Packer Logo Brewers Logo...or Any Logo

Being an extreme Packer Fan, I like to accessorize with the logo.  Here's a fanny pack for my friend.  She gave me the green and white fanny pack and wanted me to add the Packer logo.

Packer Logo Fanny Pack

 I've also made denim pins with other team logos.  Here's the Brewers old-school logo and on the back is a safety pin, so you can add it to any bag, jacket or accessory.

Brewers Logo Pin

It's very simple and quick. Here's how
1. Print of the logo on white paper the same size you want.
2. Pick out the color fabrics you want
3. Trace each color out onto iron-on adhesive (remember to trace it backwards, because then when you iron it on it will be the right way)
4. Iron the adhesive to the back side of your fabric
5. Cut out each piece of the logo
6. Layer it and iron on each piece separately
7.  Sew on the top piece (or each piece individually)

Happy Sewing!!

Picture Frame

PICTURE FRAME

This is a really simple pattern.  You can make a magnetic picture frame to put on your frig or, I sewed a quilt with 24 blocks of this picture frame.  Here's what you need:

Fabric A:       

One 6 3/4" x 4 3/4" rectangle (center frame)

One 10 x 8" rectangle (backing)

Eight 2" squares (corners and photo holders)

Fabric B:

Two 2" x 4 3/4" rectangles (side borders)

Two 2" x 6 3/4" rectangles (top/bottom borders)

First iron 4 2" squares at the diagonal for the photo holders.

Then pin the corners to the rectangle and sew on the top/bottom borders

Then sew the corners 2" squares to the side borders

Finally line up the edges and sew on the borders to the main piece

Here's my wall hanging quilt of all the photo frames.  

Monster Coin Purse

Monster Coin Purse

I wanted to make an easy coin purse, but I didn't want just a plain one.  I searched several images and clipart to find something that I wanted to appliqué on my coin purse.  I found this cute monster with hearts. I used iron-on paper and cute out the colors, then hand-stitched around each piece to make it secure.  I then sewed on a zipper and made a little coin purse. 

Happy Sewing!!

Gray and Black Lace Tunic Tank Top

Gray-Black Tunic

I used the McCalls' M6359 pattern for this top.

 You need pattern pieces 9, 10 and 11.

 Pieces 9 and 10 go on your main fabric.  Both are cut on folds.

 Pattern piece 11 goes on the lace on the fold.

 First you must sew the darts.  Line up the pattern piece and pin where the dart should be. When sewing, start on the point and sew out to the edge of the fabric. 

 This is what the two darts should look like.

Now you need to sew the back piece on the gray fabric. 

Sew a "V" shape to secure the fabric.  

 Here's the V shape on the back of the main fabric. 

Cut at the point up to the seam. 

 This is tricky because the V of the fabric and the V of the lace don't face the same way, hence you need that cut in the main fabric.  Pin really well and sew the two Vs together.

 Here's the back with the two Vs.  I also stitched on top to make sure the lace lays nicely. 

 Sew the black lace to the shoulder seems of the front of the main fabric.

 This is not part of the pattern, but my tunic was a little too tight, so I added lace and the gray on the sides for a little more room.

 Here's the lace and gray on the side, it turned out great!  I also cut off a few inches of the bottom, because it was too long from the pattern. 

 Here is the finished tunic top.  

Puzzle Piece Quilt Update

Here's the first two blocks of my puzzle piece quilt.

Here is the first row of my puzzle piece quilt.

Subscribe and keep checking for updates.  I'm really excited about this colorful quilt and hope it inspires more beautiful quilts in the future.  Happy Sewing :)