Blog Swap with To Sew With Love

Today I have a special sweet for you...I would like to introduce you to "To Sew With Love", She has a wonderful tutorial for you and some great treats... Check her out and  give her some "love"!!!!

Hi, everyone! I am Lelanie, one of the 3 "L"adies behind

I am really excited to be guest posting for Suze today. I hope you don't mind if you don't get your daily dose of Suze's craftiness since I'd invade for a while her space ^^)

We love sharing our crafting and sewing adventures (and misadventures ^^). Just recently, we have shared tutorials such as these:

No-sew owl picture frame

felt flower

Pretty Apron and chef hat tutorial

Multi-purpose brooch tutorial

Jumper dress with spaghetti straps tutorial

Big Sister-Li'l Sister Coordinating Skirts

Diaper Carry-all with Wipes Dispenser

We also host giveaways sponsored by our lovely sponsors, a Crafty Saturday Link-up Party, features on our favorite Etsy shops, and handmade love post.

Today, I will be sharing with you a quick tutorial for my owl plushie. I have already made lots of them.

first owl pillows for my kids

I also have some for sale in my Etsy shop:

I'm sure you wanna make some, right? Well, first and foremost, you'll need to print this downloadable pattern.

Now that you have printed your pattern, go cut the pieces we need:

Two pieces for your owl's body

Felt for the eye pieces, beak, buttons for the eyes (do not use buttons if you're making it as a baby's toy)

Wings, embellishments (optional)

Using iron-on adhesive like bonda-web, fix each piece on one of your owl body's fabric by following the manufacturer's instructions so it would keep in place as we sew each piece on. 

However, that step is optional. If you don't have iron-on adhesive, you can still do this project by pinning each piece before sewing it on or just sew it without pinning at all ^^)

Sew your owl's wings and the embellishment. 

Try to set your machine's velocity to the slowest if you'd like to have nice stitches.

Sew on your eye pieces.

So far, we have this:

Now, sew on the other eye and don't forget the beak! ^^)

Sew on your tag if you have one.

Pin both fabrics together, right sides together.

Sew straight stitches 1/4" away from the edge, leaving 2" unsewn so you could turn your plushie later.

You could also sew zigzag stitches to prevent the edges from fraying.

Turn it inside-out. You can add hair accessories for your owl, too! ^^)

Fill it with polyfill and sew close the opening by hand. 

You now have a cute owl plushie. ^^)

Here are some of the other owl plushies I've made:

I hope you liked this tutorial. And do check our blog for more tutorials and free patterns.

Thanks a lot, Suze, for having us here today. We really enjoyed it!

Hugs,

Thank for coming by Lelanie, It was nice having you over :)

His Sacred Name - An Easter Declaration

Happy Easter Everyone!!!!!

Bows and Matching Socks

I made Princess G. some bows and matching socks for church and I really like how they turned out...I know, I know, you probably thinking...More bows? Well, she had to have Easter bows and then I figured that I may as well make her a pair of socks to match her dress. Princess G, had to celebrate in style, hehehe! Prince A will be wearing his black suit and  tie that match sister's dress and mommy's skirt.

Happy Easter everyone!!!!

Personalize Name Plate

Now, that Princess G. will have her own room, I wanted to make something for her room to decorate it a little bit, you know, making more girly. I will be showing you other things that I am making for her room but here what I came up with so far.

 A "personalize name plate" which you can always turn unto a hair bow holder.                   

Here is what I used

The Primer

This is suppose to be purple but I craft at night, so you can barely tell the color.

While waiting for paint to dry, I cut the name and shape using my Cricut which have not got any use for a long time now. 

After it was all dry ( the next day) I put my letters where I wanted them and a few shape,  making sure it will all good good and fit...I had to cut them again because the first set I did was much too bit and those are 1".

Then I added the Mod Pogde which took forever to dry

And VOILA!!! You can also add ribbons on the back to turn it unto a hair bow holder.

Hope you at least understand a bit and let me know if you have any questions.

Ps. it is always nice to know if you make one!

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