I decided to make birthday shirts for the kids. We got their pictures taken professionally in them too. I can't wait to pick them up. I am very please with how the shirts came out considering this is my first attempt this sort of thing. I got the plain shirt on clearance at Walmart for only about $2 each. I did buy some of the fabric, other fabric I had. For the number 2 I printed out a huge 2 in a font I liked using Word. I cut out the 2, pinned it to the fabric and cut it out. I then back stiched it by hand since I don't know how to use my sewing machine (YET). The edges have frayed which was intentional with every washing.
This banner was so much fun to make. I made a cardboard template to cut out the squares with my rotary cutter. It went so much quicker that way. I then printed out the letters in Word and cut out. I did tape the letters to the felt b/c it was easier for me. The tape removed easily once done. The most time consuming part was cutting out the letters. Then I used stitch witchery to fuse all the pieces together. I did sew on the little loops, just 3 stitches so that I could hang it on the ribbon. I didn't want to permanently attach the letters to the ribbon in case I want to change out a fabric in years to come but keep others. I love how it came out.
This was supposed to be an Elmo cake, but Sesame Street won and hey, Elmo is on there.
This train cake idea I think I found on Family Fun's website.
I decided to make birthday shirts for the kids. We got their pictures taken professionally in them too. I can't wait to pick them up. I am very please with how the shirts came out considering this is my first attempt this sort of thing. I got the plain shirt on clearance at Walmart for only about $2 each. I did buy some of the fabric, other fabric I had. For the number 2 I printed out a huge 2 in a font I liked using Word. I cut out the 2, pinned it to the fabric and cut it out. I then back stiched it by hand since I don't know how to use my sewing machine (YET). The edges have frayed which was intentional with every washing.
This banner was so much fun to make. I made a cardboard template to cut out the squares with my rotary cutter. It went so much quicker that way. I then printed out the letters in Word and cut out. I did tape the letters to the felt b/c it was easier for me. The tape removed easily once done. The most time consuming part was cutting out the letters. Then I used stitch witchery to fuse all the pieces together. I did sew on the little loops, just 3 stitches so that I could hang it on the ribbon. I didn't want to permanently attach the letters to the ribbon in case I want to change out a fabric in years to come but keep others. I love how it came out.
This was supposed to be an Elmo cake, but Sesame Street won and hey, Elmo is on there.
This train cake idea I think I found on Family Fun's website.
4 comments:
What a couple of cuties! And your cakes turned out fabulous!
Kathy your babies are BEAUTIFUL! Glad to hear all went well with your little guy's surgery! Oh scarey! The cakes are adorable hun!
Hugs~ Kim
The banner looks great!
Thank you for your sweet comment on www.luvinthemommyhood.com. A tutorial is in the works for us newbie sewers! I look forward to seeing you in the mommyhood :)
I love that banner. The colors are so great. The t-shirts are such a great idea as well.
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