This is how long it takes me to get to projects: I bought this fabric to make a baby romper for my now five-year-old. But she saw it the other day and requested a dress. She had a very specific design in mind, but I talked her out of sleeves (oh yeah, I’m in charge around here). So here it is, the last of the summer dresses. On to corduroy!
Many of you will have kids headed back to school soon (here in Georgia, school begins next week). So here’s a quick appliqué project. I think it would be cute with a matching skirt or pants.
Supplies:
Step #1: Wash and dry felt square. It will shrink considerably.
Step #2: Cut out fabric and interfacing according to back-to-school-tee-template. Iron on interfacing to the back of the apple shape.
Step #3: Pin apple to center of shirt and sew a zig-zag stitch around the edge.
Step #4: Cut out leaf shape from felt. Pin onto shirt and sew around edges, then through center.
Step #5: Sew a quick stem. Done!
I didn’t make this dress, but I took a plain white linen dress and added the embroidered ribbon and stitching. I stitched around the hem and liked the puckered look it was creating, so I decided to run the decorative stitch in rows along the bodice. It turned out to be a very sweet look, I think.
I’m going to make some puppets and this is my first one. Meet Miss Mouse. We’ve been reading this book with the girls, so they requested a mouse. You can look at this flickr set for instructions and here’s a template: miss-mouse-template.
CAUTION: Do not try this at home. Somehow I managed to stitch this by machine without even breaking a needle. If I haven’t mentioned it before, I have a strong aversion to hand sewing.
If you want to try this, I would suggest doing a sample bit on the back of the lampshade to get the tension correct and make sure that you aren’t going to break your machine! I used a paper lampshade, had to decrease the tension, and went around very, very slowly. Oh, and you’ll need to load the thread color you want into the bobbin as you’ll be sewing on the reverse side.
