Sewing...

I've been really trying to get into sewing, and actually thinking of starting a business out of it, but who knows what will happen. I just wanted to share a couple of examples of what I have been doing lately, and hopefully I will get some tutorials up soon!

Pin Cushion

I don't know if I've already said this before, but we are horrible bloggers; literally awful. I've been pretty busy sewing and doing all these side little projects, that I would completely forget to take pictures as I was doing a piece...woops.

But, I did get some of this one! First off, here's what you'll need:

• Scissors

• Fabric

• Picture Frame

• Packaging Tape

• Spray Paint(optional)

• Poly-fil Batting

First, I bought this frame from D.I. for $.50, didn't like the colors of it, so I spray painted. You can choose whatever color you like, but I decided to go with aqua because I had multiple fabrics that it would look cute with, plus, it's one of my favorite colors. :)

Next, I put my fabric and batting together! The amount of fabric you will need is just determined by how big the opening of your frame is, but I decided to add an inch and a half to all sides for wrapping. This was the most challenging part. I could not find staples for our staple gun, so packaging tape it was...I taped down two of the sides first and then started to fill it with my batting. I had to have Kendra help me during this part because there was no way I was going to be able to rip off pieces of tape at the same time that I was pulling and trying to tighten all the sides so it would look good and even. It definitely did not turn out perfectly, but I think it looks pretty good considering the circumstances.

Next, I needed to put it all back together.  The frame I chose had two different pieces of cardboard on the back, so I stuck the one that I hadn't used to the back of the fabric, and used the nails that were already used, to put it all back in to place.

Ain't she just fabulous? I love Pinterest. Especially when there are so many easy, cute, and useful projects like this!