I am always wondering what I can do you use them and not just throw them away. Its such a huge waste of money and resources. So I sat down and played with them and this is what I got. A cute fabric flower
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Selvage Edge Scraps Spike Fabric Flower Tutorial
Since I make a lot of blankets, I have a ton of small selvage edge scraps
I am always wondering what I can do you use them and not just throw them away. Its such a huge waste of money and resources. So I sat down and played with them and this is what I got. A cute fabric flower
I am always wondering what I can do you use them and not just throw them away. Its such a huge waste of money and resources. So I sat down and played with them and this is what I got. A cute fabric flower
Mothers Day Gifts and Craft Ideas for Kids
So here is a quick roundup of a few kids crafts that I found on the blogosphere this morning. First off a few links with tons of craft ideas:
Mothers Day Crafts - Kids Books - Children's Activities and Crafts for Mother's Day
Then we all could use a cute bouquet for Mother's Day. Especially if it comes in our favorite drink!
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| Handmade Website |
Or a candy bar bouquet?
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| 733Blog |
The little ones could draw your faces:
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| Bitsy Creations |
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| First Grade a la Carte~put the things they love about their mom on the stems or a job they will do for Mom |
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| I Can Teach My Child Footprint Art |
Craft Room Reveal
Today as part of the Craft Room Tour, hosted by Angie with the Country Chic Cottage, I am sharing with you all my sewing room.
I have shared bits and pieces of it over the last couple years, but never a tour of it.
But here is the official tour. Don't be alarmed that it isn't spring cleaned. This is just the way I work. With piles...piles in every corner. Piles in all those cupboards. Piles of to-do, piles of mending, piles of "I don't know where to put that". Just piles.
I am ok with piles. Its an organized chaos that I enjoy.
So lets just dive in:
This is my daughters sewing station. She is 8 and loves being able to sew on my very first machine that I owned. That chair was given to me when I still lived at home, but I reupholstered it with my mom's help last year.
Both my daughter and I have the EXACT same sewing table. Mine is for my serger, and I painted mine pink (which is my fav color) and hers is blue for the same reason :)
Whenever someone comes into my sewing room they ask me if I use ALL of the machines. It makes me giggle inside, but yes I do.
The serger (on the left), I use for serging and finishing all my edges.
The bernina (the one looking straight on) was a gift from my awesome husband. I was so mad at him for spending the money on it when he did, but I haven't complained a day since then. I love that machine. It does all my delicate sewing.
The Juki (its the one on the right) is an industrial sewing machine. It sews light weight to medium weight fabric. It is REALLY fast. My Bernina sews around 1000 stitches per minute and the Juki Sews 5500 stitches per minute. It was a little intimidating at first to sew with, but now I LOVE that machine!
The cute rolling chair my mom found at Goodwill last year for $3. It was in really rough shape. My awesome Father in Law took the metal parts and sand blasted them and then powder coated them for me. My mom and I did the Reupholstery
The little plastic drawers hold all my thread and bigger sewing things that I need close by while sewing. Not pretty, but definitely do their job!
For my cutting table I use a regular ol' 6" folding table. I found the bed risers from +Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores a few years ago around back to school time. I LOVE having my table sitting up higher so that I don't have to bend over as I cut. Especially when I am stand at that table for hours upon end. For more information on the cutting table go to HERE
The plastic drawers hold smaller pieces of fabric, separated by the type of fabric. The top right corner holds all my patterns. The little cupboard mostly is used as a place to stack and pile stuff (inside and out :)
The little shelf above the table (I have another one to put next to it with an iron holder thing I bought from +IKEA USA that I just haven't had the time to put up yet) holds all my scissors, rulers, rotary blade and pieces of scraps that I am saving. Don't you love the little Chevron buckets from Pick Your Plum?!?
This little area is my newest addition. It is strictly an embroidery machine. The cupboard and drawers hold stuff for embroidery.
All of those little shoe box containers have fabric scraps organized by color and size. the bottom row of fabrics are all minky, ruffles, home decor weight fabric, and clothing type fabrics.
I almost always have some project out on the floor. Both of those are custom orders that I am working on right now for my Etsy shop
The top row of fabric is mostly cotton prints, but there are a few flannel prints up there as well. I love having fabric on hand for my Etsy shop instead of running to the fabric store all the time. I also sell most of it in my Etsy shop if you wanted to take a peak
The bottom fabrics are either solid flannel that I use on the rag quilts that I sew or ruffle fabrics for curtains for the ol' Etsy Shop
Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my sewing room! The next stop on the tour is A little Craft in Your Day
I have shared bits and pieces of it over the last couple years, but never a tour of it.
But here is the official tour. Don't be alarmed that it isn't spring cleaned. This is just the way I work. With piles...piles in every corner. Piles in all those cupboards. Piles of to-do, piles of mending, piles of "I don't know where to put that". Just piles.
I am ok with piles. Its an organized chaos that I enjoy.
So lets just dive in:
This is my daughters sewing station. She is 8 and loves being able to sew on my very first machine that I owned. That chair was given to me when I still lived at home, but I reupholstered it with my mom's help last year.
Both my daughter and I have the EXACT same sewing table. Mine is for my serger, and I painted mine pink (which is my fav color) and hers is blue for the same reason :)
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| How to store fabric on Mini bolts |
Whenever someone comes into my sewing room they ask me if I use ALL of the machines. It makes me giggle inside, but yes I do.
The serger (on the left), I use for serging and finishing all my edges.
The bernina (the one looking straight on) was a gift from my awesome husband. I was so mad at him for spending the money on it when he did, but I haven't complained a day since then. I love that machine. It does all my delicate sewing.
The Juki (its the one on the right) is an industrial sewing machine. It sews light weight to medium weight fabric. It is REALLY fast. My Bernina sews around 1000 stitches per minute and the Juki Sews 5500 stitches per minute. It was a little intimidating at first to sew with, but now I LOVE that machine!
The cute rolling chair my mom found at Goodwill last year for $3. It was in really rough shape. My awesome Father in Law took the metal parts and sand blasted them and then powder coated them for me. My mom and I did the Reupholstery
The little plastic drawers hold all my thread and bigger sewing things that I need close by while sewing. Not pretty, but definitely do their job!
The plastic drawers hold smaller pieces of fabric, separated by the type of fabric. The top right corner holds all my patterns. The little cupboard mostly is used as a place to stack and pile stuff (inside and out :)
The little shelf above the table (I have another one to put next to it with an iron holder thing I bought from +IKEA USA that I just haven't had the time to put up yet) holds all my scissors, rulers, rotary blade and pieces of scraps that I am saving. Don't you love the little Chevron buckets from Pick Your Plum?!?
This little area is my newest addition. It is strictly an embroidery machine. The cupboard and drawers hold stuff for embroidery.
All of those little shoe box containers have fabric scraps organized by color and size. the bottom row of fabrics are all minky, ruffles, home decor weight fabric, and clothing type fabrics.
I almost always have some project out on the floor. Both of those are custom orders that I am working on right now for my Etsy shop
The top row of fabric is mostly cotton prints, but there are a few flannel prints up there as well. I love having fabric on hand for my Etsy shop instead of running to the fabric store all the time. I also sell most of it in my Etsy shop if you wanted to take a peak
The bottom fabrics are either solid flannel that I use on the rag quilts that I sew or ruffle fabrics for curtains for the ol' Etsy Shop
Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my sewing room! The next stop on the tour is A little Craft in Your Day
Ribbon Scrap Bracelets
This was my entry for the SYTYC for this current season. Sadly, I came no where near making it
I love to sew, but with sewing comes a lot of scraps. I just can't seem to throw away those small pieces of fabric and elastic. I made this bracelet with the rest of the waistband elastic from a skirt that I was making.
I just love how sophisitcated and pretty it is. Don't you think?
I made these fun bracelets out of stretch elastic, satin ribbon, beads, and buttons.
Wooden Gnome Sign Coloring Craft Project
We love cute, quick, and simple craft projects.
We love them more, because we have both boys and girls!
If there are multiple ways to complete that craft, then I am even more excited
We love to paint, spray paint, and sometimes even use markers to color the wooden pieces in.
Watch below as we use sharpies to color in the wood and see the transformation
Sign available in our shop
Make sure to check out all of the fun and simple crafts we have here on our blog:
Round Weaving Looms for Beginners
A fun and simple craft project for young and old alike! In the video you
will see a 35 year old and a 8 year old completing the project.
Weaving looms are relaxing and fun craft project
The wooden loom is also paintable and perfect as a gift/activity for birthday partys, stocking stuffer, or just cause you're stuck at home. Plus, when you're done looming, you can use the cute loom as a decoration OR cut the string and start over using other yards. Your only limitation is your imagination...so the possibilities are endless.
To purchase your very own loom head on over to our shop AVTRBoutique
Book Review: Sparkle Factory: The design and craft of Tarina's Fashion Jewelry and Accessories
I was asked to review this book a few weeks ago and of course I was excited to check it out because it has one of my favorite words: SPARKLE! It was definitely filled with lots of eye candy with all the bright and fun pictures. There are also some great tutorials on how to make fun jewelry. So make sure to go check it out:
The Sparkle Factory: The Design and Craft of Tarina's Fashion Jewelry and Accessories
Kids Craft: Marble Painting
I remember doing a craft like this with my grandma when I was younger. Painting with marbles didn't require any "new" supplies. Everything I already had in my cabinet.
My daughter thought it was the coolest thing ever. She could even do it one handed.
Supplies:
acrylic paint
bowls for the paint
marbles
paper
box large enough for the papers to lay down flat and tall enough that the marbles won't escape
freezer paper-to lay papers after painting them so that they don't get paint on your counter/floor
How to:
pour about a teaspoon of paint in each bowl. We used 4 colors. The purple seemed to really dominate so we started to use it sparingly.
put 1-5 marbles in each container with paint and roll them around until they get covered in paint
then dump the marbles in your box and roll them all over your paper that has been placed in the bottom of the box.
We experimented with different amounts of marbles from each color. We also did one color at a time or 2 at a time. Or even all the colors at one time.
This is definitely something fun for people of all ages. It was lots of fun to see the different patterns and to see which papers were everyone's favorite!
acrylic paint
bowls for the paint
marbles
paper
box large enough for the papers to lay down flat and tall enough that the marbles won't escape
freezer paper-to lay papers after painting them so that they don't get paint on your counter/floor
pour about a teaspoon of paint in each bowl. We used 4 colors. The purple seemed to really dominate so we started to use it sparingly.
put 1-5 marbles in each container with paint and roll them around until they get covered in paint
then dump the marbles in your box and roll them all over your paper that has been placed in the bottom of the box.
We experimented with different amounts of marbles from each color. We also did one color at a time or 2 at a time. Or even all the colors at one time.
This is definitely something fun for people of all ages. It was lots of fun to see the different patterns and to see which papers were everyone's favorite!
Beaded Letter Tutorial by Embellishing Metal Letters
Today I am going to share with you a simple thing you can do with metal or wooden letters.
Dr. Seuss Christmas Trees = Awesome Kids Craft
Remember yesterday? Those fun trees? If you don't go HERE
Well I sat down with extra fabric from my halloween daughters costume
It was fleece fabric. In a nice BRIGHT lime green. I am so glad that I found it while we were cleaning up after the tornado last week ripped through the basement
Then she glued on random beads all over the trees...as you can see she is such an artist!
That totally made my day! I LOVE being a mom. Best thing ever (most of the time)
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