Welcome back to another edition of Pintastic Tuesday where I pick a thing or two from Pinterest and try it, then tell you if it was a success (pinTastic) or failure (pinDrastic).
Today's Pinspiration (Pin + Inspiration)
Sewing Baby Shoes
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| Source: Pinterest | Original Source: Pamela Susan Fine Jewelry & Gifts |
Crafting One-of-a-Kind Button Art
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| Source: Pinterest | Original Source: Busted Button |
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| Source: Pinterest | Original Source: Busted Button |
Adventures in Sewing
One of the things I need to conquer is my sewing machine! We seriously fight. The last time I used it, I took a picture of the settings. The next time she gets in one of her moods, I have this picture to remind me what she looked like when she was pleasant:
Add to that my Fear of Pairs and it's a mess...lol. Shoes and booties never seem to come out matching. Knowing that this is something where I lack and need to learn more, I set a goal of making 5 pairs before the end of 2012. When I saw those adorable little shoes, I knew that I had to make them.
I have never followed a sewing pattern before. I always just wing it and it comes out mostly right. I consulted with my mother-in-law and my husband's aunt (the sewing experts). They told me I could do it and I believed them. I chose a few different fabrics that seemed sophisticated for a little man (read newborn). I chose a blue plaid, a gray material that reminds me of denim or a suit material, and plain red for contrast.
PinTastic - These shoes are precious!
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| Whoo hoo! Only 3 pairs of shoes left to make before 12/31/2012! |
God bless the tutorial creator! She really worked hard to put together an excellent quality tutorial with pictures for guidance every step of the way. I actually followed the tutorial while sitting at my machine with my Tablet PC next to me (and of course, the PDF Tutorial was saved in Dropbox). I had to print out the pattern pieces, but it would have been wasteful to print the whole tutorial.
Note: The pin above was my inspiration. The actual tutorial (including pattern) is located here.
Adventures in General Crafting:
The shoes above were just part of a gift for my co-worker who is having an elephant-themed nursery for her baby boy. I crocheted an elephant pacifier clip using the Elephant Applique pattern available from EverLaughter. The gray/black hat was made using the Bumpy Road Beanie pattern from Crochet My Love Designs.
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| Do an image search for silhouettes to find an outline for creating your own button art. |
The baby elephant button art was inspired by Busted Button who made the gorgeous button art pieces in the pins above. The pin includes a tutorial! I made mine just a little different. I cut out an elephant out of felt and hot-glued the buttons onto my felt elephant. Then attached the elephant to my shadow box with Velcro. I think hers look much better with the painted canvas background, but I struggled just to find a shadow box that didn't completely crush my piggy bank. I used commercial buttons, but found lots of listings on Etsy for buttons that would have been fun to work with. I only used two packages, but a third package of buttons would have made him more complete. These are the exact buttons I used.
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Today's crafts were definitely a huge success and the soon-to-be-mommy of this little boy loved her gift. Not only that, my husband actually approved of the button art and thought it was cool! Thank you, Pinterest! My 8 year old even asked me to make him some button art.
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