Sew a spare dog leash

Puppies love to chew and they are not selective. Their leash is targeted as well as your favourite socks and slippers. This leash is so easy and quick to make, you can always have extras. Reuse the swivel hooks from ruined leashes or you can get them at many hardware stores. Use a heavier needle

Make some wineglass coasters

These little coasters are very quick and easy to make as well as serving a dual purpose. Furniture is protected and it’s a way of identifying your glass. When we mingle among guests and appetizers we tend to put our glasses down, and how many times have we heard, “Is this your glass or mine?”


Make a “pretty” bag

As we are all trying to cut down on the use of plastic bags, let’s make our reusable bags pretty. The ones with the grocery store name on them are fine for groceries, but let’s go “pretty” for our other shopping. Materials: .5 metre fabric (twill or any heavier fabric) 2.5 metres of webbing for

Create a snowflake pillowslip

Slip these snowflake pillowslips onto your pillow forms to add a little bit of sparkle to those sometimes dreary winter days. Material for two pillows: 1-1/3 yard (minimum 36-inch width) each of sheer snowflake material and grey lining 1-1/2 yards silver piping Grey thread 2 black Klikit snap fasteners 3/8 inch wide Wooden spool Hammer


Knit up an easy afghan

Readers have been requesting some additional information on making Joan Popke’s afghan from the October 16 Crossroads. Joan says she used Size 6 round needles and cast on 192 stitches. She did the pattern six times and then changed colour and used three colours. Four sets of colours will make a 4×5-foot afghan.