Silhouette Rhinestone Onesie!

I recently acquired the Silhouette Rhinestone Starter kit which I absolutely LOVE!

I have another shirt tutorial over at Mom It Forward, so be sure to check that out.

I totally think a bedazzled onesie would make a perfect baby shower gift! Don't you!?

I know my baby girl loves hers...see, I caught her sunbathing in it!

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Baby Tie Skirt

I made a tie skirt for myself a few years back. My dad wanted to get rid of a bunch of ties so I told him I would gladly take them off his hands. I am definately not a good seamstress by any means but I can accept how this little skirt turned out. (You will want to use the skinny part of the tie for this skirt. If you were to make an adult one, you would use the widest part of your ties.)

 

What you will need: 

-At least 12 ties

-1/2 yard of tulle

-fabric to line inside

-sewing machine

-elastic

1. First thing you want to do it cut open the back of the ties (see picture).  And the sew the ties together.

2. It will look like crap but don't worry about that just yet. Now you can sew on the inside lining and tulle.

3. Then fold over the top inside of the skirt and place elastic inside. Sew shut. It helps to have a color of thread that won't stand out...I didn't have any obviously.

 

Really you can just make it up as you go...that's what I did.

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Freezer Paper Stencils: Onesies

I'm sure you've seen these before but I am still so in love with making them that I thought I'd do a quick little tutorial! My neighbor just had a baby and I thought this would make a nice little gift!

What you will need:

-Onesie (or other item of clothing)

-Fabric Paint

-Freezer paper

-Something to cut out your stencil

-paint brush

1. First, wash your onesie (or other peice of clothing) and be sure to steer clear of the fabric softener.

2. Cut out your stencil from freezer paper. I used my Silhouette machine (use the blue cutting tip and put the freezer paper shiny side up so as to keep it from tearing).

3. Put a peice of freezer paper or cardboard inside of the onesie so paint doesn't leak through the fabric to the back side.

4. Iron on the stencil in the position that you would like it with the shiny side facing the fabric.

5. Using fabric paint, brush paint on the area inside of your stencil. Wait at least one hour before removing the stencil from the fabric.

*Be sure to wait 48 hours before washing the item of clothing and turn it inside out during the washing process. Read more

Dainty Little Apron

I made this little apron for my niece, Emma (Vanessa's little girl). It was her birthday last week and she turned 2! Emma always wants to wear her older sister's apron, so we decided she needed her own!

 I made the flowers just like I did the ribbon flower earrings. Stitch along one side of the lace and then pull tight to make a small lace flower.

 The bottom is lace overlapping a 1 1/2 inch wide ribbon.

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Spring Flower Shirt

It's starting to get warm in our neck of the woods so I decided to do a celebration of spring craft! I took an old long sleeve shirt (the sleeves were too short anyway!) and I made it into this fun springy shirt!

1. Cut the sleeves of to a length that is comfortable to you. Remember, the sleeves will look a lot shorter than they are when the shirt is actually on you.

2. Take each sleeve and cut along the seam (or seams) mine only had one. Open up the material and lay it out flat. This will be what you will use for your flowers!

3. I used a spool of ribbon to measure my flower circles and I found that to work great. Cut out as many circles as you possibly can from the sleeves ( I was able to get sixteen).

4. Begin sewing 1/2 inch stitches around the circles staying fairly close to the edges.

5. Pull the thread to cinch it up and tie a few knots to ensure it won't fall apart in the wash.

6. Attach your flowers with applique glue and then stitch them in place.

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RL Dress Makeover

There is nothing as satisfying as turning something that you never use/wear into something new and fun! That's the best kind of craft project!

Remember these...

The Ralph Lauren Polo Dresses...kinda out of style now. SO. Since I never wear mine anymore, I decided to be thrifty/crafty and change it into this...

What I used...
Ralph Lauren Dress
Two old t-shirts
Sewing machine and thread

Everything I used was on hand so for me, this project was FREE!

1. So the first thing you need to know how to do is to make a ruffle. Cut strips of fabric for the bottom of the dress and the collar. Then sew down the middle and pull one of the threads until it's as ruffly as you like it!

2. Sew the ruffles on the dress. You can pin it but I didn't, it was easy enough without pins.
I cut the collar off of the dress, it didn't match to well with the ruffles!

3. I made a two layer flower like the ribbon earrings (see that tutorial for technique). Then I sewed a little dainty pearl right smack in the middle. I sewed this over the RL flag logo on the front of the dress.
So that's pretty much it, I just made it all up as I went. I'm still wondering if I want to so some more to it but I guess we'll see!
Hope you like it, I kinda do ;) Read more