Part 2-Kids shirt

I made this for my daughter and niece. Same thing as the pink shirt, just different fabric. This fabric makes me happy...I got it at Walmart! And the shirt is from Target. Total cost....$5.50. I have even gotten a couple friends ask me to make them one. Why not,I have enough fabric!

Kristen

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Different take on a "flower" shirt

So it was my mom's birthday, and I wanted to make her a shirt. We have really been into those circle flowers, and I wanted to do something different. So, I went to Joann's and found some fabric that had flowers. I cut out the ones I wanted, used some 'Steam a Seam 2'...(wonderful stuff, but expensive) to adhere the fabric to the shirt. I used coordinating fabrics and a bit of netting and a couple of buttons. I then hand stitched around every flower. You can use your machine, but I wasn't feeling comfortable about it since I have lead foot! Anyways, my mom loved it and I am glad it is done!!


FINAL VIEW OF SHIRT

Corner of shirt

Top corner of shirt

I told my mom if she didn't like it to just wear it around me once since it took 5 hours to hand sew. Hopefully, she will wear it more than that! Happy Birthday Mom!!

Kristen

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Blooming Wreath

Ok, so it's not really blooming..but I needed to call it something.

Sad story: Remember my split pea wreath? Well, one day I heard a big crash, and when I went to check it out, there lay my wreath on the ground. It had "split" open...pardon the pun;) I had it hanging on a sticky hook and the hook just fell of the door...not so sticky I guess. Lesson learned for sure! For this one I screwed a chandelier hook into the door. This thing ain't going anywhere!!!

So I needed a new wreath.

Not as clever as my split peas, but I think it is kind of purdy.

And I got to use leftover fabric from my lamp shades. I just can't seem to get away from the green and white. Does anyone else have this problem? I am so tunnel visioned when it comes to color.


Nicole

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Mother's Day Gift {{Slippers}}

So, I have a pattern for some slippers. I was so excited to make them. Got all my supplies, cut out the material and got to sewing. Two hours later (this is on ONE slipper) I am examining my finished product...and I realize that there is no way on earth that it will fit an adult foot. Maybe Cinderella, but not anyone else I know. I was SOOOOO bummed! The slippers were my plan for Mother's Day!

Plan B....Target slippers and add some embellishments.

Got some plain slippers from Target. Not really digging the fleece tassel thingys, but that's ok...they are coming off anyway!

Add a couple fabric flowers...one is a gathered flower and the other is a rose. Hot glued them on and we are calling it good. I think they are pretty cute myself. Think I will make some for me too!





Once again...mother's in my life....AVERT YOUR EYES!!!!!
:)

Nicole

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Gathered Fabric Flower Tutorial

Welcome to my first tutorial! I am a bit embarrased that it is something so simple, but a few people asked how I did the flowers for the lamp shade so I am happy to show you!

There are a ton of tutorials out there for different types of flowers but I don't remember seeing one on this one..could be wrong though!

First let me just point something out....THAT IS ME...USING A SEWING MACHINE!! Seriously my mom thought she would never see the day!

Anyway...You start out by cutting strips of fabric. The width on mine were 2 inches and the length 22 inches. You can do them longer, wider, shorter and skinnier. It just depends on the size of flower you want.

Then all you do is a running stitch on your machine. I used the largest stitch my machine would do...makes it easier to gather.

You then pull the top string and gather the fabric as you go.

Gather, gather, gather until you have a circle.

Then you hand stitch the two ends together and there ya go!! So easy!

You can do these flowers without a machine. In fact I hand sewed all the flowers on the lamp shade.

Nicole

Joining Forces!!

Thanks to my sweet sister in law Kathy..she is letting me join her here on her craft blog! I am excited!

So...a couple things I have done the past couple days...

It was my son's teacher's birthday so I decided to make her this wall hanging/plaque. I saw another version on Brown Paper Packages. They did a Family Values plaque. I might get to that someday. If you want to see their version go here.

I used a wood plaque, spray painted it black. I then distressed the edges with sandpaper. Then chose a paper palette. His teacher's favorite color is black so we chose black. I chose my wording, my fonts and sizes of papers and got to work. I inked the edges before gluing them down and then mod podged the whole thing. We drilled two holes in it so I could attach some tulle for hanging it up.

This morning right before I wrapped it up I noticed I put the word "understanding" twice! Nice! I had to do a quick fix before he took it to school today. I just added the word "example" on top of it.

My newest obsession is fabric flowers. I love them for embellishments for shirts, dresses, purses, even shoes. It is a simple flower...just a strip about 1 " wide and as long as you want. The longer the strip, the bigger the flower. You just do a running stitch and then gather it to form the flower. Then stitch to secure it through the middle. Add your center...a button or a bead. I sewed a small piece of felt on the back to give it a finished look then attached a bar pin so we can switch it out on different things. The edges are supposed to be frayed. I am still searching for more flower tutorials so stay tuned....