Lost in Laundry

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

A couple months ago, my grandma mailed me a big box with random lengths of fabric in all colors and patterns.

I decided this afternoon I needed a project.

I totally didn't know what I was doing, but with the help of Google I sewed a cute little bird onto one of Lauryn's tee-shirts.

I went to this site and copied the applique pattern I thought looked the most basic and the easiest to sew.

I didn't do a perfect job, but I did end up with one happy customer.

Ta-da!

That's a mildly enthusiastic "Ta-da!". This was my first time to use a zig-zag stitch that wasn't just in a straight line and I had a wee bit of trouble. I'm at the low end of the learning curve at this point.

I have yards upon yards of fabric still left to use...and Wal-Mart sells plain tee-shirts for $3... so I have lots of room for improvement.

Any suggestions for what to do with cute fabric that's dark brown with small white polka dots? An owl maybe?

permalink | posted by Starr at 4:09 PM

6 Comments:

Anonymous had this to say:: Great Starr! Keep up the good work! Love, Aunt Janice; April 28, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Tina had this to say:: Adorable! Lilah Sophia will take one in size 9-12m!
Lauryn looks lots like you to me in that first pic. Carter will love this post.; April 28, 2009 at 9:15 PM
StephCliff had this to say:: I am so impressed! Way better than I could do. I think it turned out really cute!; April 28, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Danielle Giffen had this to say:: You did a GREAT job~way cute! BUT I do have a problem w/it...you're not allowed to do sewing projects w/out me :); April 28, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Cash Clan Japan had this to say:: Okay, seriously don't know how I feel about this. You'd better NOT take up gardening, or we're through!; April 29, 2009 at 5:41 AM
Vanessa had this to say:: Too cute!; April 29, 2009 at 8:52 PM