Materials needed: Plastic wrapped straw wreath and a couple yards solid color fabric, or two or three colors of co-ordinating solids and a print fabric of your choosing Step 1: Purchase a plastic wrapped straw wreath – ours is a 14″ diameter wreath. DO NOT take the plastic wrap off the wreath – the plastic helps […]
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Altering Store Bought Patterns For Overweight Children – Chest
Overweight children, plus size children and obese children will usually have much larger chests than average size children. In addition, they will usually have large upper arms that make altering store bought patterns very difficult. This tutorial will address both areas needing to be altered. FULL CHEST With a large full chest, wrinkles will show […]
How To Make A Marshmallow Pillow – Tutorial
Marshmallow pillows are easy for kids to make and you can be sure they won’t get lost because they won’t leave the childs’ side! This marshmallow pillow is another pattern designed by one of my granddaughters (remember her first pattern, the Narwhal Stuffed toy pattern). She is on a roll making patterns for an item, […]
How To Decorate A Hoodie Jacket
Sewing and crafting at our house takes many different avenues! One of my grandsons (11 years old) told me that his first project was going to be decorating his school hoodie/jacket. At first I was a little apprehensive, but he assured me that he’d already been planning it “in his head”, and he knew exactly […]
How To Alter Skirt Patterns For Plus Size/Overweight Children
Regardless of what size pattern you buy for your plus size/overweight child, there are always changes that need to be made. Sometimes a single change will do it, and other times there may be 2, 3, 4 changes necessary before the store bought pattern will actually fit the plus size child. We are starting a […]
Fun With Furry Footballs….Make Them Yourself!
We’re right in the midst of football season, and what would be better for the little guys than a football? We figured this furry fake fur football would be perfect for the little boys to toss around, but who knows — their Daddy might have a little fun with it as well. […]