Showing posts with label embroidery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label embroidery. Show all posts

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Embroidered Transformers Onesies



My husband has lots of opinions about how our little boy will dress. He doesn't care for a majority of the boy clothing available in stores and I can't say I blame him. I can only take so much "Daddy's Allstar" and "Mommy's MVP" onesies.



One thing he mentioned would be "awesome" was Transformers onesies. We decided on one Autobots version and one Decepticons version.



I started by tracing the logos onto plain white computer paper with an ink pen. They were rough sketches.





I flipped the paper over and traced over my sketches with a ruler to get more crisp lines and edges so I could transfer the images onto the onesies. I like using computer paper for this because it is transparent enough to see through to the other side.





Next I used my fabric iron on transfer pen. You can get this in the notions aisle of Joanns or another craft store.





I used the transfer pen to trace over my final drawings.





I cut out the images and flipped them (iron transfer pen side down) onto my plain onesie and ironed over them per the pen instructions.





This is what it looked like when I was done ironing.



Note: Your image will appear mirrored once its ironed on...so if you need it to go a certain direction, make sure to draw it mirrored before you transfer it onto the fabric. In this case my images were symmetrical so it didn't matter beforehand.





Here are both onesies after they have been ironed:





Finally I ironed some lightweight interfacing to the inside of the onesie (only where the image was) and stitched over the lines with embroidery thread. My husband was the one who told me that the Autobot needed to be red and the Decepticon needed to be black. Who knew?





Price:



embroidery thread: $.50



2 onesies (from Walmart): $4.00



Total (for both): $4.50

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Addicted to Crewel

I've mentioned before how I found my own decor style and since then I have had fun just taking my time and finding pieces that I really want to have in our home. As soon as I threw all my decorating rules out the window, feeling out our space has been more of a joy and not a burden. Basically if my house could end up looking like this and this...I would be happy.


I've had a long time obsession with crewel embroidery. I especially love vintage crewel when I find it because I just imagine someone working hours on a piece of art that is now for sale at a thrift store for $3. My sewing machine and I are on a break...so maybe this is the perfect opportunity to start a new embroidery obsession?



I also want a lime green chair...


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Is this owl not the cutest thing ever?



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This is by far my favorite piece that I have seen online. I hope to run into it someday so we can be best friends:



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Classic vintage. Sigh. Why is home decor not as cool nowadays?



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I am going to stalk some thrift stores this weekend in hopes of finding my own crewel love connection, or at least a book on it so I can start spending way too much time making my own. Goodwill is having their 50% off sale this weekend and there just happen to be 5 of them within 10 miles of me...happy Saturday to me!


Is there a specific type of decor that you always like? Such as different picture frames, mirrors, or books?

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