Back to School

I vividly remember getting new clothes to wear on the first day of school when I was little.  I also seem to remember they were always inappropriate for the weather – corduroy and velveteen even though the thermometer indicated it was still summer.  My boys are too young to appreciate news clothes (oh, wait!  They are boys.  They will probably NEVER appreciate new clothes) but nonetheless I made them something new to wear for their first day at school yesterday.  Last year I made my oldest a little outfit of shorts and matching shirt and he wore it to school that day and never again so this year I took a little different approach.  I used purchased t-shirts and embroidered on each and that was that.  It took little time and they turned out cute.  Plus they can wear them for a while until the weather turns cool.  For my oldest I used an appliquéd tree frog design (his class this year is the Frogs)

and for my little guy I made an appliquéd elephant.  Both designs are from Embroidery Library. 

Since someone has already asked I will tell you I used Floriani No Show Nylon Mesh Fusible on the back of the design.  I also fused a second layer over the back of the stitched out design on my fussy older son’s shirt to prevent any scratchiness.  This stabilizer works really well on knit t-shirts and keeps everything nice and stable for stitching.

Bag of the Week 28

Golf Shoe Bags

More shoe bags this week, these designed to hold a pair of golf shoes.  I used a heavy weight fabric for these such as denim or duck and added a golf-themed embroidery on the front.  I began with two rectangles of fabric, approximately 18” x 13”, sewed them together and boxed the bottom.  The top edge is turned under and a piece of Velcro is added for the closure.  A carrying handle was added at the top.  These embroidery designs came from Embroidery Library.