I am lucky enough to have this whole week off from school and Jay has been home all week as well! Needless to say, we have been pretty busy getting the house ready for our first Ohio Thanksgiving Dinner. Between painting and decorating I have made enough time to do some Thanksgiving crafting of course! For Charlotte's first Thanksgiving I made her a shirt for the big occasion and I thought Oliver was due for one as well. I scanned the web for some ideas and thought a charming tie idea for O would be excellent and C would look darling in one of those ribbon clad turkeys.
Both of these shirts were simple and cheap to make! I used the same base fabric for both shirts, scraps for the detailed fabrics and bought 8 inches of ribbon from the off the spool stuff at JoAnn's.
I used the same appliqué technique as I do on all my quilt letters, I buy heat n bond in huge quantities… you will see how I used it on another project next week!
First I ironed heat n bond to all of my fabrics, drew the the turkey shapes on all the pieces, pulled of the back paper lining and laid out the shapes on the turkey body.
Next, I used my machine to attach all the pieces and hand sewed the turkey's pretty little green eyes on using needle and thread. I also attached all the ribbons on a scarp piece of fabric that was the same size as the head on C's turkey.
I then sandwiched the front of C's turkey to the pretty ribbon feather piece and sewed all the way around the turkey.
Finally, (really, the whole process is pretty short. This is totally a nap craft) I placed the finished pieces on the shirts the kids would be wearing that day.
To see the super cute end product you will have to come back to see how our first Thanksgiving went. We are expecting thirty people and tons of great food and memories made!
-melissa