Wednesday, December 15, 2010

SHHH... Christmas Presents


So I saw these and had to make some for my girls as Christmas gifts. The girls love purses and stuffing a zillion odd and end toys in them. So these will be perfect! They are SUPER easy to make too.
What you need:
*Canvas bag (I got mine at Walmart 3 for $5.00)
*Fabric
*Felt
*Button
*Heat n Bond (got it at Walmart a yard for $2.00)
*piece of wax paper
*Napkin
*pencil
*Scissors
*Word document program

What to do:
Open a word document program and type the child's name you want to make the bag for. Enlarge the print till you get the size you want, and print it out. Cut out the letters, and then you will trace the letters onto the back side of your fabric. (REMEMBER to flip your letters over so your letter won't be backwards after cutting them out) Cut each of the letters out. The you will place the letter on the heat and bond adhesive and cut out a large enough square to have your letter fit on it with a little room surrounding the letter. Turn on your iron (Make sure there is NO steam) Place your wax piece of paper down on your work station to iron on. Place letter on top of wax paper with print facing down. Iron over letter for a couple seconds. Then peel the letter off the wax paper (Make sure the letter is completely stuck to the Heat n Bond paper) Continue with this step till all letters are done.Wipe off your iron with a napkin to get any wax off before continuing. Grab your bag and position the letter how you would like them to look when finished. Peel off backing of each letter and place on canvas back. Iron over letter for a couple seconds till it is bonded to the canvas. Continue this step till all letters are bonded. If you want to add the felt flower cut out 4 flower shapes of different felt pieces. Put a little glue on the on each flower piece to hook them together. Then sew on the flower button. Cut out two felt leaves and glue them to the back of the flower. Then glue the flower to the bag. ENJOY!!!

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1 comment:

The Lingo Family said...

They look so cute. Thanks for helping me make one for Ella. I LOVE it and can't wait for her to start taking it to church. :)