Mini Scrapbook Album

You need 3 matching pieces of card stock.

Cut 4 pieces at 12x6 inches

and 2 pieces at 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Of the 4 long pieces score one of them at 2 3/4 inch in and 3 inches in from the end (do this to both sides)

score the other 3 long pieces 3 inches in from each end

glue the 3 pieces that are scored at 3 inches on the ends together

fold up and glue that to the last big peice.
then glue the square peices to the ends of that piece.

fold it all up to crease the score lines.
embellish with paper

ta da! Now just add a ribbon to close it up with.

and add pictures!

Christmas Ornament Ideas

( http://amomentintime.typepad.com/a_moment_in_time/2009/11/paper-christmas-ornament-tutorial.html )

exploding scrapbox

http://www.making-mini-scrapbooks.com/explodingbox.html

Fleece Hat

(I used the first link for these ones)

http://clearkid.deviantart.com/art/Fleece-Hat-Tutorial-68772035

http://www.p2designs.com/pdfs/EasyFleeceHat.pdf

Pajama Pants

Here's a really easy and very fast way to make some pajama pants!!!

1. Find some pajama pants that fit the person who these are being made for and fold them like the ones in the picture. The fabric on the left is folded (with the fold on the left side). So place your pants on the fabric with the straight side over the fold and cut out the fabric in that shape. Cut the top part of the pants straight (where it would be if the elastic weren't pulling the waistline in).

2. Your fabric should look like this, with the fold on the left. Now do this one more time so you end up with 2 peices of fabric like this. Remember which part is the TOP of the pants (you will notice the sides of the top part of the pajamas are straighter, and shorter)

3. Now you should have 2 peices that look like this when opened

4. Overlap the 2 pieces with the right sides together. Now we're going to just sew the left and right sides on the very top....only to the point!

(only sew from the top down the curve and to the point on both sides)

5. Now readjust the way your pants are positioned so that the seems you've just sewen (the front and back of the pants) look like this. You're seem from the front should be lined up with the seem from the back.

6. Now sew the insides of the legs together.

7. hem the bottom of both legs.

8. Do the same at the waist, making sure to create a hem slightly wider than your elastic, but leave a 1-2 inch section unhemed so you can put in the elastic. Put a safety pin at one end of a peice of elastic and thread through the waist band. ***measure length of elastic by wraping around the waist of the person for whom the pants will fit, stretching it only slightly.

9. Once threaded through the pants, overlap the ends of the elastic about an inch and sew them together. Make sure your elastic is laying flat all the way around the waist (with no twists anywhere) before you sew it together)

10. Tuck your elastic into the waitband and sew closed the open section in your hem. and TA DA!!!! YOU'RE DONE!

Easy Quilt and Curtains

For Cameron's 'Big Boy' room I made him a matching quilt and curtains. No pattern just a simple idea. Just remember for curtains cut the material about 1 1/2 times the length (from left to right) of the window. I made a twin sized quilt, which you want to be around 65" by 88". I used a larger than twin sized, brown, sheet for the backing, and cut it bigger than the front so I could wrap that around for the front border. I did stripes because I like the look. If that's what you do, you can use your machine to do the quilting lines by sewing along the seam of every few stripes. Then it blends right in. I safety pinned it everywhere before I quilted the front panel, batting, and backing together. That kept everything in place and kept it from bunching and pulling while sewing it. I also ironed down the border which made it easier to sew.