Handmade Christmas 2012 – January project
January 25, 2012
Well, here we are! Our first Christmas projects for 2012! How does it feel to get a jump start on the holiday season already? In all honesty, I’d planned on doing a fairly large project this month, but time got away with me with all our home buying and moving plans, so I fell back to an idea I’ve been wanting to share for quite awhile.
For Christmas 2010 I appliqued towels for my Mom, sister, and Aunt. I just put their last initials for a little personalization, but I was wild about the way they turned out! And best of all, they’re actually used on a regular basis!
I’ve been itching to make some for holidays. It’s an inexpensive and fun way to celebrate, and they make really great gifts! I think they’d even be great as a wedding gift, especially if the couple has registered for towels so you can get some you know they like and will match their home. Personalized with their initials or even “his” and “hers” would be darling!
These are a quick and easy project for sure! I simply chose some designs and appliqued the way I always do!
**For tips and information see my Applique and Applique Curves Tutorials.
To get the design in the right place, lay the towel down face down, with the inside of the towel up.
Fold in one third,
then the other third,
then fold in half. You’ll be left with a small area to work with, but is perfect for how it will hang. You can use the sides for reference points and begin ironing on your applique!
When finished, your design will be perfectly placed and ready for use!
I have more towels I haven’t had a chance to adorn yet, but I’ll get to them very soon! I did manage to sneak a generic one in for myself! If you don’t want to do holiday images as a gift, consider doing them this way instead.
Ready to share your creations? I can’t wait to see them! If you do not have a blog, please feel free to email me your photos. Some of you have done this already and I’m loving it! Keep ‘em coming!
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It’s almost time!
January 24, 2012
Just a reminder that tomorrow is the 25th and we’ll all show off our first monthly Christmas project for 2012! I’ve got a great tutorial to share and can’t wait to see what you all come up with! Check back tomorrow for the linky party and to see what I’ve been working on…
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Rapunzel Wig
January 20, 2012
Are you working on your first Christmas project? I can’t wait to see them!
I was laying in bed recently chatting with The Hubs while he worked, aimlessly bouncing around blogs, websites, Pinterest and everything inbetween. I didn’t realize he was paying attention to what I was doing until I was looking at this tutorial and he said, “You are making that, right?”
How do you say no to that?! I knew Sofie would be absolutely CRAZY about the idea, and I was right!
It was pretty quick to make, and she can get it off and on herself, which is huge for us both.
She’s always trying to do things with that hair. Open doors, grab her cup from across the room, you name it. And it doesn’t matter how long she wears it, it’s so weird to see my sweet brunette with blonde locks!
She’s been so sweetly excited about wearing this wig. After having her Mommy making things for everyone one else, she’s relishing my full creative attention lately. When she’s wearing her Rapunzel hair, she bats her eyes and asks, “Where’s the dress?” Gimme time, little girl.
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Christmas 2012
January 6, 2012
Sounds silly, right? I mean, it’s only January! Well, after talking to you guys on Facebook, I realized many of us are in the same procrastinate/leave your stuff for the last minute boat, and many of us spend the days leading up to Christmas in a total sewing panic. And honestly, I’m tired of it! I want to do a handmade Christmas every year, and every year I bail at the last minute. Well, NO MORE!
So I decided this year I was going to spend all year making my Christmas gifts so that when the holiday rolled around I’d have this stack of handmade goodness to choose from. 15 gifts sewn in December seems like an overwhelming number doesn’t it? How about 1 a month instead? That sounds totally reasonable!
Every month I’ll post one Christmas project (maybe more!) and a tutorial to go along with it. We’ll have a little linky party and keep each other accountable to knock out our holiday sewing list early. I thought the 25th would be an appropriate date! I’m going to blog about my projects, but if the gift is for someone specific, I’ll leave that detail out so they don’t know it’s theirs (the ladies in my family read my blog (hi girls!)). I’m also going to do some home decorating things, maybe my girls Christmas pj’s, stuff like that.
So join me, will you? Have a project ready to share by the 25th of this month and we’ll kick off our best handmade Christmas yet!
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Top 11 in 2011
December 31, 2011
Everyone else is doing it, so why not? Thank you for the overwhelming support and success for Sew Like My Mom this year. I appreciate each and every one of you!
11. Katie Dress
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10. Easiest Pillowcase Dress Ever
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9. Game Day Gym Bag
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8. Peasant Dress
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7. Makeup Bag
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6. The Great Cover-Up
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5. Applique Curves
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4. Applique
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3. Cosmetic Bag
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2. Little Red Infinity Dress
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1. The Shirt Skirt
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