Patches & appliques

If you know how to work an iron, you can do this project. I knew as I got started that this could be as addictive as using a label maker...

For a tutorial & some cute printable graphic patterns go to Crap I've Made, but if you've used anything like Fusible Web, you can do this w/o a tutorial.

How my short-term applique addiction got started....Grace has a cute pair of jeans that I bought a bit big at a second hand store. She wore them a lot last year, and although they still fit, one knee wore thin and the fabric tore. So, the other day I took a scrap of fabric, fusible web, and made a heart shaped patch. I added some stitching around the edges. Using the same techniques and supplies I appliqued a heart to a white t-shirt for Grace to wear with her "new" and improved jeans.

This project led to:

Initial tees....I Enlarged 2Peas tiger tails font to 700 (I used slightly different font sizes with each letter), printed my girls' first initials, and made appliques from those letters using Heat n Bond fusible web. The girls picked out what fabric they wanted from my scrap stash. Since taking these photos, I've added zig-zag stitch around the edges for reinforcement (& I like the way it looks too).

Butterfly tees...

I took a t-shirt of Caroline's that was stained here and there and used this applique technique to document a tic-tac-toe game between Caroline and I. Caroline won!

I've got a few more examples to share, but I need to pick up a new memory card first, so check back later on.

The fabric scraps for the t-shirts are from my sister, Julie's fabric shop, The Dizzy Daizy Quilt Shop. Flannel versions of similar high end fabric can be found at my other sister, Sara's fabric shop called, Sara's Place.