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Facing the music…

My Modge Podge coasters from a prior post didn’t pass the usage test… and that was with me painstakingly waiting the full month for curing!  Room temperature drinks were fine, but anything hot or cold would stick to the coaster, setting the stage for some dicey situations and leaving marks behind on the coaster surfaces.  My fiber friends (who took the brunt of the testing period) were exceedingly polite about it, but the coasters simply just didn’t function well for their intended purpose.

I bought some other tiles for dirt cheap at the same time that had some residual glue on them from stickers past.  A little acetone quickly took care of the glue.  They are pretty as they are, rustic, and best of all, absorbent.  I think they are possibly concrete tiles if such a thing exists.  The bottoms are molded but the tops have a stone appearance.  Very pretty.

I slapped some cork sheeting on the bottom (middle left) and just need to wait another 24 hours before I use them.

4/30/12 Project 365 concrete coasters

They are spare and uncomplicated, but I think my fiber friends will very much appreciate how much better they function.

1 old t-shirt = 3 new bags

I originally saw the idea for drawstring bags made from the sleeves of old T-shirts in Green Craft magazine, then proceeded to google some instructions today.

These were so easy and so thrifty it felt like I’d discovered the new world.  I’m totally patting myself on the back here.  They were fast, too.  It took just 1/2 hour to do these for my very first time.  My 12-year-old saw them and immediately claimed the large bag for himself to hold his PE clothes.  (Mstr. N being interested in Mom’s crafts?  Priceless!)

I have one large bag from the body of the t-shirt and two small bags from the sleeves.  The draw strings on the smaller bags are made of 1 inch strips from the top of the t-shirt.  The beauty of these is that the hems are used as the drawstring casings… that means just a tad bit of cutting plus some straight sewing on only 1 or 2 sides.

4/27/12 Project 365 sleeve bags

This is what was left.  I figure I might google other t-shirt crafts to see if there is any way to re-use the rest.

4/27/12 Project 365 tshirt bag scraps

Too fun!