Monday, September 14, 2009

T-shirt pillow



Here's a pillow I made out of an old t-shirt that wouldn't fit a friend's son. I just squared it off, sewed it right sides together leaving a hole, flipped it right side out and whip stitched the opening.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Chaos


This was a layout that I did for a challenge on www.heaven-sent.com.au. I never entered it into the contest but it helped motivate me to finish the page on time

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Anniversary Tile

Here is my first attempt at a tile with vinyl. I somehow pulled this off last minute with the world's worst headache for a friend's 15th wedding anniversary. I used glossy gray vinyl, it would have looked better with the matte but I think it still came out pretty. I used the opposites attract cartridge for the letters and numbers and the home decor cartridge for the swirl. Very easy to make and the tile was about $1.00 at Lowes and then I got a plate rack (with a rooster on it but the tile covers it) at Family Dollar for $3.00. I will definitely keep this idea in mind because it was cheap, fast and easy.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Snuggie Wrap












Here is the snuggie wrap I made using an Amy Butler pattern. I used a cotton print and anti-pill sage fleece for the inside. It was pretty easy to make and came out adorable! It has fusible fleece in between the layers and a hood. I sewed a tie onto the back. It looks like it would be very warm!



Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Bulletin Board

This is the bulletin board of resources I made for work. It has things like food pantries, housing help, insurance help and I used the cricut paper pups cartridge for all of the pictures. I think it came out really cute and I definitely got my money's worth out of the cricut on this one!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Zebra Lanyard


I figured it out without a pattern. Very easy to make a lanyard for a school/work ID badge holder. I found the swivelhook/rings in the jewelry findings at Joanns and you
just need a piece of fabric about 40" long x 3" wide. You press the fabric
in half, open it up and fold each edge towards the center, then press in half again so the finished version is a skinny 3/4 of an inch which fits perfectly on a 3/4" D ring (at the end of the swivel hook) I top
stitched down both sides, put the D ring on and sewed the ends together. I sewed a rectangle to hold the badge flat and "X"
stitched to finish it off.

Only 324098234908 more to make for the craft fair. . .if I get in.












Sunday, September 6, 2009

Tags Swap






Here are the tags my sister, Pam, and I made for our first swap. We each did twelve tags, one for each month. Hers are the top two pics (packaged very cute) and the bottom picture shows the tags I made for her. Onto the next swap. . .