Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Fun & Easy Way to Cover up Soiled Area on Garment

This is my first tutorial EVER on any blog. I'm going to apologize in advance if it's confusing or if I don't have enough pictures or explanation. 

During the Christmas season I had my daughter help me with some crafts and it involved painting. Well the paints weren't washable and I didn't have an apron for her to wear. Needless to say she got paint on her shirt....surprise surprise for a 2 year old LOL ;)

I really like the shirt that she was wearing, so today I decided to make my own applique out of scrap fabric to cover up the paint spots. 

Here is what I am working with:


Here are the supplies I used and you will need to cover up any craft issues on clothing:
-Scissors
-Fabric glue
-Needle
-Thread
-Sharpie or Fabric Pen
-Fabric
-Cookie Cutters


1. Iron and fabric

My scrap fabric was kind wrinkled so I needed to iron it....you might not need to. 


2. Lay out your ironed fabric, take your cookie cutters, pick the area of the fabric you want to make an applique out of and trace the shape of the cookie cutter onto the fabric with either a sharpie or a fabric pen. 


3. After you finish tracing your shapes (I needed to do two different shapes), take your scissors and cut out you appliques.


4. Now place your appliques on the soiled area on the garment.


5. Take your fabric glue and lift the corners of your fabric and put a small amount on your garment. Then gently press your applique down. Repeat this as many times as you need around the applique. This will help to keep the applique in place when you are trying to stitch it on.


6. After letting the fabric glue dry for 10 to 15 min, take your needle and thread and start hand stitching your applique onto your garment. 


Once you have finished stitching, track down your little angel and have them model your creation!!! You'll feel so much better that that cute piece is now wearable again! 















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