Casserole Carrier

Found a great gift idea from The Two Little Hooligans via Pinterest. I have pumped out 5 of these out of my sweatshop. They're really fun for wedding gifts. 

http://www.2littlehooligans.com/2010/10/24/casserole-carrier-tutorial/

Their tutorial provides the dimensions and instructions on how to make the Casserole Carrier. I substituted belting in for their homemade handles.  I also added a spoon holder. This is 3 inches x 2 inches (ish).

To add to the gift, I etched the couples last name to a 9x13 dish. The names were created with Cricut machine and vinyl. The height of the text is 1 1/4". The vinyl is a sticker and applies easily to the dish. We used a sponge brush to apply the Armour Etch and let it sit for about a minute. Washed it off in the sink and then were left with an awesome finished product.

My Aunt Marlae made me a cupcake oven mitt for my bridal shower. I used it as a pattern outline. It should be just shy of a full 81/2x 11 piece of paper. I sewed the top part of the mitt through to the two line marks.

Cupcake Mitt Instructions:

• Cut out two pieces of fabric and one piece of insul-bright the size of the pattern below.
• Sew the three pieces together leaving a gap to turn inside out.
• Top stitch the 'wrapper' section of the mitt. 
• Top stitch vertical lines on the mitt to create the wrapper effect. 
• Cut out two pieces of the top fabric and one piece of insul-bright. The swoops will extend a bit farther than what needs to be sewn to the 'wrapper' part of the cupcake.
• Top stitch the 'frosting'.
• Cut out a piece of fabric for the hook. Fold over and iron.
• Sew 'frosting' and hook to the cupcake 'wrapper'.

Click to make larger. Remove margins when printing.

Here is another example of the finished product: