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Monday, June 16, 2014

tutorial: An Easier Apron (from a dish towel)

Do you remember this tutorial to make an easy apron from a dish towel?

Well, how about an even easier apron from a dish towel?

To make this one, find a large dish towels with a cute pattern and get some matching ribbon too. Make sure the pattern doesn't need to face a certain direction. We are going to be using this dish towel horizontally instead of vertically like the last one. Find the top middle of your dish towel and place a pin there.

Now work outwards and make small tucks with the fabric to create some pleats. Just fold the fabric over itself about 1/2 inch and pin. If you want to measure and be fancy like that you can. I just eyeballed it. Place a pin at the top of each pleat to hold it in place.

Can you see the pleat below?

Take your ribbon and pin it where your center pin was. Make sure that the top of the ribbon matches the top of the dish towel. Continue working outwards until you have pinned the top edge of the towel. Make sure the ends of the ribbon are long enough to wrap around your waist and tie in a bow.

Now sew along the top edge of your ribbon using the same color thread as your ribbon. Make sure you catch the pleats in your stitch.

Then sew along the bottom edge.

Seal the ends of the ribbon with a match or lighter (just like you did here). And try it on. Cute and quick!

Now go make something yummy. Like these, or these!

And don't forget to check out where I party!

tutorial: An Easy Apron (made from a dish towel)

Are you an apron person? I am not.

Surprise!

But I was asked to come up with a few apron tutorials for a women's activity. They had to be easy enough for a non-sewer to complete it with a little guidance in about 30 minutes. So here is the first one.

The most complicated. ;) It involves sewing two straight lines.

You will need a dish towel that is big enough to be an apron. I suggest taking a few measurements before heading out to look for one. They often are packaged so that you can't unfold them and hold them up to check the size. You will also need ribbon.

Fold the dish towel in half and mark the middle of the towel at the top (the pin should be right under your chin....it is the black pin in the picture below). Then measure out from the center a few inches on each side and mark it with pins (the red and white ones below). Now hold it up to yourself again and make sure it is a width you like on the top.

While you are holding it up against yourself, mark where you want it to hit you on the waist. Then draw a line between the top side marks and the mark on your hip.

Calculate where you need to trim the towel. Measure out from the line: 2x the width of the ribbon you have + 1/4 inch + 1/8 inch. Mark it.

Cut along the line you just made to trim off of the corners of the apron.

Fold over the edge 1/4 inch and iron.

Then fold over the edge again and line it up with the first diagonal line you made. Sew along the edge (staying nice and close to the edge) to create a casing for the ribbon. Leave the two ends open so that you can string the ribbon through it.

Start at the opening near one hip and string the ribbon up towards the top of the apron. Connecting a safety pin to the end of the ribbon while working it through helps a lot. Then go back down the apron on the other side. Leave room in the ribbon for it to loop around your head. Seal the ends of the ribbon with a match so they don't fray.

And you're done!

How was that for an easy apron? Come back soon for an even easier apron tutorial. Is that even possible?

Don't forget to check out where I party!

And the walls came a-tumbling down

The last Bible story is here! Why isn't there an awesome song for every Bible story? "Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho." Now it's in your head isn't it?

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho features a colorful page with button on bricks that make up the wall. Match the bricks to the button color to build up the wall after it tumbles down. Don’t forget to move the music notes from side to side as Joshua blows his trumpet!

The cover and the back patterns and instructions are almost done. Check out all 12 stories here:

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

Adam and Eve

Abraham and Isaac

Baby Moses

Moses pars the Red Sea

Daniel and the Lion's Den

Jonah and the Whale

Noah and the Ark

Sampson

The Creation

David and Goliath

Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors

Roaaaaarr!

Is my 21 month old the only one who loves that Katy Perry song? He always says, "find roar" and he keeps saying that through the entire beginning of the song until it gets to the part where she sings "rooa-a-a-a-arrr". Then he loves it.

Anyway....

Announcing another pattern my friends. This makes 11 pages out of 12 up and ready to by purchased and sewn and loved on (by your little ones of course).

Daniel and the Lion’s Den features a colorful page with a lion’s mouth that opens and closes. Peek inside and count his teeth!

Only one more story to go (plus the front and back of the cover and the front and back of the back page). Do you want a sneak peak of the last page?

Alright, you convinced me.

Any guesses on that Bible story? I guess you will just have to wait and find out!

Check out the shop to see the other 10 stories that are available. Which one is your favorite? And if you adore them, be a dear and pin it will you?

Last, don't forget to check out where I party!

Oh the poor little ram.

That poor little ram hiding in the bushes doesn't even know what is coming! Here is the Abraham and Isaac quiet book page. This activity page is perfect for a toddler who needs a quiet distraction. Combine it with any of my other activity pages to create a customized quiet time book. Abraham and Isaac features a colorful page with belts that need looping and an alter with texture.

Hurry, the coupon KATE20 ends on 4/25. Use it to get 20% off your purchase in the shop.

It might be my favorite.

For some reason I love that Adam and Eve are hiding behind a bush in this quiet book page. And the fox. So cute right? I love his little face.

These little guys snap onto the page wherever their home is.

A bear, bird, squirrel, frog, bunny, fox and beaver.

You know where to find the pattern. Put it with any of my other pages to create a customized quiet book for your little one that will last FOREVER! And don't forget about the coupon code to the shop. KATE20 will get you 20% off your entire order until 4/25/2014.

And still more to come (the cover, a page with a mirror, Daniel and the Lion's Den, Joshua and Jericho, a pocket page and the back).

I also have some fun new projects to share so stay tuned!

Moses Parting the Red Sea Quiet Book Page

Are you totally sick of these yet? I hope not because I have a few more coming. For this page, colorful sea creatures hide behind Moses and a button-up Red Sea. Elastic and beads make it easy for little kids to unbutton the Red Sea and discover what is behind it. The instructions for the pages are all about 20 pages long with lots of colorful pictures to make it easy for anyone to complete the page. The instructions are for sewing, but the pages could also be created with fusible webbing or a hot glue gun.

Don't forget about the coupon KATE20 to receive 20% off in the shop until 4/25/2014!

Here comes another one...

The creation Bible book quiet page is up in my etsy shop. And don't forget about the coupon KATE20 to get 20% off your order until April 25th!

This page features magnetic squares for your little one to match the creation with the day it was created. Don't worry if you can't remember either, the numbers are on that back!