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DIY Apron

May 10, 2013 by KTgreen

I’ve come across several adorable aprons over the past year. Are cutesy retro aprons coming back in style? But would I dare get food on these?

This one is from the Heritage House in the Heritage Village in Crystal River.

Found these lovelies at the Anthropologie in Hyde Park in Tampa.

I’ve also seen several versions at craft shows. And if they are being sold at craft shows, why am I not busy making them???

But I usually have to have a reason to make something–so I decided that I needed an apron for a special photo shoot.

Picked up this pattern and some gingham at Jo-anne’s. They didn’t have the shade of blue that I wanted but I didn’t have time to order the fabric online so just went with it. The pattern was really easy.

I wanted to embellish this apron with yo-yos. (If you don’t know how to make yo-yos, click here for directions.) I love Moda fabrics and had picked up a charm pack of 5″ quilt squares at our local quilt shop, Tomorrow’s Treasures, sometime last year. I picked out some coordinating squares from the charm pack to use for the yo-yos.

Ready for the photo shoot!

DIY Apron — That’s my banjo! And Andrew’s got the grandkid’s guitar!

This was what we originally envisioned the photos for.

But we liked the pictures so much and I took about 100–we turned several of the photos into the guest book!

And, last but not least, it’s actually an apron–not just a photo shoot prop!

DIY Yo-Yos

May 3, 2013 by KTgreen

Yo-yos have to be the easiest thing to make. And they are so cute! Great embellishment for totes, hair pins, aprons and Maggie’s collars.

Just in case you don’t know how to make one, here’s how I do it:

Make a circle pattern. I used a bowl and traced around it onto a scrap piece of paper and pinned it to the fabric. Or the pattern could be made out of cardboard and then just trace around the wrong side of the fabric with fabric marker. Hey, you could even use a compass for the circle!

The circle will be about double the size of the finished yo-yo. In this example, I am using a 4 ½” circle that ends up being about a 2” yo-yo.

On the wrong side of the fabric, fold under about ¼”. Anchor the first stitch with a couple of stay stitches. Use a running stitch around the entire edge of the circle, keeping the edge folded under.

Shorter stitches create a larger, more open center on the yo-yo. Longer stitches make a smaller center.

After the entire edge of the circle is stitched, pull the thread to gather the edges. Make a couple of stay stitches and trim the thread. Push the yo-yo into shape with the gathers in the center.

Now that you can make a yo-yo. There are all kinds of fun things to create.

DIY Yo-Yos — How cute can Maggie get? All ready for the JesAndy Jubilee!

Log Cabin Pillow Cover

April 12, 2013 by KTgreen

I pinned this from Marthastewart.com months and months ago:

And I had it repined 404 times. My most popular repin as Pinterest likes to tell me in those emails it sends me so I feel special.

I’ve been saving old denim jeans and bits and pieces of denim for years. And I had a big project that I did recently involving denim. So I had lots of small slices of denim. Also have a pillow form just waiting to be used.

So here’s what I made:

I’m not a quilter but this is really easy.

I went out to Martha Stewart Living for guidance, you can click here for instructions. After reading them, I decided I could do it easier.

My pillow form was 24” square. Since I wanted the pillowcase to be a little tight, I made the case 23” square with a 2” flange.

I decided to make 4” logs. So my first piece was a 4 ½” square.

I used ¼” seam allowances.

Cut

2 4 ½” x 4 ½”

2 8 ½ ” x 4 ½”

2 12 ½” x 4 ½”

2 16 ½” x 4 ½”

1 20 ½” x 4 ½”

I finished it with a 3 1/2” border

2 20 ½’ x 4”

2 27 ½’ x 4”

Then just pieced it together.

Log Cabin Pillow

I quilted it “in the ditch” on to a piece of fleece.

Then used denim for the back.

2 28″ x 17” pieces of fabric

Made a slipcover style pillowcase following my instructions here.

Sew 2” from all sides to create the flange.

Insert pillow.

Log Cabin Pillow — This pillow is really big! I plan to make another that’s a bit smaller.