When I saw this navy blue, textured leopard fabric I simply had to have it. Had to. I bought half a yard of it and half a yard of a navy blue solid textured (super soft) fabric. I put the leopard fabric on the the front of the pillows and the solid on the back. Easy rainy day afternoon project! And...a little secret...it's a NO SEW project.
I learned about a product called Stitch Witchery Fusible Bonding Web. It's basically a strip of glue that is ironed on all 3 sides with right sides together, flip it right side out, put the pillow form inside, fold over the last side and use the fusible bonding to close up the edge. Done! And in less than an hour I made my couch a little more sassy! I'm not even sure if you can put flowers and leopard side by side, but for now it's staying.
1. Lay out your 1/4 yard of fleece. Decide the length and width of your scarf. Cut.
2. Take the remaining strip and cut it in half widthwise so it is about half of the width of your scarf. So my scarf was 6 inches wide and my strip was 3 inches wide. (This will be the ruffle.)
3. Zig-zag stitch around all edges of the scarf and the ruffled pieces.
4. Use your sewing machine to ruffle your strips. (Put it on the highest tension setting and the longest stitch length and use a straight stitch. It will gather it.) Lay out your ruffles where you'd like, press with an iron and pin in place. (I chose to only make my ruffles the bottom 12 inches of each end of the scarf but you can make yours the entire length and whatever design you'd like.)
5. Use a zig-zag stitch throught the center of the ruffles. Take out the pins as you go.
1. Gather materials: t-shirt, fabric, scissors, pen, heat and bond light (if you don't sew you could use the "no-sew" kind - which means you would iron it on and it's done)
2. Cut a piece of your Heat and Bond to the size you would like your applique. 
3. Lay your Heat and Bond bumpy side down to the BACK of your fabric. Notice the paper side is facing you. 
4. Iron on following the directions on the package. I just use a COTTON setting and hold it in place for 3-5 seconds then move the iron to the next spot until the whole piece has been ironed. 
5. Let it cool for a few seconds then draw your applique shape. Remember it will be the reverse image once it's ironed onto your t-shirt. So if you are doing a letter for your child's name flip the fabric over and draw the letter on the right side of the fabric itself - not onto the paper you just ironed. Then cut it out. 
7. Iron it on. I hold the iron on it for 8-10 seconds in each spot until the whole applique is ironed. This will fuse it onto the t-shirt (make it stick). 
9. Place buttons on where you would like them. Sew them on by hand or using a large zig-zag stitch on your sewing machine. I turn the sewing wheel by hand to go slowly, making sure the needle is in the button hole and not on the button. Needles break very easily when it hits the button. 
10. You're DONE! Admire your work! Then make plenty more! 
1. Gather Materials
2. Fold material in half, place pant leg on the folded edge and trace. Add 2 INCHES along the top (to make room for your elastic casing) and leave 1/2 inch all around for seam allowance.
3. Pin material and cut along your drawn lines. (this makes the front of the pants). 
4. Open up both pieces and lay right sides together. Pin together at the curved edges only.
5. Sew along the curved edges using a straight stitch. Unpin and then clip threads.
6. Open the fabric and lay sewn edges touching (one in front and one in back)...starting to look like pants now. Yay! Pin the length of the legs together as shown. 
7. Sew along the pins using a straight stitch. Pivot as you go around the crotch area. 
8. Make notches in the crotch area so it will turn easier, have less bulk and lay more flat. 
9. Lay the pants you are using as your pattern on top of the pants you are making to see how much you should fold down the waist. (I had 2 inches) Fold down the top 1 inch all the way around and iron. Then fold it down again another inch, iron and pin all the way around. (This is for your elastic casing)
10. Sew all the way around the casing but leave a 3 inch or so gap. Clip threads. 
12. Hem the legs of the pants and you're done!
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And in other "firsts" I used the Picasa photo editing website to edit, crop and get rid of the red-eye. They aren't perfect pictures but I think they're better than normal. :)