Tutorial: Faemer’s market tote from an inexpensive rug

Jill from Snugglebug University guest blogs at Make It and Love It with a tutorial showing how you can make a large farmer’s market tote out of an inexpensive woven rug. She got her rug from IKEA but you can sometimes find these rugs at discount stores, too. Just a few simple seams is all it takes to transform it into a roomy and sturdy tote. She includes the template to make an embroidered farmer’s market label.

Click below to go to her tutorial:

Farmers’ Market Bag (From an Ikea Rug), by Snugglebug University

[photo from Snugglebug University on Make It and Love It]

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Christmas is one of those holidays that you just can decorate too much for. There’s no limit to the amount of holiday cheer you can bring into you home! There’s no such thing as too many Christmas decorations. You can bring Christmas décor into any room of the house – including the kitchen! Which is kind of fitting given how many Christmas activities and gifts are made in the kitchen. We’ve rounded up 13 Christmas kitchen accessories you can sew for your home or to give as gifts.

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