![\"Towel](\"images\/20100927-01.jpg\")
<\/p>\nMy friend read it and loved it. <\/p>\n
“You’ve got to read this book,” she said.<\/p>\n
I dutifully placed it on my TBR list and waited for it to become available at my library.<\/p>\n
It took awhile. It’s a popular book.<\/p>\n
But once I got it, I knew why.<\/p>\n
It’s filled with gorgeous projects for re-purposing old items into new “pretties” (and “usefuls”) for your home.<\/p>\n
Projects range from bags and pillows to children’s toys to “green” items (cloth diapers and women’s cloths) to clothing items to curtains, banners, and table runners.<\/p>\n
And there’s the lovely towel rug that I decided to make for myself. I have dozens of vintage towels I saved from my Grandmother’s collection, intending to repurpose them into something.<\/i> I originally thought I’d make a throw–but for the last year or so, I’ve been thinking I’d use them to make some easy washable bath mats.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Soule’s towel rug, made with a towel and a garage-saled pillowcase, fit the bill perfectly. Having made this one, I’m keeping my eyes peeled for more garage sale\/thrift store sheets and pillowcases. ‘Cause I don’t think I’ll be done until I’ve made a whole set of these!<\/p>\n
![\"Towel](\"images\/20100927-02.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
Rating:<\/b> 4 stars Visit my books page<\/a> for more reviews and notes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My friend read it and loved it. “You’ve got to read this book,” she said. I dutifully placed it on my TBR list and waited for it to become available at my library. It took awhile. It’s a popular book. But once I got it, I knew why. It’s filled with gorgeous projects for re-purposing … Read more Book Review: “Handmade Home” by Amanda Blake Soule<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[36,12],"tags":[48,86,520,995,1166],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5159"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCategory:<\/b> Sewing Crafts
\nSynopsis:<\/b> 30 Household Sewing Projects from Amanda Blake Soule, blogger at SouleMama.com<\/a>
\nRecommendation:<\/b> Lovely projects, pretty pictures, engaging commentary. Sewers and crafters will want to take a peak at this book.<\/p>\n
\n