What it's all about


The Challenge: Stay away from the craft stores for ONE WHOLE YEAR! This, my friends, is a challenge for me. My craft room is ridiculously overflowing. I LOVE thinking/finding new fun crafts to create and then going to the store to collect the supplies. Unfortunately, many of these projects never get finished; some never even get started. So here I am, challenging myself to not buy any craft supplies and yet still create crafts everyday!
The Exceptions: Inevitably I will need to purchase things like adhesives, glue, and thread. Well maybe not thread... Also gifts are allowed. If a family or friend feels so inclinded to send me a gift of crafts supplies who am I to refuse? I may not finish a project a day, but I will at least try. I have two small children who take up most of my time. I also enjoy other crafts like quilting. Therefore, sometimes the projects just won't get done in a day. But, I promise to try my best!

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Day 21: Making a Patch

The completed project will be a laptop case for my nephew, but he wanted to have his favorite teams represented.  Today I worked on the patches that I will add to the outside of the case.  We got a package of printable fabric and printed them out on the sheets. 


Next I needed to make them look like patches.  I sewed each image onto a piece of stabilizer.


Then, to make them look like real patches I stiched a satin stitch around the outside of the image.


Below is the finished patch.  It's not perfect by any means, but it's so much better than if we had tried to run around and actually find all of these patches.  Cheaper too!


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