Owl Purse...

If you haven't gotten hooked on Pinterest yet... your missing out!  I am constantly finding ideas and inspiration there.  I saw this Owl purse a while back...

I knew someday I was going to recreate it!

The final push to make it came when I found some scrapes of leather at a garage sale... and then some polk a dot fabric and vintage buttons at a different sale...  After getting home I found a multi colored knit in my fabric stash that brought it all together... and knew it was meant to be!

The pattern making for the owl took up a whole day...  After I decided on the size I wanted... I slowly drew out the pieces layer by layer... until I had achieved (to my eye)the owl in my inspiration picture.  Using different colored paper helped me visualize how I was going to use my fabrics...

After some debating I realized I needed one more fabric in the mix... so added the dark floral print, and then carefully cut out my pieces... I also used iron on interfacing on all of my fabrics to give them some stability...

Then it was just a matter of sewing on the pieces layer by layer...

The finished product... I absolutely LOVE how it turned out!  The vintage leather button eyes are perfect... and I also added some wooden beads to the strap...

I am officially ready for Fall with my new purse...

***Jennifer

Get Ready...Get Set... Sew! Day7 Applique

Well... Day5&6 of Kids Clothes Week Challenge came and went in a flash...(much to do... with to little time... I seriously need more hours in my day!)  So, here I am at Day7... with nothing done, but a pair of shorts... and a shirt that's sewn together wrong!  Feeling a little defeated... I picked myself up from my morning cup of coffee...(poured another)... and decided to hunker down and get sewing...

First I needed to fix the top for my daughter...

Once I had the back yokes sewn on right... It was super simple to put together...

Now I can focus on the project I've been wanting to do all week for my son... This sweatshirt looks simple, but I've got ideas for some fun embellishments...

I'll show you how I applique...

 First I start with some images I printed on regular paper... In the exact size that I want them on the sweatshirt...

Then I apply some fusible interfacing to the wrong side of my fabric choice...

Pin your image to the fabric... and cut out...

Are you curious what the word is yet?

Pin your applique to the fabric... you will want to do this on the front/back pieces before the garment is constructed together... so they can lay nice and flat...( If you are applying to a pre-made garment I recommend sliding a piece of cardboard in between the front and back, while pining, so the extra fabric isn't in the way)

Stitch on... There really is no wrong way to do this... I am using a straight stitch, because I like the raw edges... but you could do a decorative stitch, or a fine zig zag stitch... and cover up the edge too...

And here it is finished... I asked my son if he could have a word on his back what would it be... This is what he came up with... ROCKER... 

The font is viner hand ITC (bold)

Love the way the tie turned out on the front... I stitched multiple lines to add more detail...

 For spring/summer I went with the short sleeve version...

And the hood definitely rocks!

As i said before... my week hasn't quite gone as i hoped... and while I may not have gotten to all the projects I wanted to do... I am pretty happy with what i got done this week!  Also I've got two happy kids(most important).  And if I'm being honest with myself... I probably completed more this week for KCWC than I would have been motivated to do on my own... (which is the point right!)  I hope you've enjoyed this week...  See you next time around...

***Jennifer
Oh yeah... Here is a recap of what I got done this week!