My neighbor (also known as the crazy cat lady) wandered into my yard this weekend saying "Valerieeeee??? I have some thiiiings for you. Might you want theeeese?? Vintage embroidery transfers, vintage iron-on t-shirt transfers, and vintage embroidery books. Ummm.....YES, I might. I snatched them out of her hands, raced through the pages and prayed that the transfers would still in fact transfer. As you can see, they do, and Im totally in love with this design.
Embroidery
June 04, 2008
May 09, 2008
Craft Apron
A few days ago I came across a little tutorial at getting to crazy about how to turn a home depot nail apron into a craft apron. Seeing as how I needed a gift for my mom for mothers day, and the fact that my sewing skills totally suck, and the fact that this project looked fast, easy and useful (I love useful gifts), I decided to go for it.
The before: (A nail apron from home depot, .99 cents!!)
This picture is from the tutorial. The only difference in my apron is that there were 2 home depot logos on mine (one on each pocket), instead of one logo in the middle. I covered each logo with pretty butterfly fabric and added felt hearts.
The after:
Yay! I like how it turned out and it was easy! Much like LouAnne, I first ripped out the middle seam creating the 2 pockets, then machine sewed my fabric on, hand stitched the felt hearts on, and sewed back up the middle when I was finished. I think its perfect for holding scissors, reading glasses, and a marking pen; my mom should love it. And just for fun, a picture of my sister modeling the apron:
How cool is that? I'm making one for me next!
April 03, 2008
Needle Feltroidery
Needle felting + embroidery, needle feltroidery. Try saying that a few times. I had a lot of fun creating these two little doodles. As you know, I particularly enjoy any project that I can start and finish in 1 night and that was sort of my point in creating these. You know that saying "think big"? Yeah, I did the opposite here - think small (and simple and cute!). Finishing a project is so rewarding and thats why these tiny projects are my faves. But what to do with them now, that's the question.
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