Tip for Sewing with Vinyl (it sticks!!)…..Making Clear Vinyl Pouches. Thanks for the camera tips from yesterday. Hopefully my camera will be fixed right away. But today…….we need to chat about sewing with vinyl. Do you remember the jewelry holder I made, here? Well……I mentioned that sometimes it’s hard to sew with the vinyl because it sticks. And then I was given the best tip……..and had to share. (Thanks so much Carol!) So I had to try out the new trick…….and sew up my scrap vinyl pieces, into something useful. And then realized making your own clear pencil/marker/crayon cases for your kids in school would be so fun.
You could really customize them. Or you know, fill them with stuff that you want to keep together. Whatever you fill them with, having a clear case is always convenient. And now, with a little trick unveiled……sewing with vinyl isn’t so tricky. Do you want to make your own vinyl cases the easy way? And the tip…………is scotch tape. If that was all the advice you needed…….stop here. If you’d like to see how to make some really basic pouches…..read on. Anniversary Quiet Book Kit Giveaway! | Imagine Our Life. Our little blog is 1 year old this month! While I’ve been making websites since 1997 and blogging since 1998, it wasn’t until I had my little Jax that I decided to create a separate blog for all things crafty, creative and kid-friendly in our lives. It actually took a few months before I started to work on making the site because I needed a name.
When inspiration struck, it was due to two of my favorite songs: Imagine , by John Lennon and Across the Universe by The Beatles. Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes, they call me on and on across the universe. To celebrate our 1 year “blog-iversary”, I am giving away a kit to make our farmer’s market quiet book page. This is not a completed page, but the supplies to create your own. Included: To enter, leave a comment in the blog comment form below. Quiet book kit giveaway for Imagine Our Life’s 1 year anniversary: imagineourlife.com/2012/06/06/ann… via @iolstephanie— Stephanie (@iolstephanie) June 6, 2012 Related.
Banana Split Quiet Book Page | Imagine Our Life. First, a quick announcement – the winners of the camping quiet book page felt and supply give away! The two winners of mini LED lights are Renee R. and Jean J. The grand prize winner of felt, crinkle material, a mini LED light and some clear vinyl is Ashley S. Congrats! I’ll be emailing you for you mailing addresses. Just before my birthday weekend, I realized we were going out of town on an 8 hour round trip in the car to the beach and I wouldn’t have the supplies for my next page yet. I went with a banana split and had just enough of the green dot felt I used in the ice cream parlor page to make them coordinate. What I used: The pattern, sprinkle beads, nut beads, red felt ball, felt (in green dot, pink dot, light blue, white, pink, hot pink, brown, dark brown, yellow cream and gray), clear vinyl, blue-tinted vinyl (you can use more clear instead) and 3 sew-on snaps. The Background: Very simple… just sew a table onto your background felt!
This page sewed up very quickly! Enjoy! Starbucks Felt Breakfast Quiet Book Page | Imagine Our Life. Edit: Updated photos here. I wanted a food page in Jax’s quiet book, because he is so into his play kitchen. Since I already did a Starbucks page, I decided to make the food page go along with the same theme. Nothing too fancy here. Just a lot of food and a plate to play on. You could add silverware too.
Here’s what I used: dark green background felt (because I couldn’t find any more of the same brown I’d used on the Starbucks page), felt (in white, yellow, orange-yellow, green, tan, cream, natural, pink and light brown), batting/stuffing, pinking shears and embroidery floss to match. Mini Birthday Cake Donut: Make white French knots as sprinkles on the pink frosting. Egg: Sew the yolk down with a bit of batting. Pumpkin Scone: Take a piece of embroidery thread and knot the end. Pastry Bags: Decide if you need one or two bags.
Plate: Sew the plate down to the background then pin the stitch template to the center. If you use this pattern, please add a comment or link to me. Hungry yet? Cookie Shapes & Colors Quiet Book Page | Imagine Our Life. The next set of pages for Jax’s quiet book is done! This cookie-themed layout helps practice shapes, colors and buttoning. One side has the dough where you can match the cookie shapes. There is a spatula you can put cookies on. It’s attached by Velcro and a ribbon so it can’t get lost. The facing page has a cookie sheet where you can match the cookie frosting to the button colors. There is also a glass of milk to “dunk” them in. The supplies I used were: two sheets of turquoise felt cut to 9″ squares for the background, felt (in white, light gray, dark gray, black glitter, tan, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, light blue and purple), clear vinyl, ribbon, Velcro, a gray button, 2 buttons for each rainbow color, batting, and matching embroidery floss/sewing thread.
I hand-sewed everything on the cookies: the frosting to the top, top to the bottom, then homemade buttonholes. The cookie dough was machine-sewed on and all the buttons sewn on by hand. Related Mailbox & Letters Quiet Book Page. Baking Cupcakes Quiet Book Page | Imagine Our Life. A quick note: Don’t forget to enter out blog-iversary giveaway for a chance to win a kit to sew your very own Farmer’s Market quiet book page! You have until Wednesday. I am super excited to have this page all done. It’s one of the pages I’ve known I wanted to do since I was first introduced to quiet books. I waited to start planning it because I really wanted to go all out. For those of you who belong to our Facebook page, you’ve been seeing a lot of sneak peeks and progress photos while I’ve made this page. Everything put away for storage This page is another pretend play page featuring cooking (like out Let’s Cook Breakfast page.)
Oven: I used my sewing machine for the whole oven to speed it up. Mixing Bowl & Spoon: I sewed some decorative ribbon to the bowl (just because I wanted a reason to use it!) For the spoon, I cut three layers of felt to make it sturdy. Recipe Book: I started out by stitching the recipe to the right side of the white felt “page”. And that’s it! Related. Hungry caterpillar line art. 720 × 241 - imagineourlife.com 600 × 323 - sewing.craftgossip.com 1200 × 1049 - imagineourlife.com 1200 × 1607 - imagineourlife.com.
Hungry caterpillar line art. 720 × 241 - imagineourlife.com 600 × 323 - sewing.craftgossip.com 1200 × 1049 - imagineourlife.com 1200 × 1607 - imagineourlife.com. Hungry caterpillar line art. 720 × 241 - imagineourlife.com. DIY No-Sew Portable Travel Dinosaur Playmat with Free Printable Template. Disclosure: I was compensated by Oscar Mayer for this post and the creation of this kit. I was not swayed in any way by compensation! As always, I only take sponsored post opportunities that I love. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. When I was asked to be a part of Oscar Mayer's new #Sanewich campaign, I was thrilled. I am always excited to promote screen-free ways to entertain kids - and this campaign is all about just that!
My dinosaur-loving daughter, constantly looking for new opportunities for dinosaur play, was the inspiration for our Waiting Room Kit. Whether it's a car appointment, a doctor's appointment, a dentist appointment, or any of a multitude of other daily-life appointments, our kids often need to spend a fair bit of timing waiting in waiting rooms. To start, let's take a closer look at our Waiting Room Kit! This is what our DIY playmat looks like all rolled up.
And unrolled. Another view of the natural wildlife. in your Waiting Room kit. Sharp scissors. Hungry caterpillar line art. 720 × 241 - imagineourlife.com 600 × 323 - sewing.craftgossip.com 1200 × 1049 - imagineourlife.com 1200 × 1607 - imagineourlife.com. Hungry caterpillar line art. 720 × 241 - imagineourlife.com 600 × 323 - sewing.craftgossip.com 1200 × 1049 - imagineourlife.com 1200 × 1607 - imagineourlife.com.
Hungry caterpillar line art. 720 × 241 - imagineourlife.com. Crayon Roll. I have been looking for a crayon roll/holder tutorial but can’t seem to find one. I have found plenty of these little holders for sale but no directions. So here is my version. And if anyone finds/has other instructions, let me know and we can link them. **These instructions were created for my daughter’s long erasable crayons that are almost twice as long as a standard crayon. You’ll Need: 2 pieces of fabric – 14 x 21 and 8 x 21 (inches)1 piece of ribbon – 20 inches long, give or take.Matching thread **All seams are to be made at 1/2 inch.
First, cut out your pieces of fabric… And then fold them in half, lengthwise. Then on the smaller piece of fabric, make a seam right along the fold, close to the edge. Then open up the larger piece of fabric and lay the smaller one on top, matching the two raw edges of the smaller one with the one raw edge of the bigger piece. Sew along all 3 sides (not the fold) leaving a 4 inch gap at the bottom, so that you can turn it right side out. Related posts: Simple Stool Slip Cover. Here is an easy way to change the look of a simple square upholstered stool. The picture on the top shows the original stool. The picture on the bottom is the slip covered stool in "Zebra" (color - Steel) available at Calico Corners.
The slip covers below are made from a remnant of Italian fabric (top) and a remnant of embroidered linen fabric (bottom) also purchased from Calico Corners. Requiring only a minimal amount of fabric and simple sewing, this project can be completed in less than 1 1/2 hours. The button-tufted stool is from West Elm and measures approximately 16" square x 18" high but similar inexpensive cube style stools can easily be found at a variety of other places including Target and Marshalls Home Goods. Directions: Determine fabric measurements - Measure top and four sides of stool. Travel Pillows for Children « Hiragana Mama. NEW PATTERN: the FLIP Vest. Reversible Baby Vest Tutorial. Young Nesters: Toddler Travel Pillow Tutorial. Neck Pillow. Toddler Travel Pillow Tutorial. Patchwork Travel Neck Pillow ~ Pattern & Tutorial. Travel Pillows for Children | Hiragana Mama. Hiraganamama.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/travelpillow.pdf. Tag Blanket Tutorial. Tutorial; Make a bib.
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