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Feature Friday {Gwenny Penny}

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Hey, everybody! I’m so happy to be blog swapping with Michelle today. I’m Gwen, and I blog over at Gwenny Penny. I’m an engineer turned middle-school math teacher turned full-time mom of two little girls, and I blog in order to make sure that I carve out some creative time just for me each week.

I love sewing, crafting, and just about everything creative (even a little woodworking).

I’d love to introduce you to a few of my favorite projects…

I’m guilty of feeding my 16-month-old daughter her finger food right on the table at restaurants. Gross? Yes… have you seen them wipe down the tables before?! I decided to make a place mat that I could easily tuck in my bag to bring with us when we go out to a restaurant. Thus, the Out to Eat Place Mat was born. It even holds a set of toddler-sized flatware.

I created the Dot, Dot, Dot Pillow for Valentine’s Day, but it could be done in any color combination. A red and green would look great for Christmas, or an orange and black for Halloween.

And since I work with Michelle on the Point of View creative collaboration project, you may have seen some of these projects, too…

I also occasionally make and share some fun printables like these…

Autumn Recipe Cards/Labels * Halloween Paper Dolls * Winter Recipe Cards/Labels

If you like what you see, I hope you’ll come visit soon over at Gwenny Penny. I would love to have you. Thanks so much for swapping with me today, Michelle!

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Thanks for stopping in Gwen. Such great ideas! I love all the possibilities with the pillow and those printables are so fun!

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Point of View: Pillows {Caution A Head Pillowcase}

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Welcome, welcome to another month of Point of View where, on the 4th Friday of each month, we each show you our takes on a particular theme. This month’s theme is PILLOWS. Take a look at the fun projects we have lined up for you!

1. Amy {Ameroonie Designs}
2. ME & here you are for the tutorial!
3. Jonie {Just Between Friends}
4. Gwen {Gwenny Penny}

I have been meaning to make this pillowcase for months. Like since my older son sleeping was in the transportation themed nursery, oh nearly 8 months ago now. I even purchased the supplies and had them in a bag starring me down any time I pass them. My recent girls craft weekend finally gave me the uninterrupted time and motivation to pull out the bag and get it done.

Why did I wait so long?! I adore this pillowcase!!!

It makes me chuckle inside every time I think about it.

So here’s the DL so you can make a pillowcase of your very own.

{CAUTION: A HEAD} Pillowcase

Supplies:
  • White cotton fabric
  • Yellow cotton fabric
  • Black cotton fabric
  • Black thread
  • White thread
  • Fabric interfacing
  • Iron
  • Freezer paper
  • Printer
  • Cutting board
  • Exacto
  • Textile medium (turns acrylic paint into fabric paint $5 at Hobby Lobby)
  • Black acrylic paint
  • Piece of cardboard
  • Foam brush

I made my pillowcase for a toddler pillow (travel sized pillow I got at a conference) so I will not give measurements because most people don’t have that exact pillow.

1. Cut a long rectangle of white fabric to fold and fit over the front and of back your pillow. I literally draped it around my pillow and left about and inch and a half on either side for roominess and seams and cut off the excess.

2. Cut two 1.5 inch wide strips of black material an inch longer than the length of the end of your pillowcase. You will fold these in half and iron flat for the pillowcase trim.

3. Cut two 3 inch wide strips of white material an inch longer than the length of the end of your pillowcase. You will fold these in half and iron flat to finish the pillowcase opening.

4. Cut a square out of the yellow and round the edges. You will turn it on point to make the diamond. Make it big enough to be 2 or three inches from the top and bottom edge of the pillowcase.

5. Layer the white and black pieces, folded white, folded black, then large white piece with the edge tucked and ironed under. Pin them together so that all pieces can be sewn in place with one seam. Do this on each side (back, front).

6. Sew layers together with black thread.

7. Lay the yellow diamond on the fabric interfacing and cut the interfacing to size. Follow the direction on the interfacing to attach the diamond to the pillowcase with your iron.

8. Stitch a straight line around each edge of the yellow diamond to secure and make it look more like a sign.

9. Find a font that looks like a street sign (I used Vrinda 100pt bolded) and size it to fit your diamond. Print a test sheet on normal paper. If it is the right size, cut your freezer paper to 8.5 x 11 and print on the matte side.

10. Tape freezer paper to a cutting board and cut out letters with an exacto knife. Be sure you keep the loose middle of the letters.


11. Now put the freezer paper in place on the yellow diamond and iron on. I used the cotton setting and ironed it without the letter middles first. Just press down and hold the iron in place for 15 seconds or so in each spot and lift to the next spot. Then, add in the middles and iron those in place. Don’t move the iron side to side, just press and lift or your middles could get misplaced.

First, without middles.

Then, with.

12. Follow direction on the textile medium to make acrylic paint ready for fabric. Place a piece of cardboard behind stencil to block paint seepage.

13. Paint a light coat over each letter making sure you get to the edges.

14. I let the paint dry, but I would pull the stencil off while it is still wet. I did that on my test run and the edges were crisper. When I pulled it off when it was dry they were a little furry.

15. Follow directions on paint to make it permanent and washable. I had to iron over mine and let it dry 7 days. It has dried one so far. 😉

It is perfect for a planes, trains and automobiles room.


But, could also be really fun for a teen’s room!

Now go link up with the Point of View linky party over on Gwenny Penny so we can see your Point of View on PILLOWS! There are 5 creative collaborators, so you have 5 chances to be featured!

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DIY Under $5: Ruffle Tank

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Welcome to another week of DIY under $5! This week I tackled a tank top that has been sitting lonely in my closet. I wore it maybe once a year to the lake. I felt bad for the poor thing and decided to spruce it up a bit. Hello cute, feminine, ruffly number perfect for spring.

A couple weeks ago before our girl’s craft weekend I went to Hobby Lobby and stumbled upon some trim remnant bags for 99 cents. These things are gold I tell you! Of course there were some totally weird and hideous bits in there, but there were also some fabulous pieces to be had.

Honestly, when I first pulled out the eyelet ruffles I thought what in the world would I do with those? I have no daughters and I was not sure if a grown woman could pull off eyelet. I guess you can be the judge on that one, but I got the idea to cut it in two and sew it to my pink tank. I am actually quite pleased with how it turned out.

Tank: already had in closet
Eyelet trim: part of 99 cent trim remnant bag
Total cost: 20 cents

Now it’s time to link up your $5 projects!

Please remember:

  • Only link to your own projects that cost you $5 or less (price does not have to include items you had on hand)
  • You can link past projects that fit the dollar limit, but please only link each project once
  • No giveaways or items for sale
  • Please link back so others can join the party and so you have the opportunity to be featured on Saturday!

DIY under $5

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DIY Under $5: Guitar Patch

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Ok, I am kind of embarrassingly proud of this little project so please be kind. I give you the guitar patch. I guess technically it’s guitar and amp patches.

We LOVE hand me downs at my house! We have an awesome friend, Whitney (Hi Whit!), who has two boys and gives us (my sis and I) all of their clothes. My nephew is bigger than Aiden so he gets things first. Usually the clothes are in great shape, but once in a while we get something that, well, has been through 3 boys. 😉 Like the knee of these poor jeans.

Now normally I might just let it go, but these fit him so nicely. It is hard to find jeans for a string bean. Long and skinny that one. So I decided to get to work and make them work. Enter the iron on patch. I think my mom and sis honestly thought I did not know they are meant to go on the inside, but I had plans in my wee little brain.

Plans that got me excited when I was searching google and found this. The Pièce de résistance! It is exactly what I wanted.

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Guitar Patch Tutorial

Let’s review what your gonna need:
  • pants
  • iron on patches
  • iron
  • embroidery floss
  • needle
  • pattern
  • patience (I don’t usually do projects that span over 3 nights, though it most likely won’t take you that long. I have backstitched one time previously in my life)

1. Holding your patch over the “pattern” aka printed out drawing, hold it up to the light and trace the outline of the guitar and the amp. Be sure to make them big enough to cover the hole.

2. Cut out the shapes and lay them in place. I put a patch on the back side of the leg with the big hole for extra durability.

3. Iron them on using the directions on the patches. Mine was cotton setting for 30 seconds.

4. Sketch the rest of the design out on the guitar patch. (I suppose you could trace it all at the beginning, but you would have to do it pretty dark to last through the ironing etc)

5. Now just backstitch over the pencil marks. It is a pain to get through the patches, so use a thimble. Trust me, I didn’t. Here is a great backstitiching tutorial if you need it.

And there you have it. Some rockin’ little patches for yer boy!!

Now it’s time to link up!

Please remember:

  • Only link to your own projects that cost you $5 or less (price does not have to include items you had on hand)
  • You can link past projects that fit the dollar limit
  • Please link back so others can join the party

DIY under $5



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