Small but Useful - January 1 - 31

[SewRuthieSews]

Small but Useful

Rules: make a smaller item, for example a purse, makeup bag, kitchen apron, oven gloves, tool roll etc

Timeframe: Construction starts on 1st January and the item must be completed by 31st January.
All entries need to be uploaded with the template and at least one photo by 4th February.

Template: Please submit your entries in this thread using this template

Details to include:
Your User Name and Entry Number (if entering have more than once )
What it is with a short description on how you made it, any problems overcome etc.
Up to 4 photos
PLEASE INSERT PICTURES WITHIN YOUR TEXT!

Please post your entries on the thread by 4th February.

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[realale]

This seems a doable one for January! Well thought out. I have a few small projects I want to do so I'm in for this. 

[Diane]

I'm in for January  and i'll be making some oven gloves for which i've just ordered some lovely Moda fabric.

[Flobear]

I need another pair of oven gloves, seems a good time to fish out some fabric and start making 

[mudcat]

I have some awful black cotton fabric that was intended for a quilt back but too coarse for that so I was planning to make some shoe bags out of it as it's too large of a piece to toss.  Not very exciting but useful and pretty small.

[Esme866]

Ok, I'm in. I REALLY need that apron.

My sewjo has been "sew gone" for "sew long"....maybe this will bring it back.

[Sheilago]

I need a new tea cosy, so will hopefully join in and get that done this month.

[Diane]

I also need a knitting needle case  the projects are queuing up 

[Flobear]

Ooh, @Diane, that makes me think of a knitting bag!

[realale]

I also need a knitting needle case

I just made a knitting needle case!! On December 31st!! 
Actually it's not a knitting needle case as much as a current project roll. It has pockets to hold my tape measure, stitch markers, spare dpns, crotchet hook, scissors etc. It was useful last night when I was trying to finish off a sock as I knew where everything was. It was made with spare bits of fabric as I was using it as a prototype.
I do need a new oven glove, and apron and have been thinking of replacing my teacosy....... 

[Flobear]

Oh no!!! I think I need a tool roll for knitting stuff now 
Will save scrannying around in the Waitrose carrier bag for odds and sods.

[Lowena]

I don't need anything at all 

[Starryfish]

As we normally eat our dinner off our laps on the sofa, I am planning to make an insulated mat to stop the plate overheating my knees. I am going to practice quilting on it.

[realale]

Oh no!!! I think I need a tool roll for knitting stuff now 
Will save scrannying around in the Waitrose carrier bag for odds and sods.

That's why I made it, @Flobear !! I could never find my crotchet hook when I dropped a stitch, or my darning needle when it came to the toe finishing kitchener or the stitch markers when I needed them etc. They were always jumbled up at the bottom of a bag with odd bits of wool and so on, now they all have their own little section -cue the smug face emoji!!

[Renegade Sewist]

As we normally eat our dinner off our laps on the sofa, I am planning to make an insulated mat to stop the plate overheating my knees. I am going to practice quilting on it.

Perhaps a bib as well. I invariably dribble on myself if I'm not planted at a table.