September Ninth Designs: May the Force Be with You blog hop!

May 04, 2012

May the Force Be with You blog hop!

Happy May The Force Be With You Day!

Yes! It's a actual Holiday!

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My friend Candace and I thought today would be a fun day to host a blog hop! Since there's not a whole lot out there in terms of "Star Wars" crafts, we thought it would be fun to have a blog hop to showcase some fun ideas.

I thought it would be fun to create something with fabric, since that is my 1st love.

So if I could choose to change career's and do/be anything I wanted, it would defiantly not be a stylist/photographer for 2yr olds. I did try... :)

So I made this snazzy little number... like it?

The R2D2 design is from Little Scraps of Heaven's Galatial Adventures Good Guy's svg set. He was sized in Make-the-Cut to 7 " and I cut the fabric on my Ecraft. The t-shirt was $4 at Wal-Mart. I had all the cotton fabric on hand but you could get 1/4 yard of each color (fat quarter's would work too), at a fabric store, and that would probably be about $5 (depending on the fabric you choose). Make sure to pre-wash everything 1st.

I used Heat N Bond, iron on adhesive to attach the fabric to the shirt. You iron the Heat N Bond to the fabric and then cut out your pattern/design with your machine. Then you peel off the paper backing and iron it onto the shirt. I also top stitched around all the pieces just to make it more durable, since it was going to be worn by a 2yr old. Lastly, I used a white fabric marker to add the detail.

I did not make a video tutorial showing how to cut the fabric with my machine, I ran out of time, but here is a good one that Denise made. If you have a machine other then an Ecraft, you can search for your machine on YouTube. I have seen/viewed videos for the Silhouette and Cricut too.