No-sew appliqué 101
Little H needed a hat for her summer camp party. We found this blue velvet cow-boy hat she really liked. Only problem: it had a not so interesting patch glued to it. Can't we replace it? Uh?! Sure! With a home-made, totally improvised, appliqué star patch fixed in no time with stuff we just had lying around. A nice alternative to a store bought appliqué patch, if you ask me. Want to give this a try too? Here's how: All you need is a piece of paper, a printer, a (textile) marker, a small piece of fabric, glue, sparkles and scissors. 1. print a star shape or any other shape, adjust size by reducing or increasing print size 2. cut out shape 3. trace shape on a piece of fabric 4. flip over fabric and apply modge-podge or any other craft glue - yes, on the wrong size of the fabric - and such that the area covered is larger than the actual shape. 5. generously sprinkle sparkles over glue - flip over to see if the entire shape area is covered 6. let dry 7. turn over and cut out on...