All is well that ends well…

For a long time I wanted to make my kids name initials wall art… M & A to hang on wall

But I couldn’t find wooden alphabets as there is no craft or hobby shop where I live. So I planned to make it with cardboard….



this is what I did…


I typed M & A in word with 900 size.


Cut 2 pieces of each alphabets. 


1. I drew and cut alphabets on cardboard, 2 pieces each.
2. Pasted thick double sided tape on 1 piece.
3. Attached other Alphabet piece on top.
4. Taped well to make shape.

1st Disappointment

I wanted to cover it with wool but it was not strong enough and lost shape so I had to think of something else.

2nd Disappointment

So I covered it with blue color felt with the help of glue gun. I was still not happy with the result as It had a lot of imperfections….


by that time it was already 4:45am so I slept with a heavy heart, I had spend so much time on this and the result was not what I was expecting.



Next morning when I woke up, hubs suggested me to cover it with wool or add something else, as it was too simple. I wrapped it with wool and it worked perfectly… I will be making the other A very soon.

Things to keep in mind
1. If you want to make it with wool, take a strong material as a base….

2. covering your alphabets with fabric could be a great and much easier option.


I am planning to make my next Alphabet A with card board but in another way… will be back soon.
have fun

Irum.

Flashman cuffs & mask

I wanted to treat Mohammad, as he got certificate in school for having “Excellent Knowledge about Islam”… He got his certificate in assembly and now it was our turn… he expected a BIG treat from US…. (trust me these cuffs were only the beginning...)





So I googled and searched on Pinterest & Etsy and got many interesting ideas for boys and planned to make these super hero cuffs.


He loved it…. he was jumping through out the time I was stitching it, whenever I asked him to try the cuff on for size, I got it back after half an hour :)…. He is a hugeeeeee super hero fan…






TUTORIAL

Now the steps…










I cut,
- 2 Black cloth Pieces,
- 2 Red felt Pieces
- 2 White felt circles
- 2 orange felt flash signs
- 2 sticking tapes (or whatever you call them)



this is how I arranged it.



I hand stitched white & orange felt pieces on red felt.



Before attaching black cloth to felt, stitched sticking tape to cloth.



Stitched black cloth to red felt piece. And Done.


MASK


Now coming to the mask, I drew this mask shape on felt and cut it.



Used a black felt piece for backing.



Stitched them. And sandwiched streching elastic in endings. Later I cut the extra black felt and hot glued flash shape orange felt piece & that’s it.








Enjoy,

Irum.

Another Crochet Lover...

I crochet.... though I am just a beginner but all the tempting patterns available on internet make me learn more day by day...

The first time I made crochet booties in 7th grade… as our home economics project. But that’s it, never touched it again. 2 Months back after seeing some really nice crochet patterns on internet I bought all the material and started it again... though I remembered nothing.... but youtube helped me alot..... I learnt all the abbreviations, stitches, advanced stitches, everything from youtube.

I am very easily distracted...

Ok so coming back to the point, I made this really cute crochet bunny hat using this pattern from Girl in air. It came out nice... as per my first trail... BUT I couldn’t get the right pictures... my little one was so not ready to wear it….

After 1 hour of struggle this is what I got...

Earns of my cap were a little smaller than this one but otherwise it came out exactly the same…

Try it and love it.

Irum.

Little girls...

I love to browse for new ideas... (this is the best relaxation therapy for me... when I dont have time to actually do something creative :|  )

And specially when it comes to stitching... my little one cant tolerate the voice... I have been trying to stitch 1 simple slip cover for my sofa, for last 15 days....

Today while browsing I came across this really nice website with really cute dress ideas for girls...

Katie really made me pray for a baby girl .... she got beautiful daughters & amazing talent.

These two are my favourate... Simple & Elegant.

Irum.

Tuesday Tutorial Treat # 4- - -Gift Wrapping - Part 2

Eid Mubarak to all my blogger friends. have a great great day and have lots n lots of fun.

Thanks for loving my last post on gift wrapping, here are some more. 

 

Gift wrapping ideas

1st gift wrap idea

Used gift wrap ribbon for decor.

Folded ribbon and then cut equal number of circles and squares.

mine were not very neat, but they looked fine :)

First stitched circles, and then squares on different sheet of paper.

After stitching removed paper. (I loved doing it, same technique can be used in sooo many different craft projects, like window hangings etc)

Thats how they looked.

Then I made bow using the same ribbon with the help of this awesome tutorial. And done.

Second Gift wrap

Pasted a fabric lace (in the middle) on the sticky side of the duct tape.

On both sides of the lace pasted silver ribbon.

Backside. Duct tape, made lace nice and straight, and it looked much better.

step 1

Then I made a simple bow for the top. using the same silver lace. with these steps.

step 2

step 3

step 4 & done

have a great Eid.

 This is what I did last week.