SaunaSeatCovers

Everyone who has been in Finland knows sauna. In most private homes have sauna. There are also many public saunas in Finland. My family use these seat covers made of Terry Fabric TPU in public saunas. TPU-side against the seat. They are perfect also in private saunas for ladies in certain period of month, or our private sauna guests if desired. They are washable and reusable. Usually they last decades. I started this blog in January 2011. The last Terry Fabric TPU seat covers I made for about 20 years ago around 2006. Only now we have ran out of them. That's why you have not seen me making any. I still have few but children size. So, now I made 6 adult size.

Actually you don't need the bias tape around the edges. The bias tape makes it just more personalized so you find your own easier at public saunas. For the red ones I had factory made bias tape at home but not for the blue ones. Well, I could have used the red one but did't want to. That's why I made my own from the fabric. You can find Home Made Bias Tape -tutorial here.

I need a longer bias tape so I sew together the shorter pieces.

I was happy and satisfied with the result.

You can sew the bias tape with the normal basic presser foot or use the bias tape presser foot. It is up to you which you prefer. I usually sew it without, but now I decided to use the bias tape presser foot and was happy with the result.

When you make the loops for you seat covers they are easier to hang to get dry. Despite this material has plastic and they are brand new, they are FashionNOW products because they last long and replace the disposable seat covers in public saunas and holiday homes.

Old Linen Towel

Yes, I've been going through a lot of stuff with my mom lately. This old home made linen bath towel was one of reusable things we found. It had some spots and some wear outs time had caused. But there was still enough proper material for sauna seat cover which I did using the towel for my mom. Very practical and useful idea to recycle old materials.

Santa Claus factory

Today I received a letter from a friend. She wrote that she guesses I have almost all presents ready already. She knows me so well. What else can I say? Christmas arrives every year. I know it. I love it. And want to relax and enjoy about it. There's pictured only few gifts I have made. But I can tell you, none of them is for you. I updated only the gifts whose owners won't be reading my blog! :)

This bench cover is made of Norwegian Gjestal's Cortina soft 100% wool yarn. It is my own design. I sew woollen fabric lining to the other side to make it feel even more warmer and softer.

This pot holder is also made of Norwegian Gjestal's Cortina soft 100% wool yarn. The design is my own and I used loose end yarn. I crocheted it first and then washed in washing machine to get it felted up. When you felt something it always gets shrinken so it's important to make it big enough.

This pair of woollen sock I knit again from loose end threads of the same trade mark. The colours are Lapland themed. You get easily arctic themed colours by using just basic shades of white, red, green, yellow and blue. I used only white, red and green because I had only them and I didn't want to or need to buy more yarn to get these socks finished. If you look very carefully you can notice I used two shades of white: "natural white" and "blanc" and that seems to work fine.

When I knit socks or mittens I never have design on the paper to follow. It's always my own design in my head. If you use loose end threads, the ones that are left over from some other project, it is easy when you knit both sock at the same time.

Fifteenth day of December

Very easy idea to decorate your home is to sew something from a fabric that is especially designed for some purpose. I bought this bench cloth for sauna from a local fabric shop. They sell the similar fabric. The width is the exact for the sauna bench. You just buy as long as you wish it to be and then sew the side edges. The same idea is easy to use for a table cloth too. Just buy a fabric designed for a table cloth. Remember ask them to cut it to the size you want. If you need to make two buy them in two pieces. At fabric shop they have better possibilities to cut big fabrics than many people have at home.

Fourteenth day of December

I designed and knit this easy seat cover and warmer from 100% woollen loose end  yarns. If you knit one make sure it will be big enough for your purposes. Then wash it in a washing machine with 40-60 Celsius degrees. The cover shrinks approximately 40% and felts too so it will be thicker and warmer.