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Friday, 9 September 2016

Lets Make Some Fabric Tassels!

Let's make some fabric tassels, OK? I think these are fun to make, can be made out of any fabric and are so cute hanging on door knobs and/or cabinet knobs. So, let's get started.

You will need:

Scissors

Cotton Fabric

Ruler

Hot Glue Gun

To start off, tear - it's very important that you tear and not neatly cut these strips - your fabric strips. I tear mine 3/4" wide x the width of the fabric - normally 45". You want to cut six strips. You will use five for the tassel and the extra one for the hanger and to tie off your tassel.

Then you will cut the strips in two - which means you'll have five strips 3/4" x 22.5".

Fold the strips in half and take your extra strip and knot at the top. This will be your hanger.

Go down 1 1/2" from the top and wrap tightly with your extra strip. When you get this wrapped, hot glue it.

At this point, you will want to trim up your bottom of your tassel in case you have any strips that are way too long.

You can see in this photo, I made one of mine a tad smaller. Just trim them to the length you want.

These are fun to make in any color you want, very little fabric is required and they are super quick.

So, go make yourself some tassels.

Enjoy!

Judy

Monday, 14 March 2016

A Day Sure Can Make A Difference The Big Storm!

Tuesday was a beautiful Spring day in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The sun was shining and all was well with the world.

My Weeping Cherry tree was blooming.

I picked the girls up from Daycare, we had ice cream and we went to their home and they played.....

and played....

and played.

Then Wednesday came. The Weather Bureau kept saying we were going to have severe thunderstorms. But, in Oklahoma, we hear that all Spring.

This time, they were not kidding.

This is my back yard full of hailstones. It's hard to see because it was raining like crazy and the winds were approximately 80 mph.

I'm really not a heavy drinker. I have a big trash container on the side of the house that I keep tin cans in. The cans were all over the back yard and I still haven't found the big trash can.

I thought these had blown off of my storage building. However, today, I find it was my neighbor's - not mine.

This is the house across the street with what is left of their tree in the front yard.

I have lived in Tulsa for 45 years and have been thru lots of tornado alerts but I have never been as scared as I was last night.

I literally stood at my patio doors and watched a huge brown cloud turn into a tornado right before my eyes. It never touched the ground - thank goodness. It was very scary.

I just prayed to God and John to watch over Bella and I and protect us. And they did.

There was a lot of damage in Sand Springs on the west side of Tulsa - one fatality.

But, now I'm thinking my next investment may be a storm shelter. That's how scary it was.

Judy