Hi there everybody! I woke up at 5 this morning, and couldn’t breathe with allergies, so I decided to get up instead of risk waking up my family with my loud breathing sounds! I finished these clips last night, and decided to get them posted. I haven’t attached the hair clips to them yet because I need felt of the right color, but better to post them almost done than not at all, right? :)
I had seen this tutorial from The Thinking Closet last week, and instantly had to try it myself. I hadn’t been successful in cutting fabric before with the cameo, but once I figured out that you peel off the paper of the interfacing, and stick the sticky part on the mat, it worked just fine! I have used both Steam to Seam 2 and regular old Heat N Bond, and both have worked well for me. So don’t stress too much about getting the silhouette made interfacing, although I’m sure it works great! I just like to use what I’ve got. I did set my blade to a 4 because it’s getting dull, and double cut everything. I hopefully will get a new blade soon, and that should help it work a bit better!
I followed everything from the tutorial, but I didn’t sew the buttons on! All those layers of interfaced fabric was just too think for my needle and thread! I cheated and looped the thread around the button holes, and then tied a knot in the back to get the sewed look. I glued them on with trusty E6000, and called it good! :) The shapes and sizes I used are listed at the bottom of the page!
I made several of each fabric, and then I could make several clips. I have enough to keep, and giveaway to several people! The small ones are just a bit bigger than 1 inch, and will be perfect for baby shower gifts or little girls’ Birthdays.
Well, that’s all for today! I promise I have been doing non-silhouette crafts lately as well. I need to snap a few pictures and share, don’t I?!? I’m thinking more of these clips will definitely be in my future. I’m even thinking of using one as an applique on a zipper pouch!
Have a wonderful day, and thanks for reading!
~Lynette~
Shapes Used:
I drew a circle in the soft ware. Sizes: 1.5 inches, 1 inch, and .75 inch
Layered Petal Flower Sizes: I sized the largest flower to just over 2 inches for large flowers, and just over 1 inch for the small flowers.
I found a scalloped circle I have (I didn’t save this file—whoops! so I don’t know what I used). Sizes: 2.5 inches, 2 inches, and 1.5 inches. The 2.5 is a little bigger than I like, so I did the others a bit smaller!
