Sweet keychains with the chicken’s mug.
I made them for my mom and sisters.
I used those little frame charms that you can string up for a photo bracelet.
Plus glass beads.
Everything is strung on flexwire.
To cover up all the construction action on the back, I glued a small piece of black felt.
And here they are, all wrapped up and ready for the giving.
This was Mike’s, he has his fill of it and gave it to me.
I was letting it rot in my closet because of it being like a friggin belly shirt.
Sewing machine to the rescue.
Before:
And now:
I added the requisite blue band, plus the double wide bias tape to trim the sleeves and the bottom (with cute ties!).
I used the same stretchy light blue fabric to make my fancy lady there. (Attached with double-sided fusible webbing.)
Made with lots of different brown glass beads, flexwire, sterling crimp beads, and clasp.
I have a long torso.
And big boobs.
And I’m tall.
And I’m “curvy”.
So all this means is I can’t easily buy cute tops that fit me properly. (Re: cover my tummy and don’t ride up)
Which sucks, but then I just do this to my existing clothing to make them more me-worthy.
Before, just a plain striped Gap top:
After, a hot interesting, long, ooh-la-la top:
I scooped the neck, added some stretchy black fabric as a band, attached some double wide bias tape for the back tie, and fashioned a cute birdie applique to the front. (I attached that with fusible double sided webbing.)
I used this cute little guy as my stencil (I simply silhouetted him out in Photoshop):
More brick stitch.
Materials used:
glass seed and bugle beads
sterling hooks
nylon beading thread
Boring Old Navy top:
Now with some purple-y flair:
For our family members.
These were very fun to make.
Felt is the best.
I used craft felt and embroidery thread.
To protect the photos, I bought little plastic sleeves to place them in.
And for the back, I glued these cool business card size magnets:
In action!
Swirl (by MODA DEA), color is Parrot
and
Homespun, color is Harvest
I think I got it at AC Moore or Michael’s, I can’t remember which.
I don’t know anything about knitting. I just know how to knit scarves. I’m so lame.
I’m lucky I can do this though. I’ve made a few nice, cozy ones.
I used bamboo needles, but I have no clue what size they were.
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