric paired well with a couple of different green camo fabrics. It was a challenge to find something that is a general "guy" fabric. I will have to keep my eyes peeled for other good fabrics I can use for things like this.

 

 

And for reference, a not-so-great modeling picture to show how they fit. I think this might have been the first one I made of this batch. (I may have to find a model or camera person that will make it easier to get a good picture.)

 

I hope you enjoyed these adult bibs as much as I enjoyed making them!

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Adventures in Sack Socks

   

Do you collect grocery bags? They make great trash sacks, but it can be hard to keep them organized. Some people stow them under a cabinet, others put bags inside other bags, but I like to keep my grocery bags in a sack sock. I actually have 2 sack socks in use at the moment. Both were gifted to me. That's where I got the idea to make sack socks for others.

 

These sack socks were made from a stretchy nurses' uniform material. Originally, they were supposed to be sold  through a friend's shop, but she ended up not being able to continue her shop due to the demands on her from her main job. 

I used a 15 inch by 10 inch piece of fabric, 2 elastic bands to stretch to 10 inches each, and a strip of fabric 2 inches wide folded for the loop. While there is more than one way to construct a sack sock, I prefer to sew up the side first, then sew the elastic "pockets" leaving an allowance for the elastic to be run (placing the hanging loop at the top), running the elastic, then sewing the elastic together before closing the elastic "pockets" to finish. 

I hope you enjoy this product as much as I do!

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Adventures in Bowl Hot Pads

You may have noticed by now that I dabble in all sorts of fiber arts, from crocheting and knitting to sewing and quilting. This time around I am highlighting a simple quilting-type project: Bowl Hot Pads. 

In short, these bowl-shaped hot pads are made of 100% cotton and are safe for microwaveable use. Simply place your food to be microwaved into your bowl, place the bowl into the Bowl Hot Pad, set the entire ensemble in the microwave, microwave as directed (or as necessary for food safety), then remove the entire ensemble from the microwave. Ta-da! (It is always a good idea to watch what you're microwaving to make sure the contents of your bowl do not overflow.) They are also easy care and can be washed with similar items in your regular laundry. 

Instead of saying something about each pair of bowls in the pictures below, suffice it to say that these are very popular among my family and friends. Any time I make them I end up making a lot of them. This batch includes 17 individual Bowl Hot Pads, 8 pairs and 1 spare. (Haha!)

Typically I find fabrics I like for these in the "small samples" section of the fabric department or quilting store. I always use 100% cotton fabric, batting, and thread so they don't melt in the microwave, and the typical size of a fabric selection is 18x21 inches... just enough for 2 squares of the same fabric pattern. Additionally, I prefer to mix and match fabric designs (a solid with a print is the most straight forward) and make them in pairs. I have also found that I prefer the simple elegance of a top stitch over the more involved decorative stitching. It simply looks better.

At some point I intend to make similar products for instant soup bowls and other specific shape and size items. Stay tuned for those when they come about!

 

I hope you enjoyed this post!

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Adventures in Drawstring Bags (Again!)

 

 

It's no secret that we like dice and table top role playing games. Here are the newest additions to our dice collection (as of this month) and our newest drawstring bag (the owl pattern at the top left) that I made the other day.  The other drawstring bags I had made as part of a collection for friends and family for their dice that did not come with their own bags. 

I really enjoy playing games with family and friends and I also really enjoy making useful and pretty things.  Needless to say, there are plans in the works for a variety of other drawstring bags and useful things coming up in the future. 

I hope you enjoy these little updates! 

 

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