Anyone make a Diaper Cake? It is three layers (or more) of rolled disposable diapers that is decorated with booties, bibs, thermometer, comb and brush, "Nuk", rattles and such to make it look like a real cake only this one the new mother gets some use out of not just a few too many calories.
I am using "Pampers" cloth like diapers in three different sizes and just taping each one into a roll and then tying them together with ribbon around a cardboard tube. Then adding the decorations with more ribbon.
I am making one for my daughters shower in October, if there is an intrest I can post a pic when I'm through.
Hello crafting world... My name is Sarah. Thank you for letting me join your community. I want to tell you all about my sister, karlee fuchs. She is an up and comer designer. Karlee is a very talented seamstress who has been sewing her entire life. Now she is turning her hobby into her empire. I hope you all will check out her web page and blog. http://karleeskreations.com or http://karleefuchs.com
Please give her comment on her blog,tell her what you think and let her know her sister sent you. LOL Have a great day all!!!
I had sewn a bed skirt & attached it to a Cal King fitted bed sheet. This was on the box spring. It is a claret red paisley that I love and used this fabric (Wal-Mart) to complete the decor in our MBdr. Then we switched to a King Size bed recently. Our original JC Penney quilted bedspread was not long enough to cover the gap of the box spring. I thought I had to start over on the whole bedrm. Then I got the idea to take the old bed skirt, fuse velcro under neath the spread, then fuse the other half to the top side of the bedskirt. (It was already gathered and sewn tightly). On the corners of the spread at the bottom of the bed, I left off the velcro, so that it would lay with a nice triangular fold on each side.
The bedskirt is about 1/2 inch from the floor, but not that noticeable. So much easier to make the bed with the bedskirt attached to the spread! Since the color is red, I can remove it from the spread to wash it separately. The velcro cost was $26 on sale. I figured I saved a bundle and a lot of work not having to re-do the whole room because we changed the bed size!
purchase package of baby onesies and use iron-on embroidered letters to personalize them. I spelled out the name on one, "baby girl" on the second and the horoscope sign on the third. It was a hit at the baby shower. i got the letters at www.mygreekletters.com
Take a picture of your graduating child and his or her friends. Purchase a piece of off-white, tan or beige cotton fabric.If the fabric is 45 inches wide, you will need half yard.Cut the fabric in half so that you have 2 pieces that are 18x22 1/2. When the picture is developed, take it to a copy shop, along with one piece of the fabric, and have it enlarged to 8x10,and color transfered onto the center of the fabric. Then take it home and stitch the two pieces of fabric, wrong sides together,around the edge leaving a space for turning. Turn right side out and stuff firmly. Sew the opening closed.There should be a 4inch to 4 1/2inch border around the picture. Get all the people in the picture to sign the pillow with a permanent fabric marker or pen. They can use different colors. Then throw the pillow in the drier to heat set the ink if necessary. Your child will have a wonderful memento to take away to college or where ever they are going.
Sherie, Jamaica
I have had this one for many years. It makes a great small gift for a seamstress!
Supplies:
Plastic coffee can lid
Red or Green Velvet small amount
Top from hairspray can
Cotton or fiberfill to stuff spray lid
Cover cap & a coffee can lid w/velvet, gathering around with long stitches. Tie ribbon around brim. Put small bunch of yarn tassel in center front to make it look Irish, or put a button or pin in the front Stick pins in top! Happy Crafting! Great little gifts.!! Good for older kids to do also.
From an old pair of jeans cut out the whole pocket do not cut off the pouch part!
Use the hem in the jeans as the strap.sew the strap to each side of the pocket.
With fabric glue, add button's,ribbons and so on.
Great for little girls or teens.
Simply mix white craft glue to water, 3 parts glue to one part water. Paint onto your piece of fabric which should be twice as long and high than your desired size of your bow.Then fold top edge and bottom edge of the fabric so they meet in the center. Fold end edges into the center also ensuring they overlap.Then gather the bow in the middle and tie with a piece of the same fabric which should also be painted with the glue.Fashion the bow to your requirements and leave to dry.
Start with a 6-inch embroidery hoop. Cover the inside with calico fabric, gluing material along sides of hoop. Attach outer hoop over glued fabric. Glue cotton eyelet lace around back of hoop. Cut out felt shapes or letters using cookie cutters for patterns. Position the hoop screw at the top of your picture and glue on designs. Tie a ribbon to hoop screw for a hanger.
You will need:
*lace
*red felt
*pink felt
*white felt
*red, pink, or white thread
*hot glue
*cotton balls
*heart beads
1. Cut out two large hearts out of some red felt. ( The two large hearts have to be the same size.)
2. Cut out a smaller pink heart.
3. Cut out a smaller white heart.
4. Glue the white heart on the pink heart.
5. Then, glue the two hearts you just glued together on one of the red hearts.
6. Sew lace around both of the hearts.
7. On the big red heart with the other two hearts on it, glue the heart bead on.
8. Now, sew the two red heart pieces together, but, leave a 2" gap so you can fill the heart pillow with cotton balls.
9. Sew the 2 " gap up.
10. Now you have a great gift for someone you love for Valentine's Day!
Cover old lamp shapes without glue or sewing, simply take fabric and cut into strips approximately two inches wide and knot each strip together. Begin wrapping shade from top to bottom until entire shade is covered. Finish by knotting beginning strip and end strips together.
Heavy cotton fabrics work best. Just make sure that your bulb wattage is low enough and that you trim the fabric on the inside of shade so that fabric does not come in contact with bulb.
m.pitts, tn
1 - tea towel
Elastic
thread
Heavy cord for hanging (macramé - or tight crocheted chain works well)
Take tea towel and attach elastic to the backside at about 2" from top and 2" from bottom of tea towel. (Make sure you stretch it to the length of the towel so whenever you let go it squeezes towel) Then while inside out sew the two sides of the towel length wise from top to bottom, and then turn the bag right side out. All you need to do now is attach the cord and hang - fill with plastic shopping bags. Works great - reduce, reuse, recycle!!
This is a great to use as a shower gift, I put money inside them and wrap whenever I have nothing else to give. Great for couples moving into a new home, and cheap Christmas gifts for relatives.
I work with plastic canvas, and make alot of items for gifts,and different items to sell at the flea market. As I cut the patterns out I save the scraps of plastic. The pieces that are big enough I make crosses out of, and the smaller pieces I make book markers. I sew them with yarn and add a little decoration. I use the crosses to give away to remind people in todays world that God Loves Them, and the book markers can be used in any book, but espically good for a Bible. You would be surprise of the response I get when I hand these little gifts to a man or woman. They love it.
1 or more strands of Christmas lights
(clear or colored, your choice)
fabric - use the colors of the room that
you wish to display in
Cut the fabric into strips, about 4" by 3/4". Tie them tightly onto the strand of lights by making knots. There shouldn't be any "gaps" between the knotted pieces of fabric.
When finished, you should have a lighted garland that is a wonderful touch to any room!!!
This project is very time consuming, so you may want to make allowances for that!!!!
When my favorite NFL team made it to the championship game last year, I decided to host a party to celebrate the event. I had to do something special to decorate, and the idea I came up with was to make a large rug that looked like a football field.
I started with a giant piece of indoor/outdoor “fake grass” carpet, which I purchased it at the local home improvement store in the flooring section for about $20. They sell several kinds of carpet in giant rolls, and you can get them to cut off any length you want. The carpet I purchased came in a 12-foot-wide roll, so I got a 6-foot length of it, which was a good proportional size for a football field, and just right for my kitchen floor. I also picked up a roll of white duct tape while I was at the store.
When I got home, I spent quite a bit of time calculating my measurements. I first laid the carpet out on the floor and trimmed it a bit to fit the room. Then I measured the length of the field and figured out how far apart my lines should be to allow for all of the field measurements as well as two endzones. I then cut the duct tape into 1″ wide strips and used them to mark a full line for every five yards on the field. I also added short strips of tape to mark the 1-yard hash marks that appear on each side of the field and then again a third of the way in from each side of the field.
The next step was to make some numbers to mark every 10 yards. This was the trickiest part of the project for me. I began by printing out some giant numbers (about 3″ tall) on paper to serve as a pattern. I then laid three strips of duct tape across a self-healing cutting mat to make a “sheet” of tape. I placed the number pattern paper on top of the tape and then cut out the numbers with a craft knife, cutting through both the paper and the tape at once. When the cutting was done, I could then peel the numbers off the board and then apply them directly to the carpet. I also cut some little arrows for the 10, 20, 30, and 40 yard lines that pointed to the respective end zones.
The final touch was to put duct tape around all four edges of the carpet, to seal it up so that it wouldn’t fray over time. By doing the edges last, I was also able to cover up all of the ends of the tape from the yard marking lines, and it made a very nice finish. I pressed all the duct tape firmly in place and walked over it to make sure it had made full contact with the carpet, and it was definitely secure. I really loved the glossy look the white tape gave to the finished product, and I especially loved how well it held up — it didn’t even budge after two days of foot traffic!
Everyone loved the rug during the party and it had a huge impact, especially considering it only cost about $25 in supplies! The best part is that I could roll it up after the party and store it (under the couch!) to use again next year. If only my favorite... [Read More]
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