Princess inspired shirt

Here is another little project that I did.  I have been loving my embroidery machine that my husband got me for Christmas last year.  My daughter loves this shirt and gets comments about it whenever she wears it. 

Baby boy onesies

 My sister-in-law is having her first baby in March, they found out it is boy.  I made some onesie's for her.  This one I made from an inside joke they have with my oldest daughter.

Here is a close up.

I made this one because hockey is a big sport in my husband's family.  I have another onesie to show you guys but I'm saving it for another day I am really excited about it.

Boy Valentine Day Shirt

I wanted to share the Valentines Day shirt I made for my son.  I put it on him to take pictures and he refused to take it off again. 

 

 

Felt Scarves

Did you see my Christmas present from my husband?  If not check it out here he did some amazing work on it.



Today I want to share with you a scarf that I saw somewhere on the internet and the price was much more then I wanted to pay and I figured I could do something similar for a fraction of the price.  This is what I came up with. 
 

They are really easy and all you need is a 1/2 yard of felt, thread that matches the felt, a needle and scissors.  For this particular scarf I think that I did 13 flowers, you can do how many you want to create the desired length.  I usually do about 13-14 for adults, the one that I made for my daughter I think that I did 9 or 10.

For this scarf I cut the number of flowers I was making in 4 different sizes of circles.  I didn't measure or made sure that each circle was a true circle.  When I had one of each size circle cut I used that as a "pattern" for the rest of the circles.  If you are going to put beads in the middle like I did then only cut out four sizes otherwise cut out five circles.

 Here are my circles.

 Next I cut each circle to have wavy edges.  I didn't worry about it being perfect since flowers aren't always perfect and are individually different anyways.

 After all the circles have wavy edges.  Thread your needle and tie a knot at the end of the string.  Then grab a circle of each size (4 layers if you have cut out five its okay hold onto the smallest one for a bit later) and stack them then I folded it in half.

 Then run the needle through the middle making sure it goes through all the layers.

 Then pull the needle through and go through the same direction that you went through previously and pull the thread tight.

 If you were to open the flower it would look like this.

So open the flower and fold it in half the other direction and repeat the same process before.

 

 After I completed that I tied it tight but DON'T cut the thread just yet.

 Open the flower up and stick the needle through the middle and add your beads.  I did the beads individually just so then I could place them a bit more securely. Then I tied it off on the back and cut the thread.

 One completed flower now only 12 more to go.  Repeat the same process for each flower.

 Now if you aren't going to do beads this is where you will use your fifth circle.  I folded it into quarters.

 Then I sewed it into the middle of the flower and tied it off in the back.

When I completed a flower I would attach it to another completed one.  I sewed them together where the other petals would cover the sewing.

 When I first started making the scarves I would sew them onto a piece of felt the length of the scarf.  But I have decided I prefer the look and would rather just sew the flowers together.

 This scarf is with the backing.

 Here is one I made for my sister. 

This one I gave to my daughter's teacher for Christmas.

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Shirts that is...

These are this year's Christmas shirts.  This is the first time that I have ever used iron on vinyl.  It was relatively easy to use.  I cut the images out with my Cricut machine and then placed it on the shirts and ironed them on.  The instructions said to have the iron on the highest setting and leave it on for 2-3 seconds.  I used the highest setting and left it on for more like 20-30 seconds.  I have had to go back a couple of times and iron it back down again and two of the shirts.  So I probably should have left the iron on it for just a little longer.  But I love how they turned out and the kids won't stop wearing them.

Sandpaper t-shirts

So I found this idea on Pinterest a while ago on making t-shirts with sandpaper.  I kept forgetting to buy the stuff when I was at the store, then my daughter was going to have a couple of her friends over I immediately thought of these shirts.  The directions I used are here.  I would be careful about what you put in the dryer right after having these shirts in there for a little bit "setting the picture" the load (luckily it was darks) had a couple of clothes that were a little bit more pink than before.

The girls had a blast making these and my daughter has worn hers quite a few times since.

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.