A Simple Grandparent Gift

I made this hand print t-shirt for my father-in-law's birthday. I wanted to do something with the girls' hand prints but didn't want to use paint. I've been using Wonder Under A LOT these days, I figured I could use it for this too!

Supplies

Plain white t-shirt, washed
Wonder Under
Fabric of choice
Pencil
Paper
Scissors
Straight pins
Iron

1) Trace your kiddo's hands onto paper and cut out to use as a pattern
2) Pin your hand print pattern onto the fabric and cut out
3) Following the directions of the Wonder Under, iron the hand prints onto the t-shirt
4/5) Using the zigzag stitch on your sewing machine, stitch around each hand print

The t-shirt can be machine washed, just be sure it is turned inside out.

Enjoy!

Dinosaur blanket and matching pillow

My nephew turned 5 last week. He loves dinosaurs but I wasn't about to buy him another toy dinosaur (he must have at least 100 by now!) so I made him a dinosaur blanket and matching pillow. I thought it would be fun to share the process with you.

First I prewashed the fabric, green fleece and dinosaur fabric. I put the two fabrics together and cut them to size, leaving enough to make a matching pillow. Then I drew a large "A" (for Ashton) on a piece of paper to monogram the blanket. I used my template to cut out an "A" from the green fleece, next I stitched the "A" to the dinosaur fabric.

I then sewed the two fabric pieces, right-sides together, leaving an opening so I could turn it right-side out.

Next, I turned it right-side out and closed the opening by machine sewing and continued to sew along all four sides to finish off the blanket.

For the pillow, I took a piece of each fabric, right-sides together and sewed on all four sides, leaving an opening to turn it right-side out. Then I stuff it with pillow stuffing and hand-stitched the opening.

Finished blanket and pillow