Satin Flowers on ETSY!

Here's a peek at the SATIN FLOWERS that I'm listing on my ETSY shop The Pink Bug!!

Baby Bracelets on Etsy!

I made a few BABY BRACELETS for my ETSY SHOP!

A bit ago I made some TIERED SKIRTS and a BABY OUTFIT too!

Fabric Flowers & Sunshine...of course!

It's really starting to get a bit warm around here, so when you find some shade you enjoy it!! All except Sophie that is! As you can see she wasn't feeling so photogenic at this moment!

At least Sicily & Savannah are smiling as they swing away! :)


Here amongst the Hollyhocks are a sample of the FABRIC FLOWERS that I made and put for sale on my Etsy shop!

I enjoyed our time spent together with Samantha & Sierra as they traced, cut and matched embellishments for these flowers. I love you GIRLS!! We pulled a 'really late night' a few weeks back and had fun just gabbing the night away! My good friend Tricia even stopped by for a visit and joined our fun for a bit.


The FABRIC FLOWERS come in an assortment of colors!


And, a variety of embellishments!


Here is a trio of purple flowers on an alligator clip.


I like the colors of this flower, because each petal has a few shades on it!

I hope you are all staying cool, wherever you may be!!

HAPPY SUMMER & SUNSHINE!!

Twisted Roses...are Fun to Make!

After checking out the blog 'U Create', which featured 'Creative Crate'(s) blog on 'fabric rosette's' I decided to make a few 'Twisted Roses' of my own!
My girls and I loved how they turned out, the girls kept saying, "Make me one like that"! I even made a few 'Ruffled Fabric Hair Clips' too!


Here is also a Headband I made with some 'Twisted Roses' w/feathers! That was a lot of fun!

I've made some for my girls, gifts and for my Etsy Shop - thepinkbug.etsy.com !

Crayon Wraps!

I made some of these for my little girls a while back, and since then, I have made a few for gifts.
Here is a 'Tutorial of a CRAYON WRAP', if you decide to make one yourself.

If you desire instead, I have some listed on my Etsy shop -
www.thepinkbug.etsy.com !!



First, measure and cut your choices of fabric & ribbon -
1 @ 21 inches X 10 1/2 inches
1 @ 21 inches X 6 inches
1 24 inch ribbon

The fabric used here, I purchased from Wal-Mart and from the selection - 'Quick Cuts'.



Here is the tricky part (I hope not too confusing)!

Fold each piece in half, Iron flat.
Then, Lay the shorter piece on top of the taller piece
(where they will be when it is completed).

Flip the back taller half over the front piece
with the ribbon, folded in half, with the ribbon fold end centered and laying on top of the shorter piece, lengthwise.

Pin in place, starting where the ribbon is placed.

Now, Stitch around the edge (wrong-side facing out).
Making sure not to sew the ribbon ends in anywhere else.
(it wouldn't hurt to pin the ribbon ends around the middle, inside of the wrap)

Leave about a 1 1/2 inch gap on the side above where the ribbon is sewn in.

Now, turn the wrap right-side out!
Isn't that CUTE?! Just a few more steps to go :)



Tuck in the spot where you turned it right-side out & iron.

Lie a ruler on top of the flatened wrap & mark on the shorter piece at 1 inch spaces (so you know where to sew the lines up to divide the crayons).

Now, Sew around the outer edge, about 3/8 inch seam, starting below (& back-stitching the ribbon part, to re-inforce) where the ribbon starts.



When you get to where you started, start sewing up the the lines (where you marked at 1 in. for the crayon dividers). Always back-stitch at the top of each seam to re-inforce.
I do a zig-zag pattern while sewing this section, after back-stiching the top part, I loosen my thread and skip over to the next line, and on the bottom, I just stitch over to the next line up.



When you get done stitching the crayon divider section, clip all the stray threads (don't forget the ones between the tops of the dividers where you skipped!).



Woo-Hoo, CRAYON WRAP Complete!!! :)

(except for the crayons!! (I don't know how to make crayons, Yet!!)
I have melted old crayons into new ones, but that's another tutorial!

Feathered Hair Bows

While I was making Sydnee's preference dress, I thought I would try using some of the same material for some 'Hair Bows' which I added a pearled button and feathers. I melted the edges with a candle flame and attatched it all to an alligator clip.
You can see some that I have listed on my Etsy Shop @ thepinkbug.etsy.com !