In every episode June is sporting a half apron. I picked these half aprons up for 50 cents each. They have hand embroidered work on the bottom of each. I love them! And more importantly I will be wearing them!
Archives for May 2012
June Cleaver
Ruffled Tote Winner Announced
I have been out of town for the Memorial Day weekend. Now that I am back I have a winner for my Ruffled Tote bag! The winner was drawn at random and it is Beth who commented “I am a new follower via GFC. Love the bag!”
Thanks to all of you who stopped by my blog. I wish I had enough bags to send everyone! As a consolation prize, I will be posting the tutorial of how I made the ruffled tote this week so you can make your own!
Mother’s Day Quilt
Kitchen Towel Makeover
I made these kitchen towels to go in my newly updated kitchen. They are so much fun to make. I love quick sewing projects like this because I get a “fabric fix” without a lot of mess!
I made these towels using “bar mop” towels from Target – they are $4 for a set of 4. I recommend washing them – they turn all different kinds of shapes in the dryer!
Giveaway Day
This week is Giveaway Week at Sew Mama Sew. If you are new to my blog – WELCOME!! I am Amanda aka Jedi Craft Girl & I love to sew, craft & quilt – all while being really thrifty! Here is what I came up with for my giveaway – a Ruffled Tote Bag. It is a denim bag with 4 ruffles & fabric flower. To enter to win this bag, become a follower to my blog & leave a comment. This giveaway will be open until May 25th at 5:00 P.S.T. The winner will be drawn at random & I will post the winner on May 27th. (This is for domestic USA residents only. )
Laundry Room Update
My laundry room is finally coming along. David finished the tile work and built the shelf this past weekend. I decorated the buckets and tubs with fabric tape from my friend Judy at Sprizzie. I love it – she also has lots of fun washi tape! I don’t keep all my laundry in here – there just isn’t room. This is where the stragglers life. The rest is in hampers in everyone’s room.
I bought these vintage frames at a garage sale. The art work was a little faded. I printed out photos of my girls wearing clothes I wore when I was little and I mounted them right on top of the vintage prints.
The frames are really hanging on the wall – the fabric bows are made to look like the picture is hanging from them – the bows are actually hot glued on!
Oh yes, the lost and found board is in full use! It’s kind of embarrassing how many missing socks I am responsible for!!
Finally I cut this little phrase out and put it on the door. I found it on the internet somewhere & loved how it turned laundry into something to be thankful for! A nice reminder for sure.
I have a few more things to finish – I am making a little quilt to hang above the backsplash. Hopefully it will get done soon!
Polyester Flowers
We made these in Relief Society. They were really fun and super easy!!
To make these, get your polyester fabric – sheer and thin seemed to work the best. Cut out circles – lots of variety in the sizes. I played with mine – but a 5 or 6 inch circle worked the best for the largest pieces.
Next cut slits like in the diagram below. The deeper the slits the deeper the petals. The more slits the more petals. Again, it was fun to play around to get the look I wanted.
Then take a candle and hold the edges of the fabric above the flame so the fabric singes & melts. This creates the ruffelly petally look. And who doesn’t love to play with fire while crafting!!
Finally I pinched the centers of the flowers and hand sewed them all together. You can add buttons, beads, rhinestones, or anything to the centers – the possibilities are endless! I hot glued an alligator clip to the back so Sally (or mommy) can wear!!
My Favorite Wall Hanging
Lined, Draw-String Fish Bag
My daughter is going to Hawaii and she wanted a little bag to keep her mask in so it wouldn’t get scratched by all the sand in her beach bag. I found this tutorial on In Color Order blog. It is the best tutorial & and the bags come out darling! I love that they are fully lined. My daughter choose the tropical fish fabric. I would have sewn the ties out of fabric – but I ran out of time so we just used ribbon. Now I must make a dozen of these for me!!
3rd Grade Mother’s Day Craft
To make these pom pom pens & holder you need:
fabric 2.5″ x 20″
fabric 1″ x12″
ballpoint pens
can without a sharp edge
scrapbook paper
glue & hot glue
All we did to make the “Pencil Holder” was glue a strip of scrapbook paper around the can. Of course you can get super cute with die cuts, vinyl, ribbon, buttons, and ric rac – but we are keeping it simple for 3rd graders!!!
Next we needed to wrap the gift. Wrapping 46 gifts can add up – so I went the brown paper bag route! I bought doilies and cut them in half. The learners glued the doily to the front, placed the gift inside & wrapped the outside with variegated pink cotton yarn! Done!
I was exhausted when I came home from making this craft at school. I don’t know how teachers do it. They are amazing people!!