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Close ups of the boats/ships that I included inside a tube with the quilt. My recipient already had many cars for the road.        There is absolutely no two year old known to mankind that would not love his or her very own car playmat! And these, are sew easy for mom or dad to put together in approximately five minutes, as long as they have access to a sewing machine and two yards of fun, printed fabric!        Just turn the right sides together and sew a straight stitch around the outside edges leaving a three inch opening. Turn the mat inside out so that the right sides (finished printed sides) are showing and sew the three inch opening shut with an invisible stitch.        Iron the mat flat and then sew a few lines of quilting all the way across the top of the mat from one end to it's opposite side in order to add strength to the mat.        Roll up the finished car mat with a tub...

I paid only ten cents for these little, child sized potholders in an estate sale.  Each revealed bright colors after giving them a good scrub. Then, I decided  they needed a bit of decoration. So I cut a flower, cherries and strawberry  from a bit of felt and appliqued the designs with hand-stitching.  With just a few finishing touches (pom poms and seed beads) this  project was finished in under an hour. Left, Vintage print fabric potholders in bold colors: blue, green, yellow and red  will look sweet with our kitchen oven in the playroom. Right,   an old-fashioned woven potholder made with loops came with the set.   It is color coordinated with the quilted potholders. I cut simple shapes of both a strawberry and cherries for my appliques. Then I cut  brown stems and green leaves from felt. After sewing the designs directly onto the  tops of my potholders, (using a blanket stitch ) I then attached a few black seed  beads to my stra...