Ruffle Camera Strap Cover

I carry my camera around with me almost everywhere...and I really wanted it to be pretty!

Soooo.....I made a ruffled camera strap! You know how I love ruffles :)

Start by cutting out your pieces...

you need 1 long piece for you ruffle!

you need 2 shorter pieces for your base (measure the length of your strap and add 1/2", and then measure the width and add 1/2")

Set your stitch length to the longest possible, and stitch from one end to the other (no backstitching)...

I used two different coloured threads so that this part would hopefully be easier to see...

Hold onto the bottom thread and pull the fabric into a ruffle!

Keep going until your entire piece is ruffled.  I usually pull from one end until half is ruffled, and then turn it around and pull from the other end to do the other half.

Pin your ruffled piece to one of the base pieces, make sure to tuck the unfinished ends underneath.

Next, take your two base pieces, pin your good sides to the middle and sew together...

pinned...

sewn...

when you take the pins out and unfold it, it should look like this...

Next you fold the unfinished ends and sew them...

Last step!!!  Pin the other two sides together and sew it up!

Flip it out and you have this beautiful cover...

Add a flower...

How perfect will this look on my camera!!!

How to make a taggie!

Sorry it as been SO long since I last posted.  I have been in a bit of a slump...I will do my best to pick it up a little bit :)

One of my little fellas LOVES taggies, so I figured that I better learn to make them before he wears the ones that he has out!

I was able to make this project using things that I already had!

I picked two fabrics that I love (one flannel, and the other one was a minky, each cut to a 13"x13" square), and a variety of ribbons that coordinated with the fabrics that I used.

I started by pinning the ribbons to the good side of one of the fabrics, it is hard to see but they are in loops.

Then I pinned the good sides together...

sewed around the outside leaving just a small opening...

a pic of the opening, ha!

Then I flipped it the right way and went around one more time to make it look prettier, and to seal the hole!

all finished!

This project was WAY easier than I thought that it would be.  It would be a great project for someone just learning to sew, and any little guy/gal would love this as a gift!

Be sure to check back in the next couple of days for a feature on an AMAZING barbie party!

Before & After...a pillow makeover

I have been wanting to do this project for awhile now...and since it is for my momma, and tomorrow is Mothers day I figured I better get my poop in a group and get it made!!!

Here is the before

And the after...

I am SUPER happy with how it turned out and I can't wait to give it to my Mom in the morning!

Fun Felt Fridge Letters

On our fridge at home we have a set of alphabet letters and our boys ALWAYS want to play with them. Since the first thing they do when they get one is bite it I am crazy scared that one of the magnets will fall off and they will swallow it...so I decided to make a set out of felt.

Here is the line-up...

(minus the batting...I didn't end up using it)

Start by writing out all of your letters on the felt...you could print out letters to trace, I found it easier to just free and them

Next step is to cut out two of each...just fold it over when you are cutting.

LOVE all these colours!

Next I just sewed around the edges and made sure that the magnet was in each one before I sewed it up. I put two magnets in the M and the W.  I am still not sure what I am going to do with the letters that need holes...I tried just sewing the hole in the A, but I don't love how it turned out...and in some of the other letters the magnet would not fit if I were to do that anyways...I think I am just going to leave them for now!

A close up of my three favorite letters (the first letter of each of my kiddos names)

I put all of the letters on the fridge last night before I went to bed and about three minutes after the boys were up this morning this was the scene!

Heart Day Garland

I found this garland over on Sweet Bee Buzzings and I just HAD to make it!

All you need is some felt, scissors, some sort of heart tracer (i used a cookie cutter), some ribbon, and a sewing machine! (this picture is missing the sewing machine and ribbon because they were downstairs and I really did not want to go down and get them for the picture...I will try to step it up for my next post!!! hahaha)

Trace the hearts onto a sheet of felt...if you are good at drawing them free-hand you could go ahead and just giv'er!  As I am typing this up I am thinking that it would be totally cute with a bunch of different styles and sizes of hearts!  Someone try it and send me pics!

 The cut out hearts!

I started by sewing some ribbon to the first heart...the front...

The back...

Then I just started feeding the hearts through the machine.  I sewed them together as close as I could although there are a few small gaps between hearts at some places.  I used white thread...mostly because it was already on the machine, and like I mentioned earlier I was not feeling overly ambitious tonight!  I love it with the white but it would have been cute with red, pink, or maybe even brown!  So whoever makes the random heart garland can try a different colour! ha!

When I hit the end I added another piece of ribbon.

The garland!!!

LOVES IT!!!

Hanging on our mantle which is at the moment decorated with DVDs, remotes, and some coasters...I will work on that!

So FUN!!!

I cut six pieces of felt into hearts and it made 2 separate strings of garland...or I could have made one REALLY long one!