A completed Craft

I love trying new things, branching out of my comfort zone and trying to pretend I'm creative. I'm not really. Most, if not all, of my ideas are inspired from others. I am fortunate to have some crafty friends and have browsed many crafty blogs. There are some very talented woman out there and I am learning so much from them. This year I am delving into knitting and sewing, things I have never tried before. I also wanted to try embroidery. I am currently working on projects in each area but I needed something I could complete in a short amount of time that would leave me feeling accomplished. Follow through is really not my strong point. So today I decided to try an embroidery project, something simple but useful. Just a little background...

I am using cloth diapers on Autumn, I love them, they are so adorable and I really don't like dressing her in onesies or anything that covers up those cute diapers. So I purchased some white t-shirts for her from Walmart. This was so boring, like she wasn't dressed, just hanging out in her jammies all day. So for my project today I decided to dye 4 of the t-shirts yellow and embroider a simple design on the front. Nothing complicated, just simple and cute. So here's what I did and how I did it if you are interested.

First, I love natural dye's so I didn't want to buy a boxed dye. I decided to soak the t-shirts in boiling water with Turmeric and vinegar. I let them soak until the t-shirts were a bit darker than I wanted. Then I washed them with a small amount of bleach to soften the color. They turned out great, the color of butter. Can you tell from the picture?

After they were dry I stuck them in an embroidery hoop & drew a simple design on the front of the t-shirt. I found the design of this ice cream cone on a piece of fabric and it looked simple enough.

Next, I chose my thread colors and started stitching. I don't know much about embroidery stitches so this was just a stitch I had in my head that I wanted to try. I'm happy with the way it turned out.

The girls decided to join in, Abby has drawn her design on a t-shirt and Erin has picked out her design but has yet to draw it. I will post theirs when they finish.

But in the meantime, here is the finished product.

Voila!!