Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Glass Fabric Magnets

You will need. 
-Mod Podge
-Class gems (floral section)
- Foam Brush
- Fabric or scrapbook paper
-Magnets


You will want to Mod Podge the flat side of your gem.
And then place your circle of fabric (make sure pattern is facing into the gem) and press down.



When cutting the circle trace your gem and then cut that a little smaller.


Once this is done let them sit and dry. Mod Bodge the backs, and then let them sit and dry again. Then hot glue your magnets onto the back! Your done!



I did some more but these were the cutest ones!
Happy Crafting :)

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Easy Fabric Flowers

My Cousin Katie requested I show how to make these cute cheap head bands. I am in love with them, they are fun, easy, inexpensive and add so much to an outfit. You can always make these flowers and pin them to a plain t-shirt or bag. I plan on making one for a new plain dress I bought, but anyways...

You will need:
Headband, clip, or pin (whatever you decide to apply your flower to)
Glue gun
Iron
Fabric
(Also you may want a button)

1. Take your fabric and cut out a long thick piece, the longer the wider the flower, the thicker the fatter your flower will be. So really its up to you.


2. Fold the edge and iron it down flat, then repeat to the other side 


2. Then fold this in half and iron flat. Your fabric should look all clean, with no raw edges.


3. Cut out a circle the size you would like your flower to be. I used felt here for something thicker, but using you're matching fabric works wonderful!


4. Take your fabric and fold each corner down to make a point, like shown.


5. Glue this down to the middle of your circle and hold, wait till glue has dried.


6. While twisting your fabric continue to glue it down to your circle as you go around while continuing to twist you're fabric. 
7. When you get to the end cut off any extra and tuck in and glue, or fold underneath circle and glue to back.


8. Then repeat if you want two flowers, I did so I made another one in a cream paisley, and made it bigger then the last. I then glue the little green flower to over lap my cream flower.


9. Make sure you plan where you want your flower(s) in a mirror before glueing, then glue it to your headband. (If you choose to put it on a safety pin you can get a piece of felt, and glue the safety pin between the flower and felt.)


10. Put it on and start accessorizing! Hope that helped anyone interested in making these. 


I work tuesday, wednesday, friday and Taylor works monday, thursday, and saturday. As you can see this is a very conflicting schedule. Taylor is alone half the week and then I am home alone half the week. So we both needed to pick up a hobby he bought a new game and I started making tooo much food. After a very bad large bubbling burn on my arm and a broken glass bowl I decided I needed to do something a little less fattening and exhausting. So Taylor took me to walmart, picked me out a glue gun and helped me choose my fabrics...




And I made this. 


I forgot to buy buttons, and as you can see it was my first try, but it was really fun and I have already found ways to make them better. I am looking forward to making more, and making them better. I also plan on adding some of these to my old t-shirts to make my old clothes new!