Tangled

I had some of my own projects during our craft week extravaganza that Hayley already posted about.  Of course they turned out cuter with her help than if I would have done them alone.  Pictures are slow to come, but you've all seen the finished nursery now and the boys' Halloween costumes will be shown off soon.

I knew I wanted to make Zaya a braid/wig for her birthday since she LOVES the movie Tangled.  I didn't realize she was getting two fancy Tangled dresses as well so it worked out perfect.  I bought some yellow yarn and cut it in strips using Jack as my model since he's barely taller than her. The length was more than double what I wanted it to end up since we looped the yarn around the headband to make it thicker and studier.  We tied it in a knot around an elastic headband (I think it's a slip-knot--this is where Hayley was so helpful!?) since I didn't want to rely on sewing or gluing--then I just started braiding.  We hot-glued some flowers on after and I think it turned out really cute.  (My model is folding his arms in defiance since he had to be photographed wearing something for a GIRL!)

And here it is on the pretty princess who was hard to snap a photo of in the middle of her tea party!



Craft Week Extravaganza!

So it may not have been that extreme, but we sure got a lot of sewing and crafting done during my recent visit to St. George! 

Just to name a few:

We got started on some curtains for Shelly's nursery, made a cushion cover for her rocking chair, sewed up some pirate pants, fabric painted a special birthday shirt, made a cowboy vest, sewed a simple summer skirt, attempted some comfy knit baby pants, and Shelly even created an adorable tangled braid for her neice.

Unfortunately I don't have pictures of everything because some things will just have to wait until Halloween, or until the nursery is finished.  But I do have a few pictures to prove how productive we were!

First up, a Captain America shirt for superhero Ryan!

I guess Ryan is a big fan of Captain America right now, so I gave freezer paper stenciling a shot to create this tee.  And I must say, I'm very pleased with the results!  The perfect Captain America shirt to match his "america" headband. 

  A shot of freezer paper stenciling in action.  One thing that I did learn is that it's okay to iron freezer paper over dried fabric paint.  I did the red circles first, but then to paint the white I had to iron freezer paper over them.  

I was pretty sure I had ruined the shirt because of the burning smell it emitted while ironing, but in the end it was perfectly fine.  If anything I needed to iron longer because paper was not sealed very well so I had white paint leak onto the red that I had to later go back and touch up.

Next, a super simple skirt.  

We used the fabulous and oh-so-easy tutorial found on the awesome blog MADE.  And seriously, it was so easy!  

Sadly, the skirt was a gift for Shelly's niece, and the our model flat out refused to try it on for fear of being a girl.  Wade was easily coerced into trying it on, but because of his rather petite build he looked ridiculous, and I'm sure he would never forgive me if I put a picture of him in a skirt for all the world to see.  

So instead this will just have to do!

Cute, huh?  And luckily I have just enough fabric left to make another for a certain little princess... if only her mother would get me her measurements!

One last thing!  The single reason this craft week was so successful was thanks to my parents and their amazing birthday gift to me.  This is my new best friend!  It makes sewing clothes (and knit/jersey) a breeze! I can't wait to show you all the fun projects I have in store now that I have her!