As soon as I knew C's theme for her first birthday party, fabric, patterns and textiles went flying around in my head. When I think of most holidays, I think of what type of fabric I could use. I think most sewers have that chronic condition, you may too! Of course pinterst inspired me in many ways. Jay and I both had shirts that I saw straight from pinterest and the party girl's dress was inspired from a dress I saw on pinterest. Both outfits were a cinch to make, here is what I did and some pics of the final projects.
First our "congrats we made it one year" shirts. All you need is two cotton tshirts, your desired logo printed on iron on transfer paper, plain white cotton fabric, heat n' bond lite, and letters with the font you like best (remember a chunky font will work best). You will notice that the font that is shown here was not the font that I ended up using. I noticed that I was not happy with how small the letters were with the lowered case letter and I simply changed the font and it helped with the final look.
First, iron the heat n' bond to the back of the white fabric, then iron on the logo to the other side of the fabric. On the heat n' bonded side trace your letters upside down onto the fabric, cut out, sew around edges onto the shirt and you have yourself a personalized theme party shirt! Much needed for two doting parents!
Next, on to the party girl's dress! I used this McCalls pattern that I got from a closing JoAnns for 99 cents! I spliced together several different dresses. My requirements were a fitted bodice (dress d) with cap sleeves (dress e) and a full bodied skirt that I could add accent to (dress d).
I bought solid white kona cotton and a panel of the very hungry caterpillar fabric for the outside of the dress. I used this fabric for the bottom portion of the dress, the two ties in the back and I attached the caterpillar to the dress the same way I do my fabric letters.
Tomorrow, a very hungry craft round up...food and cake!
-melissa