Sewing Cork

A few days ago I made a cork trivet

from some cork tiles I had lying around.

I mentioned I may be making my

nephew some of my re-usable zip loc baggies, but then my

freezer paper stencil didn't work out as planned.

The green of the evergreen state didn't 'pop' as expected.

I was looking through my favorite blogs and found some cork

coasters on How About Orange.

This got me thinking...sewing on cork?

I tried it. It worked. It was EASY.

I went around the stenciled state again, and again!

Then, I went around my cork trivet a few times.

The messier and uneven the stitches were, the better!

A little trimming and voila!

So I tried it with writing and drawing.

I used a chalk pencil to write my word and draw my picture...

I'm thinking of trying a more detailed design next.

The cork size can't get too large, since it

needs to fit within my sewing machine arm.