When I saw this blanket tutorial on This Mama Makes Stuff during Celebrate The Boy 2011, I knew I found a great idea for Travis' upcoming birthday. Here's my version:
********And because I'm such a sucker, I let him have it early...
I added some pockets on the front and back. He actually LIKES these pants. Instant Leprechaun!
Ivy, the birthday girl, collects bikes so I thought a bike graphic would be cool and original for a dress. Then I made a last minute tote with her name on it and added a few books. It was fun to do some girly sewing for a change.
This Oswald shirt is my favorite! Travis is all about Oswald. We watch that show daily. I just wish they made more than one season!! Henry the penguin is my favorite (his voice is actually Squiggy from Laverne & Shirley!). Travis loves the dog Weenie. I really enjoyed sewing this pattern. It was so quick to make and fun to design the appliques. This is the before photo:
The appliques were both made with leftover t-shirt scraps. I used Heat N Bond Lite. I just draw my shapes on the paper side, then iron it onto my scraps. Next I cut on the drawn line, fuse to fabric and stitch around the shapes on my project. Very easy! These t-shirt scrap appliques won't fray, so no worries when stitching them on. Just a plain straight or narrow zig zag stitch is fine.
All we need now is some spring weather. It's about 10 degrees here in New Hampshire as I type this! Posted by
When I saw this blanket tutorial on This Mama Makes Stuff during Celebrate The Boy 2011, I knew I found a great idea for Travis' upcoming birthday. Here's my version:
********And because I'm such a sucker, I let him have it early...
I added some pockets on the front and back. He actually LIKES these pants. Instant Leprechaun!
Ivy, the birthday girl, collects bikes so I thought a bike graphic would be cool and original for a dress. Then I made a last minute tote with her name on it and added a few books. It was fun to do some girly sewing for a change.
This Oswald shirt is my favorite! Travis is all about Oswald. We watch that show daily. I just wish they made more than one season!! Henry the penguin is my 
favorite (his voice is actually Squiggy from Laverne & Shirley!). Travis loves the dog Weenie. I really enjoyed sewing this pattern. It was so quick to make and fun to design the appliques. This is the before photo:
The appliques were both made with leftover t-shirt scraps. I used Heat N Bond Lite. I just draw my shapes on the paper side, then iron it onto my scraps. Next I cut on the drawn line, fuse to fabric and stitch around the shapes on my project. Very easy! These t-shirt scrap appliques won't fray, so no worries when stitching them on. Just a plain straight or narrow zig zag stitch is fine.
All we need now is some spring weather. It's about 10 degrees here in New Hampshire as I type this! Posted by