Melinda’s Sewing Crafts

02/05/2026

This is Melinda’s daughter, Amanda providing a heartbreaking update on Melinda. She unexpectedly passed away Tuesday morning. She loved her followers and our family appreciates you all for your friendship with her. She was loved dearly and will be greatly missed.

Ms. Melinda Kay Hunnicutt Franklin, 65, of Lake Cormorant, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Desoto in Southaven. Funeral services will be held at 1100 AM Friday, February 6, 2026 at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada. The family will receive friends fro...

02/02/2026

Check out the new class that is being offered this time.👀
‼️ Sewing Classes begin March 26th at the Gale Center. Registration opens in February through Hernando Parks, phone 662-429-2688.‼️
♦️The objectives for the Beginner Sewing Classes will remain the same. These classes are for those who know nothing about a sewing machine or sewing, but want to learn. The participants will be able to make an envelope pillow cover by the end of the 6 weeks.🙂
♦️The Project Sewing Class is a new class this year. In it, i will offer various projects to be taught and made. The participants will anonymously vote on the projects they want to learn to make. The projects with the most votes will be what i teach y’all to make. The number of projects made during the 6 weeks will depend on time needed for the project.
For the first project of the first Project Sewing Class, i have chosen the project and am providing the fabrics needed. Credit for the fabrics i will supply goes to the Desoto County Extension Office. They had a free fabric giveaway a while back, and i was able to get some, which i plan to use for our sewing classes!🙂

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02/01/2026

I'm excited to bring this apron to life with the vibrant and glittery purple fabric I cut out yesterday, turning simple materials into something truly special.💜
How old were you when you started learning to cook?🤫
I lived with my grandmother growing up and she didn’t allow us children in the kitchen.🤣 I had to teach myself how to cook after I got married!🤣

01/31/2026

I’m testing something. Please comment date and time you see this post. Thank you!🙂

01/29/2026

Do you like the color combo on this apron I just completed making?🤫
This apron was fun to make!

01/28/2026

In the most unexpected ways, brilliant ideas can emerge, and sometimes they smell like feet!🤣
I use Insul Bright for the inside batting for potholders due to its exceptional thermal insulation properties that effectively reflect heat and cold back to its source. This week, I employed it in a groundbreaking manner - wrapping my great-grandson's feet with it,🤣
because who needs thermal socks when you can just MacGyver some Insul Bright?!🤣 After a snowy playtime, his feet were freezing icy cold, and he was miserable. Bless his heart.🥰 So, I proposed using the Insul Bright material to warm him up, because desperate times call for desperate measures!🤣 My daughter cut it to size, wrapped it around his feet, and added fuzzy socks on top. When he returned from another snowy escapade, his feet were dry and warm - a truly remarkable transformation!🙌 It's astounding what we can achieve when we harness our creativity, find ingenious solutions, and don't mind looking a little silly.🤣 And, as an added blessing, he's getting thermal insulated boots soon!🥰

01/27/2026

What are you doing during this ice storm?
Due to all of the iced over roads, I’m staying home, staying warm, and sewing. I just completed making this zippered pouch. Measures 8” wide x 5 1/2” tall. This fabric is a very pretty lavender and sparkly in person.💜
I couldn’t get my lighting right.

01/27/2026

Do you like the color pink?💕
The fabric on this lined zippered pouch I just made is so pretty. It sparkles, though it doesn’t show in the pic. Measures 8 1/4” wide x 5 1/4” tall.

01/26/2026

I love the fabric on this zippered pouch I just made! I think it is so pretty!💜
A customer brought me some fabric a while back to make her some items from it, and told me to keep what fabric was left over. So thoughtful and sweet!🥰

01/26/2026

I’m experimenting again! This was my first attempt at making a thermal insulated zippered pouch with boxed corners. It measures 8 1/2” tall x 6 1/2” wide. The fabric is so cheerful looking.❤️💛🩷💚🩵
What could you put in here?

01/25/2026

What do you think would look pretty made from this fabric?🤔

01/23/2026

I love this look of this zippered pouch I made, so I made another one like it, only bigger.💕
Do you like burlap fabric?