I have been busy today finishing off my handmade gifts for my toddler's friend Alex. I found two blue check pillowcases at the Salvation Army which have been perfect for these gifts. First I appliqued a pillowcase with his name and a couple of stars (I used a cookie cutter for the star stencil). Then I appliqued a tshirt from Baby Factory. I made some shorts from my hubby's old t-shirt from this great tutorial
www.rookiemoms.com/make-some-easy-kids-pants If someone had told me a month ago that I would be able to sew a pair of shorts I would have been amazed but this tutorial does make it seem quite easy. I also made him a softie using the two pillowcases, a bit of felt and ricrac. I have had heaps of fun practicing some of my new crafty skills and it's been a great 'saving money' pressie too as the only things I needed to buy were the white t-shirt and the pillowcase.
Some things I've learnt/need to do next time
- when doing the applique do everything in order using the same colour thread so you don't have to keep re-threading the machine for all the different bits
- I need to adjust the pattern for the shorts - they are a bit short in the crotch!
- learn how to ladder stitch to close my softie opening
- be more careful sewing around the rounded bits on the top of the softie
- check that the iron is clean before ironing onto white fabric!!
- meausure twice before cutting
I am going to make a label and call the gifts a "Time For Bed" parcel :)
Megan
6 comments:
I bet hell love that pillowcase
very impressed with the shorts :)
and that softie is just waiting to be hugged :)
wow what great things! well done!! I would be super stoked to have my kids receive a gift like this :)
Brilliant! Well done - I especially admire the way you are growing your sewing skills via tutorials - fantastic! Love your tips/things you learnt too.You made me laugh and reminded me that our dear, old retired builder buddy always says 'Measure twice, cut once.'
What a wonderful gift - and thanks for those very cool tips (I've learnt the hard way with a dirty iron on white fabric!!!).
That's amazing. I would not have guessed you were a novice! What a lovely personal gift!
What a great gift! Little boys are so much harder to make things for and I think you've done super well assembling it all! With the softie, it looks mostly like it just needed a bit of clipping of the seam allowance around the curves, that's the usual reason for it pulling like that, not bad sewing.
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