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Cat in the Hat! One of my most favorite creations :) Thanks to a Snow Day!
Let young crafters take inspiration from their natural surroundings. With a little imagination, flowers, leaves, twigs, and shells can be transformed into works of art.
Ready to make your own? First, grab an old knit Tshirt and decide where you want the top of the waist line to hit your little girl. Place a pin there and measure down about 2 inches. Then cut the shirt off there. ***Don’t throw the rest of the shirt away….I’ll show you how to use it on a different project. Then cut two large rectangles for the skirt section of the dress. My two pieces were 33 inches wide x 25 inches long. The front of my shirt was 11 inches across, so I tripled that and cut a piece that was 33 inches wide. For the length, I decided that I needed the bottom part of the dress to be 21 inches long from the top of the pleats, down to the bottom of the dress. And then I needed an extra 2 inches at the top and 2 inches at the bottom……so that’s 25 inches long all together. Make sure to cut 2 of these pieces. I decided to make french seams on this dress for the side seams. (But you can always just do a side seam and then zig-zag on the inside, to keep it from fraying. French seams always look nicer though.) To do this, place your two pieces together with wrong sides together, then sew these two pieces together along the side (25 inch side in
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Keep the mess in the towel then throw the towel in the laundry when you get home from your trip.
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Inexpensive Wreath Forms! Instead of shelling out a premium for over-priced wreath forms at the craft store, head to Lowe's or Home Depot and pick up a piece of foam tubing. You can get a 6' piece for roughly a dollar. Cut the length you need and duct tape the ends together!
Bake marbles at 325/350 for 20 min. Put in ice water to make them crack on the inside. Glue end caps to them with starter rings to create pretty pendants!
I Spy bags. Another use for the vinyl from bedding packaging and fabric scraps.
Fetching pins…
