DIY Daily Affirmation - Tutorial

We are currently remodeling/sprucing up our girls room and I wanted to make them an inspirational sign...sorta like a DAILY AFFIRMATION for them. Seriously, it is so hard being a little girl these days and I want my girls to grow up knowing that being "PERFECT" isn't what really matters. So, you can make your sign with what ever is meaningful to you.

Supplies

Canvas (flat, 3D, a scrap piece of wood,...what ever)

Paint

Paint brush

Vinyl Letters (or stickers)

Transfer Paper

Tape (painters or masking)

Paper Towel

Steps

Get Inspired and then cut out your inspiring words.

I used the Silhouette Cameo for my vinyl letters.

I found my original inspiration on Pintrest HERE.

Apply your transfer paper to your vinyl letters.

Make sure you use the grid on the transfer paper to help line up your words.

Add a 2" border around your canvas with the tape and apply your vinyl letters....and realize that white may not have been the best color choice for the vinyl.

My canvas was 16" x 20" but my vinyl sheet was only 12" wide. To avoid having to line up each line myself, I chose to add a 2" border.

Suddenly decide you're not in LOVE with the sign and call your girlfriend for advice....she affirms what you already know,... that the words don't sound right and the color's got to go....use a different color vinyl this time.

Choose a new paint color, wonder how old the paint is and hope there's enough left to paint the sign.

Paint, wait as long as you can for it to dry, peal off the vinyl and the tape and admire your work!

All done....I can't wait to see it in the girls room when it's finished.

xo

Krista 

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Ruffle Pillow On The Fly!

Our wonderful puppy, Niah, partied a little too hard last night and ripped a hole in one of our pillows. But, not just any pillow. It was my youngest daughter's FAVORITE couch pillow. You can imagine the devistation when she awoke to find it sitting on my sewing table with it's stuffing spilling out.

Never fear! Mommy's here!....even though she had other things to do this morning. Lucky for her I had the SAME fabric I made the first cover out of almost 5 years ago. This time I'll make it better with ruffles! Here's what I did.

First I cut out peices of fabric measuring 17.5" square. Then I cut 4 strips of fabric 2.5" the width of the fabric....All under the strict supervision of my 2 yr old.

Supervisor approved of the fabric choice.

And she approved of the cuts made.

I don't have pics of the next few steps...here they are:

• Sew strips short ends together.
• Fold long strip in half wrong sides together
• Create one long ruffle using preferred method. I have ruffle tutorials here and here.
• Finish one end with a rolled hem.
• Sew ruffle onto one square right side
• Cut excess ruffle off and finish end with rolled hem...being sure to overlap ends. as shown in picture below.
• Pin the other square on top, sandwiching the ruffle inside.
• Sew both squares right sides together leaving an opening big enough to turn right side out and big enough to stuff pillow form inside.
• Remember that the dog ripped the pillow form and quickly repair the hole.
• Close opening with a hand stitch.

Overlapped ends.

Just ease the ruffle around the corner

Pin opening closed before handstitching.

Used the leftover ruffle to make a ruffle flower.

 Be sure to get the approval of your Supervisor's Supervisor (You can see her knee in the above picture) before you finish.

And here it is. She happier with her new one than she was with the old one.

Unbeknownst to her, Niah was sniffing out it's chewability already!!

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Finishing Up Some Christmas Gifts

I finally finished sewing up some Christmas gifts this morning. They will be in the mail first thing Monday morning...Yay! I always have visions of grandure...planning all these handcrafted gifts for everyone in my family....and I have a large family. It never seems to work out that way, but I manage to make enough, at least, for the little ones.

I finished up this Scrabble board last week. I made one with large (inexpensive) magnets and one with teeny tiny expensive magnets. I definitely prefer the smaller magnets, however, it cost $10 for 100 magnets and in addition to the sheet metal, scrabble tiles and frame, it turned out to be a pricey gift. Either way I love them both and I believe their recipients will love them too. The intention is to hang this on the wall and play a continual "words with friends". I'll be making one for our family after the first of the year.

The other gift I have to share are some drawstring bags with an appliqued letter. These are for my nieces and nephew. They turned out really nice. Simple enough, but something I'm sure they will get a lot of use out of.

The outer fabric is a pinstriped denim and the lining is a quilters cotton. I just kinda threw them together. Cut the sizes that looked right. I believe the casing for the drawstring was 2" and the drawstring itself was 1.5" (folded 4 times with raw edges inside). I can create a tutorial if you're all interested...but after the holiday season. Like always, feel free to ask if you have any questions. I'd be happy to share.

xo
Krista