Thanksgiving turkey shirt

I knew I wanted to make a cute shirt for Kenna for Thanksgiving this year! After playing around in Photoshop and Paint.net and trying to make my own pattern, I found My Cottage Home’s caaaa-ute Gobble Gobble shirt and whaddayaknow? She has a template =) Woot woot!
Okay, so here we go, for the template, GO HERE
Supplies:
1 shirt
6 different scraps of fabric
fusible interfacing
turkey template
sewing machine
iron
Tutorial:
I gathered my supplies and fawned over my pretty fabric.


Awww, I love fabric. I actually had some other scraps picked out that I already had at home but after seeing all the fat quarters in the big box store, I just had to buy some, of course!

I borrowed these next two pics from Lindsay at My Cottage Home since I got caught up in crafting and didn’t get enough pics. I ironed all my scraps on my interfacing, then flipped it over to trace my feathers. I then cut my feathers out. You do this also for your turkey’s body. I ran out to my craft shed to scrounge up some canvas like material for my turkey body.

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So, after cutting out my feathers, I peeled off the backing and started to arrange my feathers. Like Lindsay said, this is a trial and error process until you get them like you want them. So, I arranged feathers like 50 times, lol.

Once, they were semi-perfect because, hey, you can never get something exactly like you want it, lol, I peeled the backing off my turkey and placed him over the feathers. With my iron VERY hot, I slowly ironed everything down.

And TAAA-DAHHHH! I love it and Kenna does too. She wanted to carry it around in her purse.

I did sew around my turkey because I bought the light weight interfacing that is “sewable.” It made it look a bit messy since I’m not the greatest at sewing around things and sewing on a curve =/ There has to be a trick for that! Also, I did not add eyes, nose, feet, etc. but I’ve seen tutorials that did the extras and they looked great. Honestly, I just got lazy and didn’t want to mess it up, lol.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! With lots of yummy food, pies and many blessings =)

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Resolutions in Motion

I have signed up for Resolutions in Motion for the next six weeks! I’ve picked a goal for myself and I have six weeks to meet it. Hopefully, since I’m actually blogging about my goal and there are other bloggers working towards their goals, I will feel motivated and actually make a lifestyle change.

So, here’s my story. Ever since I moved away from home after high school, my 135 lb. weight has been steadily increasing. I moved in with my granny and, let me tell ya, granny cooked differently than my stepmother did. We had gravy with dinner, cornbread every night, green beans cooked with a bit of bacon grease. See?! No wonder the weight started piling on, right, lol. Well, I eventually met my husband, so I ate because I was in love and loved food. I was happy. Then, I had a significant weight loss about five years ago but that was only because I had the help of a dietician that everyone was flocking to in Southern Georgia. I felt healthier, had more energy, looked great, my hair even felt different. Yeah, that got expensive fast so when I quit going, I slowly gained the weight back.

When I struggled to become pregnant, no doctor could tell me why I was infertile but they were pretty sure it was because I was obese. I was about 170 lbs. then which was large for my stature but definitely not unheard of. About 6 months later, I found out I was pregnant and was overjoyed! I actually lost 17 lbs. while pregnant and when I started gaining, I only gained about 7 lbs. over my first pregnancy weigh-in but was still considered obese by my doctors. After I had Kenna, I quickly lost some weight but, of course, it returned, because I was still craving citrus. To relieve that craving, I started drinking Mountain Dew and although I don’t eat entirely unhealthy, I am still inactive.

After seeing this completely unflattering picture a while back, I couldn’t stop thinking about how people see me at 200+ lbs. I was disgusted, I still am, that I let myself get this way and how could I have not noticed. I had no one to blame but myself. I haven’t wore that blouse since, lol.

My goals are:
Drink at least the recommended 8 oz. of water a day
Cut out the every day Mountain Dew drinking
Try to exercise at least 20-30 minutes a day

I want to look happier and healthier like these before pics!

This was the latest picture from June 2008

Easter 2008 (look how little my neck is?! And no double chin =)

This was a weekend I went down to see some of my family in central Florida. I don’t even recognize myself in this picture! But hey, I look happy and I’m with one of my favorite cousins ever!

So wish me luck and a prayer or two =)

If you want to join Resolutions in Motion there is still time, click the link or picture below and join in!

Not getting much done….

Hey there, guys! Whew weee, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks. We’re still battling with the underwriters from the bank and trying to buy our house. They are like little investigators! Want to know EVERYTHING! They don’t care if something is paid off, they want to know how you paid it. It’s becoming very stressful and I’m trying not to let it get to me but it’s hard. On a different, much happier note, still trying to craft here and there and definitely have some clothing refashions I want to do before we get our Christmas pictures done in two weeks. I’ve also been thinking of alternatives to this pallet craft so I can get it out of the way. Thinking I might have a solution that involves an old standby. Anywho, I celebrated a birthday in mid-October and found some awesome flea market finds with birthday money!

My pretty necklace from a co-worker!

My department pitched in and bought me this milk glass basket! I’m still drooling over it =) It’s housing momma’s Kenna’s Halloween candy on the kitchen table right now!

Bought some more vintage Pyrex and do believe it has become an addiction, lol. That milk glass platter under the pink Pyrex dish I scored for $5!

And some more =) I just love looking at the pretty colors =)

Fall Wreath

Managed to whip up two wreaths this weekend and I’m sharing with you one of them. The wreath I’m calling my Fall Wreath (creative, I know, hehe), I’ve decided to put up in the house instead of on the door for now. All you’ll need is a wire clothes hanger, material for your wreath (I used burlap and fabric from a jellyroll), and the usual supplies like hot glue, scissors, a band-aid for the hot glue burn that leaves a whopper of a blister. Yeah, that was just for me. I always have one casualty while using that thing!
I had my husband unwrap the clothes hanger for me because I tried and couldn’t. After cutting my burlap into 2 1/2 in. strips, I started weaving it onto the clothes hanger. I believe I used about 2 yards of burlap but the more, the better because it will look full and fluffy and not show the clothes hanger. I think I needed about another 1/2 or whole yard because I kept rearranging so no silver metal was peaking through, then I’d dab some hot glue here and there to make some of the folds lay right. So, after I finished with weaving, I had my husband twist the wire, then I cut off the extra wire with wire cutters. Now you’re ready to decorate it!




TA-DAH! I’m pretty smitten with it! I’m also smitten with Classy Clutter’s pretty burlap wreath too I came across! Love the ribbon and monogram! Check out Mallory and Savannah’s blog by clicking the link or picture below! =)

I’m also adding the finishing touches to my Halloween wreath. More on that soon!

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