tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44279654068105383662024-03-20T02:09:15.322-07:00Quite Possibly CraftsDanellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-73791030659897249492014-06-17T22:03:00.002-07:002014-06-17T22:09:39.212-07:00Frozen Movie Inspired Hair FlowerHello everyone,<br />
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The movie Frozen is so fun. You've probably heard Let It Go a million times and read lots of different blogs' takes on what it all means. Personally, I think it is a story about an introverted (almost social anxiety-ish) sister contrasted with an outgoing, gregarious sister, and finding ways to love each other when you feel so different. Sigh. Now I'm just projecting my problems... <br />
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But that's neither here nor there. You are here to see a fabric flower. So here is it. (Modeled hesistantly by my daughter. She's kind of like an Elsa. And maybe my little baby daughter will be like an Anna, she seems pretty social even though she's only three months, definitely not old enough to talk my ear off yet.)<br />
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Frozen Inspired Hair Flower<br />
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It is delicate and lovely. We made it, my daughter and I, for her friend and her Frozen inspired half birthday party. It was a really fun party. My daughter helped me make the flower. She's only four, but she loves to pull the needle through after I place it and she did a few stitches. I love that she is already learning how to sew. And she loves learning this stuff. I hope I can teach her some good skills she'll need to be a good adult.<br />
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It is nine- and eight-pointed. Not really a well-represented snow flake with six points, but that would have left the flower looking too anemic and sparse. I wanted it fluffy and juicy. And my reasoning behind the nine and eight are thus. The nine on the outer circle reminds me of the 9/8 time signature that makes up a slip jig, an Irish step dance time signature that is just for the ladies. <br />
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Now you've gotta go watch a slip jig. I learned one very similar to this one while I was a student at BYU. Good times.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_WGA0VgNZw">Slip Jig</a> on YouTube. <br />
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Ooh, the Baha'i nine-pointed star has some pretty cool symbolism. You learn something new everyday. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1'%C3%AD_symbols">Baha'i symbols</a> on Wikipedia. <br />
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The eight pointed star is like two squares tilted with respect to each other. A square represents earthly things, the four corners of the globe. (Haha! How can a globe have four corners? Well, it does in this analogy. Just let it be.) And maybe you already know that the circle can be a representation of heaven. If you feel like throwing a circle in there with the two squares, you've got a nice looking eight-pointed star symbol that you might see adorning an LDS (Mormon) temple. It's the meeting of heavenly things with earthly things. I like it. It can also be called the Seal of Melchizedek or it can also be like the eight points of a compass.<br />
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The Seal of Melchizedek on the San Diego temple. Lovely. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc2MMqhriAIPw1V6TUk1vACw8Fw5KinMbVsj3dSB-1_m2LwiH1crxG263Ss44iLOCBiU5ipbU8T4mQk1MbhOGLwivwDHqzLXe30t7960SdTEAcMIl_GiQeSB4J_ZEmDgLY51EginvM-WL/s1600/san-diego-mormon-temple31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc2MMqhriAIPw1V6TUk1vACw8Fw5KinMbVsj3dSB-1_m2LwiH1crxG263Ss44iLOCBiU5ipbU8T4mQk1MbhOGLwivwDHqzLXe30t7960SdTEAcMIl_GiQeSB4J_ZEmDgLY51EginvM-WL/s320/san-diego-mormon-temple31.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Here's a lovely link to some great temple architecture at <a href="http://thetrumpetstone.blogspot.com/2011/08/lds-temple-glass-sun-moon-and-star.html">The Trumpet Stone</a>.<br />
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How to make it: I'm not exactly sure how to describe it other than it's like rolled circles. Here's a paper craft that comes pretty close to my fabric flower. Tutorial thanks to Ideas For Scrapbookers and the <a href="http://ideasforscrapbookers.blogspot.com/2010/08/handmade-dahlia-for-your-pages.html">Handmade Dahlia</a>.<br />
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I also made a wreath out of old book pages using this rolled cylinder style. Danelle's <a href="http://quitepossiblycrafts.blogspot.com/2011/07/wreath-craft-book-wreath.html">Upcycled Book Wreath</a>. The circles on the bigger, outer rim were eyeballed (yes, that is the technical term) to be about two inches in diameter. They still make the flower surprisingly large, about 4.5 to 5 inches in diameter. That's getting to be pretty big for a kid's head. I like the size, though. <br />
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I used some material that someone gave to me, it has a scroll work design embroidered on it and it is clear white material, kind of starchy. The inner material is white, very thin, silky, and transparent, like a scarf. I'm not sure what it's called. Organza, probably? Then I purchased the little jewel at a fabric store. It was in one of the cheap dollar bins or clearance. Probably because they look wintery and winter was over. <br />
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I stitched the outer rim first, rolling the circles to little cylinders and stitching through it to secure it to a little gray felt circle on the bottom that makes the sturdy base of the flower. You'll want to put your stitches in a place where they will be hidden by the next rim of dahlia flower petals. Also use white thread so it will blend right in if it is peeking out. Continue with the next rim of white organza. I put another scroll work circle in the center to hide some stitching by pinching it a tiny bit and stitching it on so it will not be so flat, it will have a little oomph and poke out slightly. Then add the jewel by stitching it on. (My two fabrics were slightly different from each other, but that may be difficult to tell from the lighting in the photos.)<br />
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Then get out your hot glue gun, grab a hair clip like an alligator hair clip, cut another felt circle to hide the stitching, attach it with the glue gun, and attach the hair clip to the felt with a glue gun. Bam! Done.<br />
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One last look. I love it. I think I'll have to make more. <br />
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Stay tuned for my Frozen inspired wreath.<br />
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Let It Go and Goodnight!<br />
Danellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-77599961215491648692013-02-21T20:23:00.001-08:002013-02-21T20:23:47.020-08:00Easter Green Grass WreathHappy upcoming Eostre!<br />
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It's another wreath!<br />
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I made this one last year. Quick. Easy. Fun. <br />
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Close-up of the fuzzy goodness.<br />
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Happy Hoppy Easter! And happy spring! Except as soon as I decided to hang it on my door a few days ago, winter decided to come back and it snowed. The weather mocks my enthusiasm.<br />
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Tutorial at <a href="http://pattyschaffer.typepad.com/capture_the_details/2010/03/monday-make-it-spring-baby-grass-wreath.html">Capture the Details</a>.Danellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-5181844139790133522013-02-09T22:41:00.000-08:002013-02-09T22:47:36.824-08:00Baby Bibs and Burp ClothsHello everyone,<br />
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It's a baby craft post! <br />
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I have become quite proficient at making these bibs and burp cloths (and the occasional matching paci leash), in girl varieties and boy varieties: in chenille, in cotton, in flannel, (maybe I should try minky now?), or quilted on the inside for more absorbency (for the bibs). I decided it was probably stupid to be adding the batting to the double-cotton-sided bibs and stopped, but then my sister Michelle told me how well the bib worked for her daughter who spit up a lot and it really absorbed well. <br />
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She said it was her favorite bib! Be still, my beating heart! I was afraid it looked dorky and didn't lay flat, but it looked fine. It's just always nerve-racking to make a new craft as a present, not having used it yourself first or knowing how well it will work. I'm about a 75-percent-efficient-useful-gift and 25-percent-looks-good kind of person. I will usually choose comfort and function over style, and it shows. I'm probably the frumpiest of my four sisters (but comfortable!), and also the most shy, but compared to others outside my family, I'm doing pretty well. So no worries.<br />
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These bibs that I made recently and am posting today, however, contain no batting. I know, I'm off telling stories and not describing the present craft. This Quite Possibly Craft is made of chenille on one side (cotton on the other), which is naturally absorbent, so I left the batting alone and just focused on cutting out a nice-sized and -shaped bib. I do the inside-out trick, where I sew right sides together but leave a hole, then turn the bib out and sew around to shut the hole and leave a nice stitch. Then I add (sew on) some velcro (buy the kind meant for sewing! or you will be crying!) for the "snap," so it's a little bit adjustable. Real snaps are also nice, but take some force to get on the bib. Literally, you have to hammer them on. The thicker the fabric, the harder it is to get snaps on. On chenille, it is something of a nightmare. Been there, done that. Looks great, but takes a lot of time and effort. I'm getting lazy in my middle-aged-ness. Do it however you like. Maybe you'll be queen (king?) of the snaps.<br />
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Here's the finished bib and burp cloth, with lovely applique monograms of the first letter of her son's name. I like how they look boutique-y expensive and fancy. I used the "lazy applique" method, which I should probably explain in a near-future post. (Basically I use that stuff you iron-on (comes in the purple and white baggie) and you can get cheaply at Wal-mart and then just trace, cut out, iron on and do a straight-stitch around. I know they say to zig-zag, but my machine does a really bad zig-zag. It's embarrassing. And this way looks fine and usually wears well too. But I know you quilters and pros out there are disgusted in my laziness at not doing the proper tight zig-zag. Quite possibly I don't care.)<br />
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I made the bib and burp cloth for a friend who just had her fourth child! She has one girl, and now three boys! I figured she probably already had tons of boy clothes, but just giving her a box of diapers seemed boring (and expensive!). Bibs and burp cloths are ALWAYS useful, and this kid is the third boy. He's going to get A LOT of hand-me-downs and not a lot of personalized stuff (so I would imagine). This was something that could be his. Or maybe he would be too little to remember, but it might mean something to his mom, too.<br />
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I already had the fabric lying around so I just needed to find the time. Chenille's not cheap. It's about $12 a yard. And I got the fabric cheap with a 50% JoAnn's Fabrics coupon. YEAH! Bad news about the chenille, though. At my local JoAnn's anyway, the chenille has all been moved to clearance and discontinued, and most of it is gone. They have a chenille-like fleece replacement that may one day grow on me, but for now I am in a bit of a quandary. I liked that chenille. Granted, it made a mess when you cut it, and another mess in the dryer for the first wash, but it was so soft. I used to use the scraps to make baby wash cloths (chenille and flannel), and I've received good reviews of those too, from mothers who got to use the product and gave me a little critique. I'm not going to order it online full-price and pay an arm and a leg for it though.<br />
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I know, you probably want instructions. I don't have any. I keep a sewing journal where I write down measurements and improvements to sewing "recipes," but this one is basically just a template that I got from another bib that fit my little baby girl quite nicely. So that's what I recommend you do. Trace a bib on regular cotton paper, make any adjustments to get the perfect shape and proportion you want (I've been big into proportions lately), and try and reiterate. The burp cloth is the size of a Gerber cloth diaper. I like to do chenille on one side, cotton fabric that matches the bib on the other, and sew two partitions so it folds up nicely like a cloth diaper, too! Or I will put cotton on the top and flannel on the bottom. Flannel is really good at gripping on your shoulder and not sliding off, and also is absorbent. Great for staying on your shoulder and not leaving you vulnerable to getting baby puke all over yourself! <br />
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Anyway, reiteration. It's always a learning process with a learning curve. Don't expect perfection the first time, you usually have to work out some kinks. But if you hit on the golden design pretty quickly, good work! And if you don't, keep trying! Ask around, check other blogs, be creative! :-)<br />
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Have fun crafting and being quite possibly creative!<br />
Danelle<br />
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Happy Love Day! <br />
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Hang something happy and festive on your door to celebrate. I had been struggling to make this wreath for the last two years. Not that it's hard. We just have moved a lot and had stuff in storage (my barely begun wreath, for one), the whole song and dance. I'm glad I feel like we have maybe one or two more months of stability until we move again, but I know I'm just a big complainer and no one likes to listen to complaining. (Not my husband, anyway.) This wreath still cheered me up. Technically, it isn't too hard to make, my two-year-old girl was helping me to push the folded felt into the Styrofoam heart form. But cutting the felt circles out takes a lot of time! Beware! I didn't mind. I just took the cutting along with me when visiting friends at their houses or when we got together for a girls night watching the Bachelor. (Mostly I was there for the good company and time to work on my wreath, I'm not really a fan of the show.)<br />
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Here are some photos of the wreath on my door. (It's blue. The red and blue kind of mess with your eyes, I apologize. Maybe our next door will be a nice dark brown or white, or something that will make the wreath photograph a little better.)<br />
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For instructions, I found some good ones here at <a href="http://www.theidearoom.net/2010/01/valentines-day-craft.html">The Idea Room</a>. I wanna say my circles were about 2-1/2 inches in diameter (hers are 3-in.), but I already don't remember. I did cut out about 300 of them, so that's where the tediousness comes in.<br />
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Big juicy felt ruffles, looking so good.<br />
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I made a new logo. YAY for logos. You can borrow my pictures, but just give me some credit, yes?<br />
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Yes, the large logo, in all its glory.<br />
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Stay tuned for some baby sewing stuff. :-)<br />
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Danellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-7339476465094724782012-11-08T20:03:00.000-08:002012-11-08T20:19:59.779-08:00Pink Lace Fabric FlowersI mentioned these pink lace fabric flowers in my last post (about the Spooky Flirty Halloween Wreath) and I really enjoyed the way they turned out, so I made some as hair clips and for dressing up your outfit on a shirt or lapel. They go pretty quickly and they are fun and very cute!<br />
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These flowers are similar in style to the ones you'll find <a href="http://diyfashion.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=diyfashion&cdn=style&tm=17&f=10&su=p284.13.342.ip_p504.6.342.ip_&tt=3&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//mysparkle.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-rolled-flowers.html">here</a>. I did have to modify the instructions a bit. To make these, I used a long strip of pink lace about 1 inch thick. (I found it in the remnant bins at Joanns Fabric for 50% off! Yay, deals!) I folded the fabric in half, like the instructions at the tutorial link explain, and I bunched and rolled the fabric to look like a tight spiral. This will be the center of the flower. Then I used some hot glue to secure the flower to itself so the tight spiral wouldn't come undone and I cut out a circle of pink felt about the size of the final flower (however big you choose) and glued the bud to the center of the felt circle. You'll want to coordinate your felt to whatever color lace you are using. Then continue to wrap, turn, glue; wrap, turn, glue, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Try not to burn yourself too much. It's hard with the lace, to be sure.<br />
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Once the flower part is done, you attach an alligator clip to the back and you're ready to rock and roll. (I also added a couple of gold fabric leaves poking out. I like it!)<br />
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Final product! So pretty and fun! I want to make a bunch of these, but I'm saving the majority of the lace to make myself a pretty pink skirt. I need to get on that.<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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Danelle<br />
Quite Possibly CraftsDanellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-46286619252425922772012-11-08T19:45:00.001-08:002012-11-08T21:00:16.900-08:00Spooky Flirty Halloween WreathI made this for a friend. It's a spooky flirty wreath with stamped laminated paper and fabric flowers. This cheerful wreath makes me so excited to celebrate Halloween.<br />
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I got the wreath form at Dollar Tree. It looks like it's made of dried grape vines. I also got the spooky gray gauzy fabric to wrap all the way around the wreath from Dollar Tree. <br />
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I had the stamp on hand, "Ghouls just want to have fun." I'm pretty sure I got it in one of those clearance bins at Michaels for $1. I stamped it with silver ink on some black card stock paper, and did a poor man's laminating job with packing tape, trying not to show any seams. I wanted to make it weather-proof. I cut the excess tape off. I hot-glued this one on, but I made another wreath by wrapping brown yarn around a Styrofoam wreath form, and I wanted to be able to take stuff off and update it for other seasons, so I used pins to anchor the stuff, and then I can take it off at a whim and put something new on. Those darn yarn wreaths take FOREVER to wrap. I'm not doing that again. <br />
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Then I made the fabric flowers using pink lace and a glue gun, and some other kinds of material too. But the pink lace fabric flower is definitely my favorite! It's made in this <a href="http://diyfashion.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=diyfashion&cdn=style&tm=17&f=10&su=p284.13.342.ip_p504.6.342.ip_&tt=3&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//mysparkle.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-rolled-flowers.html">style</a> and is a little bit of a craft in itself. I had to do a few things to help the rolling along. Since the lace lets the hot glue through, you might be more likely to burn yourself. I also needed an "anchor" for the lace, so I used some coordinating pink felt to go under, cut in a circle about the size of the final flower. I rolled a tight circle-bunch and then glued it to itself and then glued that onto the center of the felt circle.<br />
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The ghosty ghoulies are made of that white cheese cloth you can get cheaply at the grocery store. Maybe you still have some on-hand from Halloween. Don't throw it away! Or you could used dryer sheets. I hear those things don't biodegrate, so rather than sitting in a local landfill, they could be dancing happily on your wreath and filling the air near your front door with a pleasant smell. I bunched them with my fingers 'til I got a good ghost effect and then tied them tightly round and round with white thread until I was sure they were secured. I hot-glued them on, but you can also pin them on so that you could remove them again if you wanted to.<br />
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The orange ribbon is like a harvest autumn leaves theme and it's wired ribbon that I got from, you guessed it, Dollar Tree. I'm on a very tight budget so this craft needed to be cheap. Love the craft items that the Dollar Tree has been peddling.<br />
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!<br />
Danellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-91790349084694914922012-11-07T02:16:00.000-08:002012-11-07T02:16:58.162-08:00Mothers Day and Fathers DayRewind to Mothers Day and Fathers Day 2012. I got really creative. Well, for Fathers Day, anyway. But I still got crafty for both days. I had some cute fabric I had ordered from Amazon, but when it came, it was like upholstery fabric, twill, and not like the soft cotton I had envisioned. It all worked out, I made a fancy lemonade out of lemons and my mother, MIL, and grandmother-in-law (and even me!) all ended up with really cute dishtowels. These are some of my favorite dish towels of all time. They work excellently, dry superbly, and just cheer the kitchen right up. Won't you agree? Hollywood regency updated and modernized, in punchy happy colors. Quite possibly perfect.<br />
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Maybe I'm too close to the project and not thinking clearly, but to me, they are perfection.<br />
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Okay, enough gushing about the dishtowels, I found amazing fabric (okay, Tommy Hilfiger bedsheets) at the Goodwill for the low, low price of $2 (instead of the going rate of $50!!!). I don't remember exactly how I hit upon the idea, but I remembered that my father-in-law Glenn had left his grilling gear at the last campout, and my brother-in-law Daniel was wanting to do more cooking on his sweet outdoor grill, so the common thread was telling me to sew them little roll-up grill kits made out of that fun blue-striped lobster fabric. Again, to me, perfection. I'm proud of this craft. A friend asked me if I was selling them on Etsy. I had to tell her no. I had run out of the material! Sad sad day.<br />
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This next image also fits well in the post. I think I made this for my mother-in-law for Christmas, or for her birthday, or just to say thanks for letting us live in your house and eat your food for almost a year. <br />
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It's a cute casserole carrier! Perfect for church functions and pot-lucks!<br />
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Take a peek inside!<br />
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I love it! I want one!<br />
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Cordially, DanelleDanellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-8510602168573716102012-11-07T01:37:00.001-08:002012-11-07T01:54:40.456-08:00Apron EvolutionSewing is such a learning experience. I also like to come up with my own patterns so that keeps me on my toes. I love to look at something out there and try to recreate it. It isn't always a perfect process. Still, you can tell I've come along way, Baby! I keep a sewing journal to know where I've been and to know where I'm going, and also to fix mistakes and just keep all my patterns and sewing thoughts together. It's helping me to get more organized. (And when it comes to being organized, I need ALL the help I can get!)<br />
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Apron v1.0<br />
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This was a late present for my friend Jessica. It was supposed to be a cutsie/sexy apron for a wedding present. Fast-forward a year and she's pregnant with a baby and I'm FINALLY finished sewing her apron. Also, I had my first baby in the meantime, so that's where all my time went.<br />
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The proportions are weird in the skirt part and I just wonder what I was thinking. But I still like the cute bows on the pockets and the material. I made one for myself too, so that's why I talk like it is mine! Because it is! And surprisingly it is pretty flattering as aprons go. I didn't line the back. Probably not the best for absorbing.<br />
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A recent photo of my apron in action. Canning wit the ladies. Imogene's husband called me Martha Stewart. Which I decided to take as a compliment! :-)<br />
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Apron v2.0<br />
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I made this black-and-white French toile one for my friends Amanda and Morgan. It is like one I saw on the web and recreated. I used the bias tape, which I wouldn't necessarily recommend because it makes the apron cost more. I *did* line this one. But that made it hard to sew the bias tape on, especially at the ties. Again, the fun little pockets with the bows. I'm a fan!<br />
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Apron v3.0 <br />
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Rosie Riveter! I love it! I made this one like the flirty aprons I see online. Charlotte and Rebecca got these as matching aprons. :-) I made them in pairs for my awesome BYU roomies.<br />
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Apron v4.0 <br />
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A gift to my mother-in-law. She's awesome! I hope she likes the little ruffle on the bottom and the little side pocket. In purple paisley! Her mother got her the fabric some time ago, it was maybe for a dress, but didn't get used. I thought it would look lovely as a festive apron so I asked her if I could use the material and sew her an apron. <br />
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Apron v5.0 <br />
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I made matching aprons for me and Adeline over a year ago. Hers looks great! Mine still needs work and ruffles. I'm working on it. Okay, not really, it's on the back-burner, but one of these days I'm going to whip it out. Finish it Danelle-style, a year later!<br />
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Aprons v6.0, v7.0, etc.<br />
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6.0 is for my mom. It is also a year overdue. Very depressing. I was going to model an Anthropologie look, I have the proper materials and everything. What is my deal? Why won't I sew it? I think I'm too busy over-thinking it because I want it to be perfect for my mom. I've put down a few versions in my sewing journal and I like them, but I still haven't begun to cut them out.<br />
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7.0 is a Belle apron, two in fact, that are mostly cut out and ready for sewing. One is definitely for me. I never wanted to be the girl obsessed with a Disney princess, after having had a fully-grown adult BYU roommate who had the ugliest collection of everything Cinderella, no joke, it took up half of our room. She was a pretty girl, too. She could have been a Cinderella look-alike but she was too busy trying to broadcast that to the world by cluttering up everything with cheesy Cinderella trinkets. I think she was engaged too, if I remember correctly, and I felt bad for her husband who had to put up with all the cheesy clutter. Hopefully he didn't break her Cinderella snow globe in the night trying to feel his way to the bathroom because there would probably be hell to pay. Thank goodness we only had to room together for the summer! But now I don't care anymore and I'm going to do my hair like Belle's occasionally and dress up in a Belle apron while I cook and vacuum. Eet's for FUN! (Maybe it will make me more likely to cook and vacuum, because it will have an element of FUN to it! Dressing up! Oh how I love to dress up!) <br />
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The other one was supposed to be for a charity auction. Oops. They ended up on the back-burner when I had to unpick the lace from the bodice of one and I couldn't find my seam-ripper so I kind of ran out of steam and now it's hard to motivate myself to start again. In other, happier news, I found my seam ripper and now I can unpick my mistakes much more quickly than trying to use clunky scissors and drive myself insane. Especially on lace. Cotton and scissors is easy! Lace? Not so much. You cut holes in your lace and curse yourself.<br />
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I hope I can update soon with final versions of v5.0, 6.0, and 7.0. That would be the BEST DAY EVER! Then maybe I'll retire from the apron-sewing business.<br />
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Cordially,<br />
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DanelleDanellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-139425455147261672012-11-07T01:07:00.000-08:002012-11-07T01:07:07.031-08:00Wedding Gift Idea - Personalized Tile CoastersI know, the tile coasters craze has probably come and gone. But here's a great twist that really adds some personalization into the coaster idea. My friends Heather and Samir got married two years ago and they had a lovely wedding announcement with a lovely Indian-theme and graphic of a stylized peacock. Long story short, I wanted to make them coasters with that graphic and with their names and wedding date on them. Brilliant, non? <br />
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I fixed up the graphic in another program because it was touching some other information that didn't need to be on the coasters. Then I selected the paper and tried to keep some of them more manly-looking, so that if H and S had another couple over, the two men wouldn't have to feel fruity for using girly coasters. I tried to keep them matching and cute. This paper served as a frame for the wedding date info. <br />
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To get the center logo with H & S and wedding date, I out-sourced it. Since I don't have a nice printer and Office Depot is pretty cheap anyway, I printed through their online printing service. It's pretty cheap and the paper quality and printing is excellent. You don't have to worry about ink smear if you select the card stock option and their photo printing. And they usually have it ready the next day, if not in the next three hours of placing your order. And you can pay online so all you have to do is show up and get your order, easy as pie! <br />
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I carefully cut out the graphic for the center so that it had extra length so it would go under the paper "frames" I cut, without showing tile underneath. But you don't want the bottom-most paper to be too big either, and you want the crease under the frame to be unnoticeable. I think I pulled this off. <br />
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Then I mod-podged over them, let it dry and cure for a goodly amount of time, and then *VERY IMPORTANT* hit it with about five light coats of finishing spray. Finishing spray keeps the mod-podge from being sticky and tacky. You don't want to go to all the trouble of making nice looking coasters and then have the paper rip off when you are trying to pull the stack of coasters apart for their first use.<br />
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All in all, I think these turned out smashingly!<br />
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I love them.<br />
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I'm hoping to do some for me and my husband!<br />
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Cheers!<br />
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DanelleDanellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-74551527556792024442012-11-04T00:53:00.001-07:002012-11-07T01:16:28.363-08:00Baby Items Sweat Shop!I've been working on baby items! There are four baby showers happening or ones that I have missed (or embarrassingly forgot to bring a gift to!) and I have some chenille and other fun stuff that was supposed to turn into matching bib-burp cloth-paci leash-onesie sets that I was going to sell for $20 on craigslist or to facebook friends. Trying to keep this family afloat with my free time. (Why does it smell like coffee in here? We are not coffee drinkers nor do we own any coffee. Sorry, tangent.)<br />
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These friends are finally motivating me to get working on these fun things I meant to do back in June! I'm such a slow poke! It has been fun picking up some tidbits of information from my friends - I know the colors and themes of some of the nurseries - so I get to add that personal touch and I hope that the items turn out well. Rather than just stopping at four sets, though, I hope to churn out 20-30 and sell the others. And maybe save some for more gifts so I don't have to whip together a present last minute.<br />
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The projects are still in the works, but I've cut out and ironed on almost half, just need to do some sewing and a little more cutting for the girlies. Two girls and two boys, nicely split. Congrats to the ladies and I hope I will quit spacing on these baby showers and baby gifts. I really do like attending them, and making these presents,d and I hope that you and your babies enjoy them too!<br />
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Flashback! Baby Bootie Sweat Shop! No fun! Right before baby showers and Christmas, 2011.<br />
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Still, all that hard work and back-breaking labor at the sewing machine produced something quite lovely and useful. <br />
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And these booties have a girly touch. Quite possibly.<br />
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Update! I've finished a few. I hope to do more, and learn from my mistakes. For instance, it varies but usually people like the chenille to go underneath with the cotton showing. I wonder if it's because food pieces and gunk and spit up are probably harder to get out of the chenille side, as opposed to the cotton side. But it would still have the same absorbency even with the cotton facing out. Hmm. Pondering.<br />
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For Ashley's baby boy - Hot air balloon theme. Love it! And she loves chevron. She's also particular in her tastes so I hope I got it right!<br />
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This one is for Angie's little girl. Oops, she's probably 2 months now. Maybe 3. I'm a horrible friend. <br />
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This one is more unisex, in case someone doesn't want to find out the sex of their baby. Also it is for sale if you want to buy it. I also hope to make a matching paci leash. I need to buy more paci clips.<br />
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Now time to make some matching onesies. Here's a tried and true applique I did for the neighbor girl when she had a birthday! :-)<br />
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Cordially,<br />
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Danelle<br />
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P.S. Chenille makes a mess and yes it is starting to feel like the "baby booties sweat shop" all over again. That's not the fun part.<br />
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P.P.S. Ashley got another Etsy order in for a leather-like vinyl baby bean sack for photographers and their photo shoots. She outsources the sewing to me and gives me $20! I definitely can't complain! As soon as she gets the material, I will be sewing on it. And that kind of motivates me to hurry and sew these other items first! And I'm going to put the link here as soon as I can get it from Ashley!!!<br />
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If you are a fancy rich person, you could buy one of her Etsy bean bag covers (filling not included). Maybe I will sew your order! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/80020361/newborn-photography-posing-beanbag">Newborn Photography Posing Beanbag</a><br />
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Here is what the baby bean bag looks like.<br />
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Danellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-33839888283453514662011-07-01T15:22:00.000-07:002012-11-07T00:20:49.228-08:00Wreath Craft - Book WreathHave an old book with yellowed pages hanging around? If so, you can make a fun wreath out of it, newsprint crafts are SO HOT right now. (If not, a quick trip to the Goodwill might help you there!)<br />
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I even had gold paint, so I painted around the pages edges while the book pages were still together to give it an extra-antiqued look. Turned out great! But I forgot to take a finished photo! Will have to do that and update this post soon!<br />
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Please enjoy a half-way there photo!<br />
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Hot-glue that sucker. Surprisingly fast!<br />
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-Old book with yellowed pages, preferably not too long. The book I used was about 7 inches tall.<br />
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-Gold paint is optional.<br />
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-Hot glue gun and lots of glue sticks.<br />
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Roll your paper uniformly and it will look good. Do three rows. For the innermost row I did a fancier pointed roll facing outward to give a lovely "sunburst" effect. <br />
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This craft ended up looking like one of those cool sun or mirror clocks that looks so great on the wall, the sunburst. I want to put a circular mirror on mine and hang it over the mantel or something!<br />
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Looking down the barrel of a gold-tipped wreath. <br />
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Thanks to Oliver Twist by Dickens. (I have another copy, so the superfluous one got crafted. Kinda like being pwned! Crafted!)Danellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-32657655905084340022011-07-01T15:08:00.000-07:002012-11-07T01:59:11.204-08:00Baby Towel Tug and Chew SquareI really don't know what to call one of these things. But I made one for a friend who is having a baby. During both of their ultrasounds, the baby wouldn't show his/her parts so they have no idea if they are having a boy or a girl! Kinda wacky and exciting! So I tried to stay gender neutral, and I heard later that they are doing a duckie theme in their nursery, so the yellow will fit in extra well! :-) Congrats Jess! Have some useful crafts!<br />
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How to make:<br />
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-Soft flannel, I got non-pill forming kind. About 1'x1'.<br />
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-Pieces of ribbon. I hear that grosgrain works great for this, but I don't have a lot of that kind of ribbon. 3'' or 4'' long.<br />
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-I did an inside-out kind of trick with the ribbon so that when I turned out the towel toward the end the ribbon was good to go.<br />
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Do I think this is the prettiest one? No. I would totally improve it and make it better and cuter. Learn from me and make yours amazing!<br />
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Quick and Fun!Danellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427965406810538366.post-20110645543634057352011-06-13T09:57:00.000-07:002011-06-13T10:00:29.042-07:00Launching Quite Possibly CraftsHello!<br /><br />This is my crafting blog. It isn't much right now, but I hope that it will serve as a research and log tool for the crafts that I might quite possibly do. This blog began as a Facebook Album where I would upload fun craft photos that I or someone else I knew has made. I will either include instructions or links to instructions.<br /><br />Happy Crafting!<br /><br />-Danelle<br />Quite Possibly CraftsDanellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523675121925506808noreply@blogger.com0