nana nana nana nana Batman!

well this project started with a trip to Movieworld on the Gold Coast with friend from Melbourne. I always struggle to find thigs to make for Master J and while at Movieworld they had superman capes for sale. i thought i would come home and do some research on the net and see if i could make one. I came accross this fantastic tutorial over at Georgia Leigh then while i was surfing pinterest i found a pin of a cape that was double sided (sorry cant rememeber who it was as i forgot to pin it), so i combinded the two and came up with these.



Master J with Batman and Miss B wanted a Princess cape. i had to think about this one a while, but decided on the crown. i used my stampin' up 1 3/8" circle punch to cut the circles for the pink and blue jewels (was soooo easy and i'm sooooo lazy)



And on the reverse side Master J has Superman and Miss B has butterflies (her idea). now i didn't have a template for the butterflies so i googled butterly outlines and when i found one i liked that was basic i copied it into word and enlarged to the sizes i wanted and printed. and wella!
because i used satin for there capes i didn't want to use velcro to hold them together (didn't want the velcro to catch the satin and pull it) so i used buttons. i managed to get 2 cape panels out of 1 meter of material. so each cape cost me roughly $8 to make. so i am stoked with the outcome. certainly was alot cheaper than buying them at the theme park and i have 2 very happy children.

thanks for stopping by, happy crafting :D

been a while..

well it has been a while since ive been on here. that seems to be common for me at the moment. i now have a new sewing/craft station downstairs in the garage. so lots of creative activity going on at the moment.
recently i was surfing pinterest and can accross a gorgeous hair clip holder made out of a picture frame(minus the glass and backing, so just the frame). so i was looking for something else this morning and found a pretty pink ikea frame (i think it cost me around $2)and i thought "you beauty! that will be prefect!" so this afternoon i get out my ribbons and thumb tacks. long story i brought a staple gun but cant find where i put it, so i improvised and used thumb tacks. and got to work.

and this is the finished product...

krazy house indeed

well howdy, long time no post. sorry to say my cards have been put on the back burner lately and my sewing machine has been getting a work out. I first dug my sewing machine out to make some dolls clothes for Miss B, and she just keeps on adding to my projects. anyway i was surfing the wonderful sew much ado blog last night when i came accross this wonderful tutorial for a crayon roll. WHAT A FANTASTIC GIFT IDEA!!!

so i had a few scraps laying around and decided to give it a crack. this is also my first time in entering anything on the sew much ado's "we made it Wednesday"


this was the first one i did


then Mr J put his order in, so lucky i had some lightning mcqueen scraps left over from his laundry hamper and his pillowcase.



and thirdly, Miss B is turning 5 in a little over 4 weeks and i thought what a wonderful idea for a girly party bag filler, so i shortened the pattern and used 6 little pencils and added a ribbon to tie it up (i hate sewing buttons on)



take care all, and happy sewing

xxxx Kristin