LUCK O' THE IRISH

I wanted to make St. Patrick's Day shirts for the kids and since the iron-on stuff here DOES NOT WORK (ACK!!!!! so many ruined projects!) reliably (is it the humidity?), I had to sew.  I went to Cafe Press for some inspiration and found what I was looking for.

Today I made the Littles these Sham Rock shirts for St. Patrick's Day (and good news!  they are Mardi Gras appropriate!)

 

I bought the shirts at Old Navy (on clearance) and then cut up one of Rachel's Guarantee Girls cleaning shirts (Larry says that's very "sustainable" of me).  I used Old English Text MC and made the letters about 3" tall and traced them, reversed, onto Wonder Under.  

I used this shamrock from a blog (and I can't find it!  Rats! If you know where I got it please tell me) that I had saved to my images folder.  I made it into a guitar.  First I ironed on the letters and then I top-stitched around everything and put the knobs and strings on the guitar.

  

It took longer than I thought to do all that sewing,  but in the end, I'm pretty happy with the result.  I like it so much, I'm going to make a pillow ... sham.

MY LAST LOVE

pillow love that is. 

 

I am sorry to say I can't remember where I saw this - I've seen it only canvas, wood, and fabric, with the letters painted, vinyl, and fabric.  So really, I guess no one place.

I used my favorite t-shirt (which was showing the love with a few holes and a bleach spot) behind the red letters.  It was a good way to memorialize my shirt.

FAVORITE THING I'VE EVER MADE

well, okay, second favorite thing I've ever made (to my kids)

I made a Dresden plate pillow!  This is my first ever Dresden plate anything.

No ordinary center would do, so I layered 6 pieces of flannel and then sewed it into a bulls-eye and cut through the top five layers down the middle of the seams and rubbed it with my fingers and Viola! Faux chenille!

I love it SO much.  I love the colors.  I love the pattern.  I love the (faux) chenille center.

Sigh.

I'm going to go look at it now.

It holds still when I look at it, unlike my other six favorite things I've made.

RUFFLE PILLOW

When I was here checking out the heart pillow I noticed the ruffle pillow in the background.  LOVELY!  Sew I got out my ruffler foot (am I the only person who gets so aggravated with that thing?!  It's probably because I try to go too fast.)  Anyway, I did a ton of WOF double thickness ruffles and put them on the pillow front.  I kind of wish now that I had scooshed them together more, but I do like it the way it is.  I also put warm and natural behind the front before I sewed on the ruffles and to line the back piece, too.  I like the extra structure it gives, but it is still super soft.  I made the back an envelope so I can slip the pillow form out and bleach it.  Let's face it - it's not going to stay white.