eCraft Sewing Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the SEWING BLOG HOP!

All of the fabulous designers on this hop are showing you a Sewing project in celebration to National Sewing Month using the Fabulous and versatile eCraft.

If you just arrived here from Erika's Blog then you are in the right place. If you just happened upon my blog please start at the beginning over at Raven’s Blog. That way you will be able to see all of the amazing projects and you will have more ways to win.  After me, you will go to Faith's Blog :)

I'm "sew" excited to show you my sewing project!  Ta Daaa!!!

Don't you love those colors?!  And I want this shirt in my size stat!
Alright, let's get down to it and show you how to make this bad boy ;)

Grab your supplies:
shirt
starch
fabrics of choice
heat n' bond
eCraft :)

So I picked out my fabrics from this Charm Pack.  What a lovely group of prints!  It was so hard to decide what 4 to use but I finally narrowed it down.

 Start with spraying your fabric with starch to stiffen it up.

 Once it's been absorbed in the fabrics, iron them dry.

Next cut out heat n' bond to cover the wrong sides of the fabric.  Make sure the bumpy glue side is touching the wrong side of the fabric.

Iron those on and let cool.

Once the fabric is ready to go, prepare the eCraft :)  Load up the fabric, putting on 0 tab settings and choose your design.  Here's a video to show you how it went :)

Once I cut out all my letters, I arranged them on my shirt.  I took off the paper backing as well. Take your iron and iron those letters on!  Press firmly and hold, covering the whole shape to make sure it bonds on! 

Here are the "negatives" from cutting.  Look how great the eCraft did!

Next I secured the letters by sewing them on the shirt.

All sewed up!

And here's the happy model, excited to wear this to school next week!!

Seriously can't wait to make more creations with this machine!!!

Ok so back to business...

Here is a list of all the designers on the hop in case you get lost along the way: **(there are 2 bloggers who are sick and have been deleted from the list.  When they are better and post up their creations, I will add them back to the list!)**

Raven Baca http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/
Debi Tullier http://fabric-ecraft.blogspot.com/
Denise O'Connor http://purplepaperparadise.blogspot.com/
Erika Valdez http://www.craftysprouts.com/
Lyssa Zimmerman http://bornagaincrafter.blogspot.com/
Faith Freeman http://faithfulecreations.com/
KimberlyRae Forde http://kreationsbykimberlyrae.com/blog/
Rosa Ahrens http://www.for-micaela.blogspot.com/
Zeni Pradel http://www.scrappyzeni.blogspot.com/
Craftwell USA http://ecraftbycraftwell.blogspot.com/

Okay so you probably want to know what you can win, right? As some of you may have heard from this hop, the amazing eCraft machine that we are all using is created by CraftwellUSA.com. This company is really amazing, their customer service is fabulous and the products are top notch.

Well when they heard about our hop they decided to giveaway (1) One eCraft to (1) One lucky winner!!

So what do you need to do right?!

1.)     Head on over to eCraft's NEW BLOG and follow it :)  Come back here and leave a comment telling me you did so (Only one comment will be
qualify per person additional comments will not count.)
2.)     Like eCraft’s facebook page  so you can see more awesome projects and tutorials.  And you will know who wins the machine!
3.)     Follow my little ol' blog ;).  You can also follow me via twitter, Facebook & pinterest...but not required ;)

***PLEASE READ***

Due to blogger difficulties going on, the Giveaway will end Sept 10th 9AM EST .  Each blog on the Blog Hop will pick a winner.  Since there are 10 of us participating in the Blog Hop, there will be 10 winners that will go into the pool to win the eCraft machine.  The first bunch of winners from the "Back to School" Blog Hop will add another 10 winners.   So at the end, there will be 20 chosen winners that have a chance to win an eCraft!!  Which means you better hit every blog on this Blog Hop and enter for more chances!!

(1) One lucky winner will win an eCraft Machine & be announced on the eCraft's blog on the evening of September 10th. The winner will also be listed on the eCraft Facebook page 

All are welcome to hop, however the eCraft giveaway is only open to U.S. entries. Thank you so much for your understanding.

eCraft "Back to School" Blog Hop!

Welcome to the BACK TO SCHOOL BLOG HOP!

All of the fabulous designers on this hop are showing you a BACK TO SCHOOL project using the
Fabulous and versatile eCraft.

If you just arrived here from Erika's Blog then you are in the right place. If you just happened upon my blog please start at the beginning over at Raven’s Blog. That way you will be able to see all of the amazing projects and you will have more ways to win.  After me, you will go to Faith's Blog :)

Here is my project for the hop :)

I decided to make a cute little "Survival Kit" for my daughter's Kindergarden teacher.  Heaven knows that that many 5-6 year olds will drive you crazy!  So i figured this little stash of treats will help her survive the first day of school!

So I began by getting a pencil case, on sale for .50 :)  talk about cheap!!
I gathered some paper I had on hand and measured and cut my paper...courtesy of eCraft, duh!
Next, with the help of some modge podge, I started putting the paper on the case.

I cut out my letters via eCraft.  The small letters were 1 inch and the larger ones were 2 inches.

Done with the modge podging!

Next I grabbed some treats and filled it up!

Then I got some cute "back to school" ribbon I had and tied it around the case.

It's ready to go!  I hope Emma's teacher likes it. :)  It's a great & very inexpensive teacher gift!

Thanks for stopping by!

Ok so back to business...

Here is a list of all the designers on the hop in case you get lost along the way:

Raven Baca http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/
Carley Carter http://the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/
Debi Tullier http://fabric-ecraft.blogspot.com/
Denise O'Connor http://purplepaperparadise.blogspot.com/
Erika Valdez http://www.craftysprouts.com/
Lyssa Zimmerman http://bornagaincrafter.blogspot.com/
Faith Freeman http://faithfulecreations.com/
KimberlyRae Forde http://kreationsbykimberlyrae.com/blog/
Rosa Ahrens http://www.for-micaela.blogspot.com/
Zeni Pradel http://www.scrappyzeni.blogspot.com/
Craftwell USA http://craftwellusa.com/

Okay so you probably want to know what you can win, right? As some of you may have heard from this hop, the amazing eCraft machine that we are all using is created by CraftwellUSA.com. This company is really amazing, their customer service is fabulous and the products are top notch.

Well when they heard about our hop they decided to giveaway (1) One eCraft to (1) One lucky winner!!

So what do you need to do right?!

1.)     Please leave one comment here on my blog (Only one comment will be
qualify per person additional comments will not count.)
2.)     Like eCraft’s facebook page  so you can see more awesome projects and tutorials.
3.)     Follow my little ol' blog ;).  You can also follow me via twitter, Facebook & pinterest...but not required ;)

***PLEASE READ***

Due to blogger difficulties going on, the Giveaway will end next Monday at 6 AM!!! 

Each blog on the Blog Hop will pick a winner.  Since there are 11 of us participating in the Blog Hop, there will be 11 winners that will go into the pool to win the eCraft machine.  We are also having another blog hop on September 5th.  ALL comments left this week and on the September 5th blog hop will be eligible to win the eCraft so this will give you more chances to win.  So at the end, there will be 24 chosen winners that have a chance to win an eCraft!!  Which means you better hit every blog on this Blog Hop and enter for more chances!!

(1) One lucky winner will win an eCraft Machine & be announced on Raven’s blog on September 10th. The winner will also be listed on the eCraft Facebook page 

All are welcome to hop, however the eCraft giveaway is only open to U.S. entries. Thank you so much for your understanding.

Shower Curtain Redo.

We finally had visitors in town this summer!! 

which means I needed to get the second shower curtain up...

yes, we only had one up...my kids don't shower! :)

So I moved the one we had in my bathroom into the guest bathroom and spruced up an old curtain for my bathroom.

So here's what I started with.  An old curtain with a shrunk, faded sage green-lined curtain.  So I grabbed my choice of fabric and measured and width of the curtain.

I had to cut my fabric in two pieces for it to cover the whole thing once it was sewn together.

So that's what I did.  I sewed the two pieces together.

Then I hemmed one of the ends.

Then I lined that up to one side of hte curtain, right sides together.  I sewed it right above the green sage liner then folded it over it so it would hang down at the bottom of the curtain :)

Once I got to the other side, I cut the excess fabric, with enough to hem it.

Then I hemmed the bottom of the curtain.

Then I ironed it smooth and made the fold more crisp.  I hung it up and walla!  I LOVE how it turned out and I love that it was free.  Shower curtains are expensive!  I like the fabric I used since there are so many color options to go off of :)

Linking up to THESE parties :)

handmade business cards.

These are fun & easy business cards that will have people talking...

Just pretend I didn't just write that...haa ha I am on QVC or something...

anyways...You don't have to spend a forutne to order some and wait weeks to get some!  

Make  your own business cards!

The night before Bloggy Bootcamp, I realized I didn't have any business cards to pass out to other bloggers and participants.  I knew that it would be a great opportunity to share my blog with others so I got thinking...

I opened up a simple word document and formatted it horizontally so I could fit 12 cards on one sheet and not have to worry about cropping the sides.  Then I got to work.

Next I printed the sheet on a 8 1/2 x 11 white cardstock 

Next I used my trusty sewing machine.  Pick a thread color you want.  I used a salmon color.

I lined it up on my paper and sewed straight down to the bottom.  I did that 3 times on the page.

Next I started cutting out my cards.  First was the columns...

Next was the rows...

And wha-la!

Really digging out these turned out.  I love the "zig-zag" or "chevron" or whatever you want to call it...

To hold them in one place, I used a coin purse I got from Freshly Picked.

And I was ready to go.  What a great day.  

There will be more on Bloggy Bootcamp soon.  Hopefully soon right?  

I want to also show you guys some of my favorite business cards I got too!  

And because of all the great knowledge from it, my blog is under construction.  I've got big plans for it so things might be chaotic around here while I figure stuff out!

I'll be linking HERE.
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