recent projects...

Hi All,  I'm still here crafting away.  Here are photos of a few projects I've been working on over the past few weeks.

Scrabble tree Ornaments:

Sewn ombre note cards from scrapbook paper:

Pine cone ornaments from Sweaters:

Camper pillow case & jammies  (Christmas Present for Peepers):

Poinsettia pillow with jingle bells:

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Flannel Scarf

 Do you love to wear a cozy scarf? 

I do & I can't believe it took me years to make one of these lovely scarves!

 Start with 1 old flannel shirt... I think this one was given to be my my BFF Tina in 1989 during my Northern Exposure phase.

Add another flannel shirt...

 And another.

 Cut the back out of your flannel shirt.  Mine ended up being approximately 16" wide x 22" long since these were oversized shirts.  If you shirts are smaller/more fitted, you may need to use 4 shirts to get the length you want.

 Sew the 3 shirt ends together.  Since flannel will fray with wash & wear, I folded over the seam allowance to one side & used zig zag stitch to enclose the raw edges.

 I ended up with one really long scarf (about 65").  At this point I switched gears a bit & decided to sew the scarf in a circle to make an infinity scarf.  If your scarf is shorter than 58", I would not recommend this as you won't be able to easily slip it on & off.

 I hemmed the edges with a simple zig zag stitch again to prevent fraying.

 Super cute scarf!

I really like that I can wear it with different plaids in the front

depending on the other colors I'm wearing.

 I tried it with blue striped dress shirts too...

Thank you, Karla

Mini Scrap book show & tell

Here are the results from the HOME MINI MADE SCRAPBOOK post I did a few weeks ago.

Peepers really enjoys having his own little book to show off.  I want to make more... one for our Moline vacation & maybe one for the 12 days of Christmas...
Karla

Sweater 911

Hi~

I have a super simple craft to update any top (or to rescue a sweater with a stain - which never happens to me).

I don't have detailed photos, but this one is pretty easy. 

I cut out a few flowers from a pillowcase I got from GW (Goodwill).  Used a little Stitch Witchery & simply sandwiched the Stitch Witchery between the cut outs & the sweater, ironed them down & then stitched them down.  I used  a sewing machine to sew the appliques on, but you could easily hand sew it too. I left the edges raw so they would fray a little in the wash (It must have been a high thread count, because the fraying has been minimal).

Then I gathered up a few seed beads,  hand sewed them in the centers of the flowers & a few on the petals.  You could use rhinestones or sequins & glue if you weren't in the mood for needle & thread.

Another Sweater Saved!
Thanks, Karla

Homemade Mini Scrapbooks

Hi again,

Confession Time: I am what you call a "slap & scrap" scrapbooker. I throw a few photos on a page, add a boarder & a sticker or 2 & call it a day.


I do aspire to be a better scrapbooker - So I joined a scrapping club at my work. There are tons for fun ideas, techniques & products out there & it is just fun to see others scrapbook pages.


One tip I learned in my group is to get some photos developed in a wallet size - you can get a few more on a page & tell a better story. Since my scrapbooks are 8x8, this really works well for me.


But I'm left with extra photos as wallet sized photos come in a group 4.
If anyone has a source to get individual wallet size photos, let me know.


So when I ran across these 2 homemade mini scrapbooks, I thought perfect!


Here is a way to use up some of my wallet photos, use up some of my scrap paper & make a mini scrapbook for Peepers that if it got tattered or destroyed, I still have my "good"  scrapbook. It could be a fun gift for someone Or Peepers could even help make his own.

Mini upcycles book from Tales of the Scotts

Lunchbag scrapbook with pockets From Dahlias to Doxies

I'm working on one now using photos from our most recent cabin adventutes. 
I hope to share it soon.


Thank You, Karla

Tracing Cards

I'm a huge fan of Lake Shore Learning.  They have such amazing things for kids development. 

I found these Tracing Cards and Stencils while I was Christmas Shopping, I loved them, but I have a hard time parting with $$$ for somethings I know I can easily make.  Well, 5 months later, I finally get around to making a set (One less thing on my to do list!)

For a few weeks I saved cardboard from some of our food containers...

Then, one night while at Archivers, I used their "wall o' die cuts" to create a set of tracing cards/stencils  for Peepers.

 Tracing Shapes

 Tracing Numbers with Shapes

 Tracing Letters

 Some didn't turn out so great...

 But they are still fun!

Thank you, Karla