Showing posts with label fabric paint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fabric paint. Show all posts

Friday, July 30, 2010

Gotta Love Some Organization

My son LOVES to draw. When he grows up he says he wants to be an Illustrator and an Animator. Impressive for a 4 year old right? We have art supplies all over the place and I wanted to give him his own art station next to his little table.
This is what I came up with...
I started with a larger scrap piece that I had...

Then I figured out the sizes I needed and cut. Then I made stencils and used fabric paint to label the pockets...

Then I did all my sewing. If you can see in the pictures to finish the edges off I just used a zig zag stitch...I was going for a little funky look.



So hanging this bad boy was a little bit of trial and error...mostly error. I wanted to use what I had, which was sticky velcro. It worked great for five minutes then it unstuck from the fabric...duh. So I just thought, oh ok I'll sew it on then. BIG mistake. Sticky things and sewing needles are not compatible. I should have known better. Actually, I did know better I just did it anyway. I don't recommend this method but if you do I found that if you run a piece of paper through the machine every now and then it helps to de-stickify the needle.
Anyways, now the art supplies have a handy place to go and my son was really excited about the finished piece which means mission accomplished.
After looking at these pictures I can tell it needs a good ironing...it doesn't look that wrinkled in person...I promise :)

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Birthday Boy

It's my little man's birthday week and I have been consumed with birthday stuff. More specifically his pinata...more on that in another post.
Here is a pic of his birthday shirt...I've never made him a shirt just for his birthday before but with his daddy being gone on his birthday I wanted to do everything I could to make it extra special.

I just made a stencil and used fabric paint..nothing fancy. I considered doing an applique and all that but then I came back to reality...why do all that work for one day? He is happy with it and is excited to wear it and that's all that matters right?