Sewing Archives - Page 3 of 11

Reverse Applique Superman T-Shirt

April 25, 2013 By Michelle Barneck 4 Comments

Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Cricut. This project and all ideas/opinions are my own.

When Cricut issued their Fashion show challenge I knew I was up for it. We were given white t-shirts and iron-on material with the assignment to make something wearable. Being the mom of superhero obsessed boys I knew just what I wanted to do, a Superman t-shirt. But, not just any t-shirt. I decided a reverse applique would be perfect to look like Clark Kent tearing open his white shirt to reveal his Superman suit.

I am pretty darn pleased with how my little hero looks and was surprised how easy the whole reverse applique process was.

SUPPLIES:

Two white t-shirts

Evening Blue Rit Dye

Washing Machine

Cricut Mini

Red Cricut Iron-On

Yellow Cricut Iron-On

Iron

Small sharp scissors

Pins

Sewing Machine

White thread

HOW-TO:

1. Wash the shirts to remove any shrinkage and dry without fabric softener. (The film it leaves can effect the wear of the iron-on.)

2. Dye one of the shirts blue using the washing machine instructions on the bottle.

3. Cut out the Superman symbol out of the red and yellow iron-on by opening the free file below in Cricut Craft Room. Don’t forget to reverse the image if you aren’t using my file! With a Cricut mini, cut with the iron-on’s clear protective coating side down on the mat with the depth at 4. and the pressure at 2 with a speed of 3 (other machines may vary).

Download free Cricut file for kid’s Superman shirts.

5. Weed your images.

6. Iron on the yellow first with the clear coating facing up. Cover with a piece of scrap fabric and iron for 15 seconds, then flip over and iron the back for 30 seconds. Flip it back over, remove the clear coating and place the red image on top. Cover with scrap fabric and iron for 30 seconds. Check to make sure both layers are secure and remove clear plastic.

7. Cut out the images from the shirt leaving about an inch on each side.

8. Decide where you want it placed on the shirt.

9. Turn t-shirt inside out and pin the image in place.

10. With a washable marker trace around the image where you want to sew. I did my line 1/2 inch out from the iron-on all around so a good bit of blue would show.

11.. Sew around image using a straight stitch. Remove pins and trim strings.

12. Turn the t-shirt right side out and make a small slit through just the white t-shirt in front of the image. Use this to trim close to the seam to reveal the image.

Put it on your little Superman and let him fly!

I have used a lot of iron-on/heat transfer and this by far went on the easiest. I did not have to keep ironing edges over and over and hold it for a minute or more like others I’ve used. I can’t wait to get my hand on some more!

If you want to get your hands on some, they are running a great deal!

Get the Cricut Iron-on Bundle for $199.99 (normally $319.95)!

or if you already have a craft cutter and just want to try out the iron on…

Get $15 off your Cricut Iron-on Sample Pack!

So, what do you think? Have you tried iron-on before? What about reverse applique?

We have decided to truncate our feed to help protect against stolen content. I apologize for any inconvenience. Please love us anyway. 🙂

Minnie Mouse Hooded Towel

April 9, 2013 By Michelle Barneck 1 Comment

Hello A Little Tipsy Readers! This is Amber from Crazy Little Projects here to teach you to make a hooded towel-and I think you Disney fans are going to love this one. I make a new hooded towel every month-check them out here! But this one’s a little different from the ones I’ve made in the past. This one’s Minnie Mouse (or Mickey Mouse-take your pick). I’m thinking some kiddos would love these. They’d be
great to take on a trip to Disney!

Minnie Mouse Hooded Towel Tutorial by CrazyLittleProjects.com

Mickey Mouse Towel Tutorial by CrazyLittleProjects.com

Mickey and Minnie Hooded Towel Tutorial:

Supplies Needed: 1 Red Towel 1 Black hand towel Red polkadot fabric or ribbon for Minnie Towel Instructions: In this post I am teaching you to make the head part of this towel. If you would like to see how I finish off my hooded towels and attach the hoods, see my basic hooded towel post. To start off, cut your hand towel in half horizontally. Fold the selvage edge under about 3-4 inches and stitch it in place. (Sorry, forgot to take pictures of this, but here it is on another towel):

Now, flip that over and you will work on the underside, the side without the seam. With the extra piece of hand towel cut out your ears. You will need 4 ear pieces. Just cut a large circle but make it slightly oval shaped so that you can sew it in place easier (see image below). Grab 2 ear pieces and sew them together leaving an opening in the bottom.

Turn them right side out:

On your hand towel decide where you want the ears and cut small slits. Pull the ear through so that it looks like this on the underside:

Do that with both ears and snip off any excess on the bottom. For Minnie-to make the bow either use red polka dot ribbon and tie it, or, use red polka dot fabric. Cut the fabric to be about 14 inches by 5 inches (it’s up to you how big or small you want the bow). Fold it so that right sides are together and stitch around it leaving a small opening to turn it.

Turn it right side out, press it and then sew the opening closed. The pinch your bow like this:

And stitch it in the middle to hold it. Hand stitch the bow to the towel where you want it. Now, fold your hood part in half so that the ears are on the inside and zig zag up the back along the raw edges. Then, fold it

like this:

And sew a straight line across the top about 1-2 inches from the top and snip that off. (This rounds out the hood so it’s not so pointy.)

And you’re done! Just sew the hood to your towel and you’ve got yourself a little Mickey or Minnie Hooded Towel! Here’s a few more of my hooded towels:

Come find me on facebook, pinterest and twitter!

——————————————————————

Oh my heavens Amber, this is adorable! I wish I had these for our Disney trip last fall. These would be perfect to take to the pool in the summer too! Thanks for such a great tutorial.

We have decided to truncate our feed to help protect against stolen content. I apologize for any inconvenience. Please love us anyway. 🙂

Pirate Mickey

December 12, 2012 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

I had the perfect idea for a Disneyland shirt for boys, it would be Mickey wearing a pirate bandana. The perfect combination of Disney and boy. I was so excited to get started and even more excited when I saw my adorable friend Amy from Positively Splendid had the same idea and put it together with a tutorial! Awesome! That made it super easy for me!

PIRATE MICKEY SHIRTS

Pirate Mickey applique tutorial and template here.

The applique process for the pirate Mickey was not as overwhelming as I imagined. I absolutely adore how they turned out and also have to give a huge thanks to my friend Tami for doing the sewing for me since my machine was under the weather that week!

Wednesdays through January

If you like the Pirate Mickey shirt, you may want to see our Mickey Shirts, Mike Wazowski Shirt or Disney Ad Shirts.

P.S. Don’t forget to sign up for free Tipsy updates via RSS or email.

We have decided to truncate our feed to help protect against stolen content. I apologize for any inconvenience. Please love us anyway. 🙂

DIY Swim Suit Covers

March 27, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 10 Comments

I am that girl who buys the 5XL t-shirt from the dollar store because she likes the color. You know, you figure what the heck it’s $1, you’ll do something with it someday. Well my friends, today I am vindicated. Not only did I use that 5XL shirt from my stash, but I used a sewing machine without breaking something.

For some reason the only swim suit covers I could find last month for our trip either didn’t cover much of anything, or they were long sleeved (which I honestly don’t understand). Those of you who are fair skinned and farmer tanned know that it doesn’t take long for our shoulders to completely sizzle, thus began (and ended) my search for cute swim suit covers that had sleeves, but also covered enough that when I bend down with my kids I’m not embarrassing myself.

How to Make Your Own Swim Suit Covers

Supplies:

5XL (or very large) shirt

Pins

Scissors

Sewing Machine

Thread

1. Turn the 5XL shirt inside out and lay your fitted t-shirt on top of it.

OPTIONAL: pin out about 3/4-1 inch on each side using safety pins. This makes it so you can turn it right side out and try it on to make sure it will fit right. Remember if you did not pre-wash the shirt it will probably shrink a bit.

2. Once you know where you want the seam pin with straight pins. I continued the flare of the fitted shirt all the way to the bottom so the skirt would be a short A line.

3. Trim off the excess material from the sides.

4. My seams lined up with the shoulder seams on the large shirt so if I cut it off right on the seam it would have been a cap sleeve. I wanted the sleeves a tad longer so I just left about an inch outside the seam.

5. Sew along the pins and stop when you get to the sleeve seams to finish the sides for a plain t-shirt dress.

6. Use strips of the excess material to form your ruffle. I had 4 strips about 3 1/2-4 inches wide and 13 inches long. You can sew all four strips together for one long strip or do two at a time to make it easier.

7. Sew a loose stitch all along one edge of the strip about 1/2 inch from the edge leaving strings on each end. Pull one of the strings, holding the other in place to gather the fabric.

8. Pin the gathered strips on to the skirt. I ended up with seams on the right and left sides and in the middle of the front and the back, but they are not visible because of the gathering.

9. Sew a straight stitch right down the line where you gathered to attach the ruffle.

Congrats you made your very own swim suit cover!

I wore this all day on the dive boat in Maui and it was so comfortable! I borrowed my mom’s sewing machine (cause well I killed mine after 3 uses) and when I told her what I was doing she gave me the courtesy smile and nod like “this should be interesting.” When I told her in Maui that this was the one I made, couldn’t believe it.