4th of July Ties

I love making ties for my husband and son.  I can make them relatively fast and my son thinks it cool to have the same tie as his dad.  Here are the ones I made for them this year for the 4th of July.

4th of July Wreath

Here is a 4th of July wreath that I made, by just wrapping yarn around a foam form and hot gluing it together. 

4th of July tag

Here is a 4th of July tag that I made from a wood kit that I bought.  I added red, white and blue twine to hold it up.

4th of July Shirts for Kids

Using the same method that I did here, I used shirts that I found on clearance for a $1.75 a piece and made the kids matching 4th of July shirts.

I had enough fabric leftover that I made my daughter a headband to go with it.  This time I braided it then finished it off the same what that I did here.

Flag Pillows

Look at what I made last week.  I ended up with three of them.  They were tons of fun to make.


First I decided how big I wanted the pillows to be and cut a front and a back for each pillow.  I don't have measurements I eye-balled it this time around.

I then drew out the flag.  I did use a ruler for it, I made the flag 9in x 9in. 

Next I painted them in.  I even painted the white stripes even though the fabric was white when I was done I was glad I did.

After they were painted.  At this time I cut out pieces of burlap,  I purposely made the burlap bigger than the fabric because I wanted to make sure the burlap would stayed sewed in.

I then put the burlap piece over the painted piece and sewed around the flag and each of the stripes.

This picture shows better what I did.

I then cut out the burlap between each of the lines of thread, allowing the paint to show through.

From there I added the back piece over the flag and sewed around the edges allowing a gap on one side so I could turn it outside out and add batting.  I ran out of batting after stuffing one and half of the pillows, I then used some of the extra grocery sacks that we had since they are decor pillows not ones intended for use.  After sewing up the hole I put them in their spots on the couch and chair.

Daddy Countdown and 4th of July Decoration

My husband left this past weekend for some training with the Army.  My daughter asked if we could make a countdown to when Daddy comes home.

Using these and a stapler :)

We came up with this:

I also got the added bonus of another 4th of July decoration.

Flag Tray

Last Summer I made this tray right before we moved.  I got the tray from Michael's for 40% off.  After painting it I made it look darker with some watered down brown paint.

Here it is on my piano: