tutus

Tutus are a cute, cheap and easy project. They make wonderful gifts, also. I'm planning to make a few of these for gifts this Christmas. For little babies you can make them for about $2 or even less. The one I made yesterday probably cost $3 and it fits my 2 year old very well.

Here is a pictures of one I made for the baby for her 6 month pictures. I also bought an iron on transfer to put on a onsie to match. Using tutu scraps I decorated the heaband.

Felt food!

This is a great project and one of the easiest things I have ever sewn. I used a CD for a circle template and just free handed everything else. I used poly-fil that I had on hand to stuff.

My breakfast food

Super easy (but cute) baby gift. Burp cloths!!

I love to hand make baby gifts. They are personal that way and I pray over the baby while I sew. One of the easiest, most functional, yet cute gifts are burp cloths. I can use up fabric scraps with them, also.

I buy the gerber prefolds (not flats) at walmart for $1 each. Cut a rectangle the side of the middle rectagle of the prefold with some extra for seam allowance. I like to add a pretty substantial seam allowance or else it's really hard to get it to stay under and not come out while sewing.
Iron the sides under and pin to the prefold. Then I sew it on! Sometimes I use a tight zig zag stich to pretty it up, but a strait stitch works fine also.

Pillow from a T-shirt

My son's favorite shirt won't fit him next summer. He looked so sad to part with it so I decided to try and make him a pillow with it. It was too easy. I cut a rectangle out of the tee using my rotary cutter and a matching rectangle out of some coordinating soft yellow fabric that I had in my stash. Sewed right sides together, turned right side out, stuffed with polyfill and stitched the opening closed.

A birthday gift that he will love for close to free!

Gettin' crafty

This blog is to give those of us who don't have a lot of time, money or craft skills some projects to work on. Follow along for some great ideas!