St. Michael the Archangel Zipper Couch

I'm feeling a little domestic today! 

Doing a little sewing today by creating this zipper pouch. The fabric started out as just white polyester. I created a design similar to my previous garden flag and sublimated the white polyester thus creating my own fabric. The inner fabric was a red cotton scrap that I had on hand. I also located a red zipper in my stash and from there sewed it all together. The pouch measures 10" x 12.5.

Previous garden flag:

Thank you for joining me today!

Thanks For Helping Me Grow!

I've had a busy week making teacher thank you gifts.   The process is done via sublimation.

I purchased these darling garden stakes from Conde and sublimated the top (front and back) to added to the plants.

Thanks for joining me today!  ~ Marilyn

Personalized Door Mats

I've had a busy week making personalized door mats.   The process is done via sublimation.

Supplies:
Blank door mat :  mine was purchased at Home Depot
Sublimation :  printer, ink and heat press
Design :  Silhouette Design software

1.  First purchase the blank door mat  - mine were found at Home Depot

2.  Next decide what design you want on your door mat.   I used Silhouette software.   The split frame image was purchased from the Silhouette store.

3.  Print on sublimate transfer paper (using sublimation printer with ink).   Printed on 11" x 17" sublimation transfer paper.

4.   Press at 400 degrees for 60 seconds using pressure of 2-3.   I use heat tape to hold the paper to the mat while pressing. 

Remove transfer paper and enjoy. 

These would make great house warming gifts.

Thanks for joining me today!  ~ Marilyn

Easy Toddler Skirt

I actually have a Pinterest Win to share today.   The blogger posted a DIY Baby and Toddler Skirt Tutorial that this was an easy 10 minute skirt.   I'm thinking . . . well, let's try it and see. 

Blog post :  http://mommysbabytique.blogspot.com/2012/08/diy-baby-toddler-skirt-tutorial.html

I used the recommend yardage for a size 2T (19.5" waist), found a remnant of pink fabric and lace in my stash and 3/4" elastic.

Elastic:  19.5"
Skirt fabric:  19.5 x 2 = 39"   in width;   19.5" / 2 = about 10" in height
Lace:  19.5 x 2 = 39"

1. First step is to fold top of skirt fabric down 1" to make a casing for the elastic.   I serged all the edges (top, side, bottom) to take care of raw fabric - then folded down the 1" at the top.   I ironed it and went ahead and stitched along the entire length.
2. Second step is to fold bottom of skirt fabric up 1/4 " and iron.   Then stitch the lace along the inside hem fold; which secures the lace on and finishes the hem. 
3. Third step was to pull the elastic through the top casing.   I stitched both ends of elastic to fabric casing.
4. Last step is to sew the two skirt edges together.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that this really WAS the easiest method to crank out a toddler skirt! 

Here's the finished skirt:

And here is my two year old granddaughter trying the skirt on:

Perfect fit!

Here are other sizes recommended by the blogger:

0-3 mo    16"
3-6 mo    17"
6-12 mo  17.5"
18 mo      18"
24 mo      19"
2T           19.5"
3T            20"

Thanks for joining me today!  ~ Marilyn

Heart Kitchen Towel

Valentine's Day is coming up soon.   Time to add some lovin' in the kitchen.

To make this towel you will need:

Kitchen Towel:  I have a partial package of microfiber kitchen towels that I purchased last year off of Amazon. 
Square1 Iron-on:  One sheet
Heat Press

Using my Silhouette Cameo, I cut out 10 two-inch hearts that were color filled with various floral designs.  All the hearts will easily fit onto one sheet of Square1 Iron-on.   Just print from your Silhouette program using your home printer.   Once printed, the hearts were cut out using my Cameo.

I laid out the hearts in onto my towel and heat pressed for about 20 seconds.   And that's it! 

Thanks for joining me today!  ~ Marilyn