Two Cute Pillows

Still trying to get everything done by Saturday for my sister in laws wedding presents. I finally completed two cute pillows last night. 

The fist one is a ruffle pillow, this is my first ruffle pillow I ever made and

I think it came out pretty cute. 

What do you think?

The second is a small throw pillow for their bed (they are doing the master in leopard). I got this idea from  Maureen Cracknell Handmade blog for a quilted heart pillow.

I hope she likes them!

Weekend Redo - Old Chair Becomes New

I have taken the first step towards getting my craft area together. I have seen several posts of old chair finds from area Goodwill stores that have been redone so cute. Then I got to thinking, ' I have some old chairs out in the top floor of the barn' and what to you know they worked out perfect for a redo. 

BEFORE

AFTER

                                                                                                                                                                                                       

I think it came out pretty darn cute and didn't cost me a dime since I already had the paint, chair and fabric. Hmmmm I have three more of these chairs in the barn, wonder who else needs a chair redone??? 

Next is the desk challenge. Yep there's a desk in the barn too, a big ugly bulky one that would be perfect for my sewing machine.

I am up for that challenge!!!

Happy Monday!!!!!

Fun to do Friday

 If you read my last tutorial you know my sister in-law is getting married and I was wanting to make some things that match their decor they registered for their first place. The last tutorial was  personalized wall art , today I am going to show you how to dress up a boring light switch cover to add a little pop to any room.

 Supplies: 

• switch plate
• fabric of your choice
• paint brush
• glue or mod podge
• sealer

First you will spread the glue on the front of your switch plate and turn on over and press in the center of  the wrong side of the fabric ( I am using a bandana and the print is on both sides)

Second you will brush glue along one side of the plate and fold your fabric over.

Continue this step for all four sides, applying more glue if needed to keep edges down.

Forth, you will make an X cut where the switch goes through and then fold the fabric back and glue in the same way as you did on the edges. I use my tiny embroidery scissors to make this cut but you can also use a craft knife.

One its dry you will flip it over and puncture two holes where the screws go. You don't have to cut the entire tiny circle, if you just puncture it the screw does the rest when you install it.

Last step is to cover your switch plate with sealer. I used two coats, you can use as many as you would like but I wouldn't recommend less than two.

Ta Da! Instant pop of color to match any rooms decor. 

FYI this can also be done using scrapbook paper following the same steps. 

I hope you enjoyed it, have a great crafty weekend!!!

Sweet Tweet Baby Girl Quilt

 

Little birdies, how precious is this fabric? It's been sitting in my WIP pile for a while waiting for a back and finally got one! One down several more to go.

Machine appliqued birdie.

This one is currently available in my etsy shop

I couldn't get a good pic of the whole blanket, but you get the just. My favorite part is the little appliqued birdie on the corner. I hope you like it!

Personalized Wall Art Tutorial

Since I can't sew anymore today I decided to be productive in other crafts. My sister in law is getting married and they are moving into their first place next month, she is doing her bathroom in zebra so I thought I would make her some things for her new house.

So here are the no-sew tutorials for this cute personalized piece of art.

First you will need

• your desired background fabric
• fabric for your applique
• design for your applique cut from paper or cardstock
• heat n bond
• iron
• scissors
• picture frame
• cardboard piece from inside picture frame or cut your own to size

First Step: iron your Heat N Bond to the back of your applique fabric (directions are on the package)

Second Step: Take your design template (mine is the letter V for their last name) and trace it onto your applique fabric. I just found a font I liked, enlarged it to the size I wanted, printed and cut it out.

Third Step: Cut our your design and peel off backing paper of Heat N Bond

Forth Step: Iron on your applique to your background fabric, be sure to flip the fabric over and iron the back to ensure a good application

Fifth Step: center your design on the cardboard piece, flip it over, wrap the edges around the back and hot glue them down

Now put it in the frame and hang it up

 

 Ta Da!

Not My Day to Sew...

So I have been going through all my tons of fabric and found some cute dinosaurs I had bought a while back. I kept digging and found some cute coordinates to go with it to make a simple quick strip toddler quilt. I got to the third to last row on my quilt and look what happened...

 Yep broke my sewing machine needle on my straight pin.... this is the first time I have broken one into three pieces. BLAH!!! So your saying just replace it... that was my last needle :( and we live in the country where the closest store is not close at all. So I will have to wait till tomorrow to go into town. 

So here is my almost done toddler dino quilt.

Well I am off to find something else crafty to do!!!

Try a New Thing Wendsday

Well last night at almost midnight I found myself on this great webpage called Craftaholics Anonymous She has some of the best ideas on her page. I found this one simple headband tutorial and thought I would try it today since my daughter has fallen in love with headbands. So I did, I made five. There were so easy they only took like 30 minutes. All you need is two pieces of coordinating fabric 2X20" and a small piece of elastic. All the instructions can be found on her web page http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/ 

You should try to make some too!!!