I sewed a minecraft tablet case for my big kid so he can take his tablet to summer camp this summer and play minecraft with his friends. I have included a free download of the chart I used to piece Steve's face.
With the increased amount of sewing going on around here lately, it has been requested (by a very important person) that there be more pin cushions and fewer loose pins. There have been a couple of unfortunate incidences involving loose pins and bare feet .... So, I got busy and added three handmade pincushions to my store bought traditional tomato/strawberry one. Materials List: *assorted felt *assorted embroidery thread *polyfill stuffing *assorted beads *beading needle *beading thread *felt or tacky glue *disappearing fabric pen *patterns Note: If you want to make your pincushion also function as a needle sharpener (or part of it, such as the cherry on the cupcake), use emery sand as a filler in place of fiberfill. Joggles is one place I know that carries it. Cupcake I've wanted to make a felt cupcake ever since I saw a fabulous MFA thesis exhibit two years ago. Be sure to stop by this Friday and look at it - you'll be amazed! 1. Cut the cupcake sides, top, and bottom from felt. Of course I chose brown for chocolate! Sew the two ends of the cupcake sides piece together (can be by hand or machine - I used the machine) and pin the cupcake bottom to the sides piece with right sides together. Sew together. 2. Cut icing pieces. I used brown for the bottom layer, regular white for the middle layer, and sparkly white for the top layer. Stack these on top of the cupcake top. 3. Sew on beads for sprinkles, sewing through all four layers. I used a beading needle (it has a very thin top and eye hole so the needle can pass through the beads) and beading thread (thinner). You'll notice I have beads over the whole top icing piece. When I made this cupcake, I didn't know it needed a cherry on top until the very end. If you're putting a cherry on, leave a small space at the center of the icing without beads. 4. Put a large amount of fiberfill in the cupcake ... and pin the top on, overlapping the top about 1/4 inch. You'll have a chance to add more fiberfill. 5. Sew top to cupcake using a blanket stitch and six strands of embroidery thread, leaving a small hole. Adjust fiberfill. Finish sewing shut. (See this previous post for blanket stitch.) 6. Cut out cupcake wrapper. Overlap ends and place on cupcake to adjust. Sew wrapper together with a hem stitch using three strands of thread, as shown below. 7. Make cherry, stuff with fiberfill, and sew to top of cupcake - use three strands of thread. See turtle shell instructions below for a good photo on attaching. Turtle 1. Pin turtle body pattern to felt and trace with disappearing fabric pen. 2. Place felt with turtle on top of another piece of felt and machine sew along the drawn lines, leaving an opening on the head to add fiberfill. Trim close to stitching. 3. Add facial features to your turtle. I used beads, but embroidery also works. To get the eyeball look, I went up through the fabric, put a medium white bead on the needle, put a small black bead on the needle, and went back down through the white bead and the felt. 6. Stuff the turtle body with fiberfill. Using a pencil helps stuff the fiberfill into smaller areas. 7. Cut out turtle shell. Sew small stitches close together around the outside, very close to the edge (called running stitches). Pull the thread up to gather the shell. 8. Position shell on top of back and sew on, using three strands of embroidery thread. When you get about an inch away from where you began, stuff the shell and then finish sewing it on. 9. Sew around the bottom of the shell with a outline embroidery stitch and six strands of thread. (See this previous post for outline stitch.) 10. Cut small circles for the feet. Attach with a small drop of glue. Sew around the edge with an outline embroidery stitch and six strands of thread, adding claws. Zombie 1. Trace the zombie body on one piece of felt, using a disappearing fabric pen. 2. Cut out shirt and pants with patterns. Cut small open wound and brain shapes from red, outer eye circles from black, and white eye circles from white. Lay on zombie and attach with small dot of glue. Cut shirt apart at collar. 3. Fold edges of collar down and sew to body using a blanket stitch. Sew pants leg bottoms and waist, shirt bottom, fronts, and sleeves and brain down with a blanket stitch. Attach eyes with a large X. Sew an outline stitch down the middle of open wounds and make small stitches crossing over the outline stitch as intervals to simulate stitches. Using three strands of thread and an outline stitch, sew mouth with red and outline in black, adding black also down the middle of mouth. 4. Cut out hair and pin in place. Put zombie body pattern back on top of zombie and use a disappearing fabric pen to retrace outline over clothing. 5. Place on top of another piece of felt and machine sew on traced lines, leaving about a 1 inch space open on one shoulder. Trim close to stitching, cutting behind hair. 6. Stuff zombie using a pencil to reach ends of legs and arms and stitch the opening shut. If zombies, cupcakes, or turtles don't excite you, Martha Stewart's site has instructions for heirloom tomato pincushions and you can always do a net search for felt food and animal patterns - anything smallish will work! Next week we'll get back to sewing. I'll have a pattern I designed for a one yard apron that will demonstrate how to use bias tape. Oops! Not quite yet - first we'll look at making bias tape! Happy Creating! Deborah
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Felt IPad Cover/Envelope: I made this cover for my iPad out of inexpensive felt and a simple straight stitch. If you're interested in learning how to make something similar, I've posted a DIY Felt iPhone Cover project.
fits different phone styles and ipods.
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We're back with another day of the September 2014 Papertrey Ink countdown. Rolling right along. Full steam ahead until everything becomes available at 10 PM EST at Papertrey Ink. I've got some new things to share with you today with Heather's Monthly Moments items and another set of stitching dies from me. First up, my Monthly Moments: September project. This year we have two "monthly" themed stamp sets. We've got all of the Monthly Moments stuff and we've got the Birthday Classics Collection. I thought to myself...why not combine the two? Match made in stamping heaven. I did just that on this card. My sentiment is from the Birthday Classics: September stamp set released last month. And then my background was stamped using the polka dot September stamp from Monthly Moments: September in shades of Pure Poppy, Terracotta Tile, Summer Sunrise, and Orange Zest. The leaves are from Monthly Moments as well and I stamped them in a falling pattern. The Dark Chocolate of the leaves, the sentiment, and the button visually ties everything together in a triangle. Loving this card. Moving on to the stitching projects, I have a new take on the Baby Bootie Die today. I talked yesterday about still seeing my childhood ornaments on the Christmas tree. The one I always try to spot first is my baby ornament to commemorate my first Christmas. It's a brass cradle with my name and birthday date engraved on it. I took that idea of "Baby's First Christmas" and created a baby bootie ornament using the Baby Bootie Dies and the tree from the Coffee Cozy Detail Die Collection. This is a GREAT Christmas gift for a baby. As a mother of very small children, the last thing I really want is more toys. Besides, toys will go in short order as the child grows, but this little darling is going to stay around forever. Well worth your time to stitch up. And just think, you might have made a baby a set of booties to be worn. This is a great way to follow that up, the same type of bootie, only Christmas themed and ready to be hung on a tree. I took the new Stitched Ornament Hanger and stitched it using the coordinating "holes only" dies into the inside heels of the baby booties. The addition of hot glue between the booties helps to hold them together in this position. The soles are super special. Add any of the words from the Stitched Holiday Words Collection on one sole and the birth year from Stitched Years Collection on the other. Precious. Can't wait to give this one to my new little nephew. A word on the soles. I really spent some time thinking about how I wanted to put this ornament together. I didn't want the backside of the words and year to show through on the inside of the bootie. To solve that problem, each bootie has two soles. Upping the challenge factor a bit, but worth it. The double layer covers up the stitching on the inside. Nothing shows. Next up, some more new stitching dies. We've got the Embroidered Border Dies (available this release) here at work on the Phone Case and Coin Purse. This die set comes with four borders that fit both these items, card fronts, and perhaps one more thing coming your way this month:). I just love this border in particular. My favorite with alternating star bursts and flares. Flawless stitch placement thanks to the dies and a great way to add a sophisticated touch to the Coin Purse Dies. On this Phone Case, I cut another border from the Embroidered Borders Die Collection three times and stitched up the pattern in alternating "v's". Really a great look. OK. There you have it. I hope you like what you see. All these products and more will be available at 10 PM EST at www.papertreyink.com on September 15th. Thanks for stopping by today. More inspiration below: Nichole Heady Betsy Veldman Dawn McVey Maile Belles Heather Nichols Melissa Phillips Danielle Flanders Laura Bassen Laurie Willison Ashley Cannon Newell Lizzie Jones Supplies Monthly Moments Card Stamps: Monthly Moments: September, Birthday Classics: September Cardstock: Vintage Cream, Orange Zest, and Pure Poppy Ink: Dark Chocolate, Terracotta Tile, Orange Zest, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise Canvas Vellum Dark Chocolate Button Baby Bootie Ornament Dies: Baby Booties, Coffee Cozy Detail Collection, Stitched Holiday Words, Stitched Years, and Stitched Ornament Die Felt: Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate Coin Purse Dies: Coin Purse, Embroidered Borders Felt: Hibiscus Burst Phone Case Dies: Phone Case, Embroidered Borders Felt: Winter Wisteria
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- PLEASE READ!!!!! THIS PATTERN MAY NOT BE CONVERTED TO AN SVG FILE FOR CUTTING ON ANY MACHINE (such as a Cricut , CNC, glowforge, lazer machine) for wood kits. Wood kits may not be made or sold. One pattern includes instructions and pattern pieces for the pumpkin and the squirrel felt ornaments. This is a digital copy pattern and will NOT be mailed to you. This IS a digital download. - ornaments measure about 5 1/2” x 5 1/2” (not including ribbon hanger) - Pattern includes paper templates and a dmc thread guide. A wool rayon blend felt is recommended, but regular craft felt may be used. - felt colors listed are by brand name, but colors may be matched with felt of your choosing. - designed by me, © simply eilene . No copying or reproduction is allowed. Finished items made be sold but not mass produced without written permission.
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