Fort Worth ArtsGoggle

A few weeks ago I participated in the Fort Worth Arts Goggle. It was a great learning experience to say the least. After weeks of preparation, time, sweat, and some tears, I was ready.

I was pretty pleased with the overall look of the booth, but the weather was gloomy and thus not a lot of people. It was fun hanging out with my friends the whole day though. My sister and a good friend of mine both participated and we all shared  booth. Check out the pictures below. Remember, all of the items pictured are for sale, so leave a comment if you're interested!

I will be participating in some other local craft fairs in the upcoming weeks, stop by and say hello! Let me know what you think of it all in the comments below!

Happy Crafting!
-Katie

 

Personalized Pillows

I love making these as gifts! Pillow cases are so easy to make, especially if you skip the zipper.

Quick tutorial if you don't know how to make one:

1. Measure your pillow. (duh)
2. Cut a piece of fabric that is 1" taller and 2x plus 5 inches wider. So if your pillow is a 12"x12" square, cut a piece of fabric that is 13"x29". Got it?
3. Hem the ends on the short side using a .5" hem or smaller
4. Fold it so that the ends overlap, hem side up, in the middle of the pillow.
5. Stitch around the open edges, straight down, using a .5" hem or smaller.
6. Unfold, stuff in your pillow, enjoy!

Now these I made a little differently. I cut three pieces, since the front and back are different fabrics. The front piece is the dimensions plus 1", and the back is the dimensions plus 1"on the height, and 5" on the length. Cut the fabric where you like, that is where the opening will be. Follow the same idea as before, only now you have 4 sides to stitch up, not just two, because there is no fold. 

Make sure you put the design part front side down, I goofed that up the first time. :)

The writing is done on my cameo, I cut the words out of freezer paper using a 2 on the blade and copy paper setting. You can iron the freezer paper onto the fabric (burlap in this case) and paint over it so it acts as a stencil! Pretty neat!

If you don't have a cameo (or cricut) you can cut any stencil out of freezer paper you want. Maybe print the words out on copy paper, trace, and cut them out. Takes more time but it has the same effect.

I used acrylic paint mixed with fabric medium. Directions for mixing are on the fabric medium bottle. Just painted it on there, let it dry, and peeled off the stencil!

I hope my mom loves them as much as I do. Even though they weren't mailed in time for her birthday (sorry mom!).

Leave a comment and let me know how yours turned out!