DIY Cameo from Material Girls Quilts

 

Hi,

 

I am Nadine from the Material Girls Quilts.  I am so excited and a little in awe that I am doing a post for Brassy Apple. I have been a blog stalker of hers for sometime.



A little about me,  I own a quilt shop in South Jordan Utah, and yes, I do have the greatest job in the world.  I love anything crafty, spray painty, glue gunnish, thrift stores!!  However, my first love is fabric.  I have 2 kids, one girl Shelby age 20 who works in the shop with me, and Parker age 18, who swears when he gets married that she won't even own a glue gun (not if I have any say)   and one fantastic, supportive hubby!  When I saw that Megan was looking for contributors for jewelry I knew exactly what I wanted to post.  I am sure most of you have seen all the resin flowers, and what not floating around blogland.  If not, I am going to show you!  I bought my molds for the cameo, (which I might add I am in love with cameos right now) and flowers (lots of flowers) off of Etsy.  I bought the resin from the actual company.   So,  Lets get started.....,

There are a lot of different resins on the market

I bought my molds off of Etsy, there again there are a ton to chose from

Fill the mold right to the top of the design, with the mixture of resin and the dye.

The resin takes about 5 minutes or so to harden.

Once it hardens it will pop right out of the mold

I added my cameo to a jewelry blank, I prefer a pin but didn't have the right size.  I glued it in and then on to a circle of wool felt.

I then cut two 3 inch strips of a linen like fabric called Prairie Cloth.

I chose to do a wrapped flower, you could do whatever you like.  Tie a knot in the end of your strip and twist and wrap it around the knot gluing it as you go.  I use a fast drying fabric glue called Fabri-Tac.  I wrapped it until I had a flower about 2 inches in diameter.

I then glued it where I wanted it, this is where it is nice to have the felt circle to adhere it to.

For the second wrapped flower,  I decided to add a little color, so as I was wrapping it I wrapped a piece of embroidery thread, you could use ribbon, rick rack or any type of bling you want.  If you didn't use a pin blank, you will have to add a pin, you can use a safety pin, just make sure to glue it well.

 

This is where you can let your personality shine girls!  I added, pearls, and a little brass button, with a chiffon wrapped flower.  Be creative here!

Walah!!  Add it to your favorite sweater,  headband and get your SWAG on!!

Thanks so much,
Nadine!
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Stop by and check out Nadine's shop and blog - The Material Girls Quilts! They have an amazing selection! Thanks for guesting today!

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"KnotTEE" refashion tutorial....Made by Rae Spring Top challenge #2

After posting my first entry last week I have gotten a bit scissor happy! lol......If it's knit and not being used to it's full potential, it's fair game! :)

I also realized I should have taken more photos of the process to post a tutorial as so many of you requested more instructions. (thank you) So, I will be posting step by step instructions for 2 new tops! 

Today's top is a NO SEW refashion of a plain tee. I decided to use t-shirts for the Spring Top challenge because I think everyone has plenty in their closet that could use makeover OR if you don't, they are cheap and accessible to pick up. (it's all about being thrifty but looking fabulous right?)

The "KnotTEE" spring top...

(please share the top you create from this tutorial in our Flickr group!)
download and print off the tutorial HERE

Materials:

1 t-shirt (any color. best if it's 1 size larger than you normally wear)

scissors

measuring tape

Step1: Cut up the middle from bottom through the top

Step 2: Measure from the outside of the collar 10" down to the middle line you just cut. Cut away the material. Repeat on the opposite side.

Step 3: Cut off the remaining collar.

Step 4: Cut strips about 3" long and about 1" wide all the way down each side.

Step 5: Starting at the top, take 1 strip from each side and tie in a knot bringing the center together. Continue all the way down.

Step 6: Cut off the cuff of each sleeve.

Step 7: Cut a 1" slit on the "top" of the sleeve

Step 8: Cut a 3" slit into the sleeve. (this creates 2 pieces to knot like the front of the shirt) Tie into a knot on each sleeve.

and you are done! It's not a "fancy" top but it's one that ANYONE can do - even your kids - and that's why I wanted to share this design. It's still a plain colored t-shirt but now it's got texture, interest and something people will notice about it. 

If you try this tutorial out please share your photo in the Brassy Apple Flickr group! 

linking up with.....Keeping it simple, Making the World Cuter, Skip to My Lou, The Girl Creative, 11th Heaven's Homemaking Haven, A soft place to land, New Nostalgia, Tip Junkie, Silly Little Sparrow, Todays Creative Blog, Craft Edition

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Made by Rae challenge....from boxy to flirty & foxy! ha ha...

I stumbled across this challenge a few weeks ago on the Made by Rae blog and really wanted to jump right in! "A "selfish" sewing challenge to create a Spring Top" as was explained on her blog. I mean, how often do YOU actually sew for yourself? In my case, it's not that often. I knew I didn't want to use a pattern but instead turned to my DIY and re-purposing skills. :)

I took this orange "boxy" long sleeved tee style top from banana republic that was on the outs to a second hand store.....

and with a little snip up the middle.....

and a crop of the sleeves......

cut a rounded edge and gathered it for interest.....

added some ruffles around the entire hemline and up to the neckine by cutting strips from another tee. A dainty tie to pull it together in the middle......

and what top isn't complete without these popular rolled flowers which I added some beading too...

and a once boxy top that had seen it's day, is now flirty, foxy and ready for Spring! 

and it's all knit tee material so I just gets popped into the washer and dryer! gotta love that! ;) 

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