Homecoming Court Sashes ~ Tutorial

I am lucky because my family is always supportive of my crafting!  They giggle at me when I get excited about silly crafty things, and they go 'oohhh' 'ahhhh' even when they might want to roll their eyes.  =)

(My non-HS sister is posing... like a goofball.  I promised I wouldn't put her face in the pic, but I almost left it in for laughs.... hehehe)

anyway....Every once in a while they ask me to do something for them.  My sister is on the planning committee for her HS Homecoming.  She asked if I would make the sashes!  At first I said No because we only had a couple days, and I wasn't sure we'd find enough iron on letters..... but then she said she wanted to try.

One reason this worked out is.... I have TONS of satin... why?  because I made all the table runners for my wedding.  AND that post is coming.....

My husband said we had to find a good use for all the fabric after the wedding, and what better use than Homecoming Queen/Court sashes?????  right??  =)

(although we won't tell the girls they are wearing table runners)

So here we go....improvising at its best

Materials:

~ Satin or Satiny-like fabric ~ 4.5 inches x 62 inches

~ Heat N Bond Roll in 3/8 inch.  It's the one that has a paper liner...

~ Iron on Transfer paper for your printer

~ sequins! (optional)

Somehow the pictures of finishing off the edges got lost.  In any case, for my table runners I used the HNB (heat n bond) to finish the edges.  Sewing just seemed like it would be annoying since satin runs so easily.  

To finish edges with HNB:

~Fold the raw edge in a little less than 1/4 inch

~Iron

~Add HNB so that it covers the raw edge ~ it should catch the raw edge and the main piece of fabric making the raw edge totally covered.

~Iron

~Tear off HNB tape (after it cools) ~ now you are exposing more 'glue'

~Fold over the width of the glue

~Iron

Do this for both long edges.  Leave the short edges raw.

Now you have a flat and happy edge!

Using the Transfer Paper:

I used Microsoft Publisher to write 'Homecoming' in a suitable font using the WORD ART feature.  After it is the correct size click "Arrange", and then

Click "Rotate or Flip", and lastly click "Flip Horizontal"

PRINT!

Publisher is great because each word is its own 'entity'.  This allowed us to move words (like pictures or objects) to fill up the whole paper.

TADA!

Cut it out and iron it on!!!

The directions said to use a wood board, and not an ironing board.  Somehow this DID NOT work for us!  I don't know what I did wrong, but we did not get a good transfer.

 

So we switched to my table top ironing thingy and I used some scraps of flannel underneath as well. 

AND THEN..... ooohhhhhhh

Peel and see the beautiful letters!

Of course, they should be embellished!

 My sister used Tacky Glue and some gold sequins to adorn the edges.

Cut the ends at angles and sew right sides together.  The HNB is NOT sewable (this was the only flaw in the plan)

Zig Zag stitch to keep the edges intact.

Turn right side out and press the seam.

This is the only decent pic, and its blurry!  oh, well.  They are out of my hands now!  Hopefully Queen and Court will like them!

Thanks for stopping by! 

p.s. there's still a spot left on my pay it forward!  you should enter!

Shoe Pincushion!!! ~ FNSI

For the Friday Night Sew In I was going to make some gifts, but then... 

I needed a pincushion. 

This was SO FUN to make!  I found it here at Sew, Mama, Sew.

 

 I've had this shoe fabric for a long time..... wasn't really sure what to do with it.  It was a little too silly for a purse.  I think this was the perfect project!!!

  

Lately, I've been annoyed because I have only one pincushion that I like.  AND I've been missing my pincushion thread catcher.

And I'm always forgetting to bring the pincushion from the cutting table to the sewing table.  

This pincushion is weighted with rice and also has fiberfill.

I loved this design because I will hold all my fun stuff.  I sewed a 'v' so the scissors would sit nicely!

 The thread catcher is DETACHABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  yay!!!  and I got to use a cute flower button.  =)

It stands on its own!

View from the top.....AND it holds my needles!

I am so happy now! wahoo!

Pillowcase Dress ~ Dress A Girl Around The World

My church has been making pillowcase dresses and prayer dolls to donate.  Dress A Girl Around the World is the organization that delivers the dresses to little girls all over the world and in the US.  I have been meaning to make these forever!  I have a large collection of sheets and pillowcases ready for use! 

I found these pillowcases on clearance at Walmart.
 

I was going to write a tutorial.... but I'm tired.  AND you don't really need one!
You can get all the info you need here.

I used two 7" pieces of 3/4" elastic for the front and back.

I used 36 inches of double fold bias tape for the arms/ties, although they could definitely be longer.

Do you love my green mannequin?



I'm excited to make more!  How many are you going to donate????????????


ALSO did you Sign Up for the FRIDAY NIGHT SEW IN yet????????????
You know you want to!  =)

Mini Log Cabin PaperPieced Quilt ~ IC 37 Shrink to Fit

Sadly, I missed IC last week.  I was in New Jersey for my best friend's wedding!  (it's so fun and sneaky to 'schedule' posts!) hehehehe.  I actually made that shirt with the white flowers for the rehearsal dinner!

Anyway, I was worried I'd have to miss this week too and THEN I remembered that I had mini quilt blocks somewhere.....  Luckily, since I've been organizing my craftroom... I COULD FIND THEM!  hehehee 

One of the cute scrappy blocks!

And another!

When I first started quilting I did LOTS of miniature... more just because I wanted the challenge.  My gram bought these log cabin paper piecing squares for me.  I went to work!  Cutting bitty strips and paper piecing away.  Eight of them were done so I sewed them together and put a scrappy boarder on!

I messed up the log cabin design... or did I mean it to be that way... hmmm

What should it be??  a purse?  a mug rug?  thoughts??????  

I'm thinking probably a mug rug!

Flowers... for no real reason

Flowers!!!!  I made these for a lamp shade, and then decided to not use them.  hmmm... I'm sure I'll find a use for them!  You will be happy to know that they were ALL scraps!  =)  If you saw my post last week then you understand that I need to use my scraps!

I hope you are having a GREAT day!