Robot Shirt DIY

A while back I had decided I wanted to decorate a shirt for my little nephew. I finally had the chance to work on it and was able to give it to him for Valentine's Day! After much thought, I chose to go with a robot. Robots are cute and I mean, c'mon! Who doesn't love robots?!

 Isn't he adorable?!

This DIY is super easy. Here it goes:

Supplies:
Shirt
Grey Felt
Red Felt
Black Felt
Thread (I used six stranded floss and separated it into 2 strands) - White, Black
Needle
Thimble
Glue (I used Fabri-Tac)
Scissors
Fabric Marker (useful but not absolutely necessary)

Steps:
Use the fabric marker to trace the squares on the felt. You will need a square (head), a slightly larger square (body), a tiny rectangle (for the neck), two long thin rectangles (for the arms) and two stubby rectangles (for the legs). I did this in grey felt first and then made slightly bigger ones in black felt.  You can start cutting as you go or after you trace them all, it is up to you.

Proceed to trace the heart on the red felt and the black felt and cut them out. Cut out some eyes and some antennas out of black felt only.

Once you have all the pieces cut out, place them on the shirt and arrange them how you would like the robot to look. Next, glue the red and black hearts together. Glue the hearts to the larger grey rectangle. Then, glue the eyes to the smaller grey rectangle. Now, glue the grey and black squares (for the head) together, and repeat this for the body, neck, arms, and legs.

Lastly, glue all the robot pieces onto the shirt.

**You can choose to stop here or take it a step further to give it a little extra cuteness (and protect the felt from coming off in the wash).**

After gluing the robot to the shirt, thread your needle with 2 strands of the white six stranded floss. Sew the heart, the legs, the arms, the body, the head, and the neck with white thread. Depending on how much glue you used, you will probably need the thimble. I made the thread slightly spaced apart to give it a more handmade look.

Thread the needle with 2 strands of the black six stranded floss. Sew the eyes and the antennas. I sew them through the middle just to keep the edges extra clean on these two.

Now step back and take a look at your wonderful creation!

It's ALIVE!!!! :D

     

Sorry about the crappy pics... they were all taken with several different phone cameras.

Hope you guys liked the DIY! Isn't the robot just awesome?!

Enjoy!

Damarys

DIY Bib

I finally finished the bib DIY project! I purposely made this the first DIY so I could get it done within two to three days. Unfortunately, it took me way longer than I had expected!

The plan:
Make a cute/quirky bib for my nephew

The Supplies:

The problem arose when I first laid out the letters. It turns out I miscounted and I was missing an "S". I decided to go ahead and start the project with the missing "S" thinking it would be no problem to find the matching package of letters again. After about two weeks, visiting two different Hobby Lobby stores several times each, and endless searching online, I finally gave up on finding the exact matching font and just went with the closest one I could find. It's not completely perfect but it looks pretty darn good.

Aside from the letter fiasco, I made a few rookie mistakes along the way... but you live, you learn, right?

That's what I get for sewing while I'm watching tv! lol

Aside from my smalls snags, the bib is pretty easy to make. First, arrange the letters on the bib with backside down. Next, place a cotton cloth over the letters. Proceed to iron on applying firm pressure for 25 seconds. Then, turn the bib and iron the back of the letters for another 25 seconds and let it cool.

Make sure your steam setting is off! 

Also, since the bib fabric is not completely waterproof, it is not guaranteed the letters will not come off during washing so I went ahead and secured them by sewing them on at various points. I sewed as close to the edge of the letters as possible while still ensuring I had a good enough hold to secure them to the bib.

And here's the finished product!

On a side note, I went by my mom's house today and visited with my grandma, my little brother and my mom's birds. While my grandma was busy sewing her shirt, my brother and I took the birds out of the cage and took a few pics...

I don't think the bird liked my nail polish though... he kept biting it! It was hilarious!

His tongue looked so weird! lol

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed the bib diy and the bird pics! What did you think? Don't be shy! Leave me a comment with any thoughts, questions, etc.  Hope to hear from you!

Damarys

Hobby Lobby Time!

Yesterday, Mike and I finally went to Hobby Lobby for some supplies!

Yay!   

I don’t know how in the world I convinced him to go with me, since I usually take forever in that place! Turns out he had his own list of things he needed to pick up as well, although his list was nowhere near as lengthy as mine. Regardless, he took me, he didn’t rush me or get upset at me for taking so long, and I’m grateful. I got some things for some DIY ideas I’ve been dying to try! Some of the upcoming projects include a beautiful wreath, a cute little shirt for my nephew, a cloud pillow I saw on PInterest, some glass cutting, some photo transferring, a new canvas for a painting request, and a super adorable bib (also for my nephew). I have already started on the bib and will hopefully have it done before the end of the weekend so I can get started on some of the other projects by Monday.

On a different note, my grandma and uncle are currently visiting from Puerto Rico. Since they are both afraid to drive here, and I am currently unemployed, I am sort of expected to be their chauffeur. I was able to somehow skirt around this last week but it looks like I’ll be having to drive them around a bit this week. I know… I know how it sounds but if it were for an hour or two a day no problem… but last time I was with them for four hours looking for a pair of short black wedges for under $15.00 and if you knew my grandma’s taste, it seemed like nothing was quite right… and then I did my grandma’s nails (which I volunteered to do and I enjoyed doing so) which ended up taking another hour and a half or so. Four hours and countless of stores later, the only thing we ended up with was a banged up door from some stupid lady who slammed her suburban door open without looking and dented the crap out of the side of my car! She even went so far as to blame me and insult me in front of my grandma and uncle!! The nerve of some people I tell you! But as far as this upcoming week, it looks like I’ll be taking her to a few antique shops and maybe a thrift store or two. Hopefully I can find some cute stuff. I’ll be sure to post a few pics if I do. 

Going to play some Chalupa (Mexican Bingo) with the family later… Pics to come! 

Thanks for reading!

Damarys