How to make andOven Mitt and Hot Pad

So I sort of have a late start on my holiday projects....but better late than never, also I am pretty sure I will get done everything I have planned to make myself. I just started and finished this project today. This was fun because I have never done any quilting/batting before, it is always fun for me to learn new things. Actually this project was rather simple the hardest part is marking your quilt lines correctly. Once you have that done it is a breeze.

You will need:

about a 1/2 yard of fabric
batting, (since I enjoy using recycled materials I used layers of old towels for this project.)
bias tape (I made my own with some fabric scraps)
ruler
tailors chalk
thread
scissors
sewing machine
mitt pattern

Step one: For the mitt you will want to cut 4 , 10x13 in pieces from your fabric, and the same size for your batting/old towel cut 4 as well. On two of the pieces of fabric with your ruler and chalk mark 3 in diamonds. Take one of the pieces you marked and one of the un-marked pieces and place them wrong sides together. layer two of the pieces of batting together and pin and sew along your quilting lines. Repeat with the other pieces. For your pad cut 2 9x9 inch squares and 2 of the same size of the batting mark layer and quilt as well.

Step Two: Take your mitt pattern and pin to your quilted fabric and cut. Do this with both sides. Then with the right sides facing pin and sew the raw edges with 1/4 inch hem. Notch the curved edges and turn right side out.

Step Three: Finish the edges with your bias tape

Feathered Hair Clip

This is are really cute and easy hair accessory.

You will need: Feathers of your choice, you can buy them from craft stores.
                        A small amount of felt or thick fabric
                        Hot glue gun and a glue stick
                        plain hair clip of your choice
                        Scissors


Step One: First you will want to heat up your glue gun. Then cut out a piece of your fabric or felt into the shape of a leaf or teardrop. Try to cut it slightly smaller than the size you actually want it to be.

Step Two: Once you have the size and shape you want then you can start to glue your feathers on. You will want to start at the top and work your way down overlapping the feathers as you cover the fabric. I used the longer feathers at the top and gradually smaller ones as I went.  Some of the feathers you may need to trim with your scissors to get the size you want. You can lay out the feathers before you glue them just to see how it will look.

Step Three: Once you like the way it looks, cut out a small strip of the fabric/felt and slide it inside your clip. Place it on the back side of your feather piece and glue together. Ta-Da your all done.

You can spice up any hair style with this cute clip. It especially looks nice with a vintage hair style like victory rolls.

Felt flower accessory

So one of my Awesome crafty friends sent me a link to this Felt flower tutorial because I had been doing various Scrap fabric flowers. It is a really awesome easy to follow tutorial.

Here is the URL
http://www.purlbee.com/rose-barrettes/2010/1/23/mollys-sketchbook-rose-barrettes.html#comments



There is even a free pattern for the flower that you can print off!


Personally I thought that the Barrett was a bit kiddy looking. So I decided to add my flowers to a head band. Hot glue works really well. I also added some pretty feathers to make it more dressy looking. But you don't have to. Another Idea I had which I might try is adding little green felt leaves to the flowers.

Fabric Scrap Flower 2

Same idea different way to do it. Still very simple...Actually this flower in my opinion is a little more simple.


You will need

Scrap fabric
flower pattern (It will be very simple to draw your own) I got the pattern a long time ago off of burdastyle.com but it has since then been deleted off the site. Still an awesome pattern site you should check out when you get a chance. Here is the picture of the pattern though.



needle and thread
scissors
a button
a clip or pin or headband...ect




Step One Start by tracing out your pattern onto your fabric. You will want a total of 2 of the large flowers and 4 of the small flowers. Then cut out all the flowers. You can cut where the dotted lines are on the petals this will make your flower flutter. However you do not have to. Personally I prefer to leave the bigger size flowers un-cut where the dotted lines are and to cut the dotted lines on the smaller ones.

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Step Two Take the two larger flowers and stack them one on top of the other. Then take the four smaller ones and fold each of them in half. You are going to want to layer them going in a circle. The best way I can think to describe it is that it should look like a cardboard box when you have it folded shut. I hope that makes sense I tried to change the coloring of the example picture so you can see how I layered it better.






Step Three Now you are going to want to sew the smaller flowers to the bigger flowers. Once you are done sewing them all down you can add the button to the middle and then your clip/pin/headband...ect. and that's it your done.

Fabric scrap flower 1

This is easy enough for just about anyone to do. Also a cute way to transform your fabric scraps that are just laying around.


You will need.

Scrap fabric
needle and tread
scissors
a button
a clip or pin to make the flower an accessory.







Step one Start by cutting out six or more 2"x2" squares. You can make them bigger or smaller depending on your preference. Each square will equal one petal so you can cut as many squares as you want petals. But I used 6 squares for this example.

Step Two Now you need to fold the square into a triangle. Then take the two corners and fold them up to the third corner to form a diamond shape. Flip it over and fold the two opposite corners of the diamond to the middle then fold it in half. See pictures below.











Step Three Take the threaded needle and pass it through the folded petal so that it catches all the folds in the center. I folded one petal at a time and added them to the needle as I went so that they would not unfold themselves.





Step Four Once you have all the petals on the needle you can trim the edges. This will help to form the flower better. Pass the needle all the way through all of the petals and tie a knot to hold them together. Don't tie it too tight because then you will not be able to space the petals evenly but don't tie to loose either because then the flower will be to floppy. Space out the petals and open them up. This might take a little practice but its worth it trust me you can do so much with these little flowers.





Step Five Once you have the flower looking the way you like you can sew the button on in the middle for a finished look. Also add a clip so you can wear it in your hair. Or a pin to wear it as a brooch. You can also add it to a head band or basically anything you want to decorate throw pillow, picture frames your options are endless. So get creative and I hope you Enjoy! Don't let those scraps go to waste. I will have more scrap projects to come!