A friend of ours recently found out they are having a baby girl. (yay! :)) As a way of decorating the baby's walls they asked their friends to make a letter of the alphabet that was 5" - 10" inches tall. My family was tasked with the letter D . Which is quite fitting as my name and my husbands name begins with a D ^-^. It's the little things right? :D
I managed to come up with an idea of how I wanted to execute our letter and figured why not make a tutorial for others to make one as well. You might be here wanting to make the whole alphabet yourself or just the one for a friend like I am. Have no fear! This will be fun and the end result will be super cute!
What You'll Need:
- Flat Cardboard Piece about 5" x 8 " for good measure so you have something to work with
- Glue
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Yarn
- Fabric
- Felt
- Tapestry Needle
- Pliers to save on your hands when sewing the edge
Other fun items you can add:
- Handful of buttons
- Pencil
- Lace or fun ribbon
My measuring sheep tape :) And fabric, ribbon, yarn, etc. |
First draw the letter you want on sturdy cardboard and cut out. |
Here is the back side of the letter sewn up tight! :) Mainly sew around the edge and then zig zag between the sides to keep the piece firmly affixed. |
After you've added glue to the backside of the letter place the back piece of fabric over the glue.In this case I used white felt material so it'd be wall friendly :) Use whatever you'd like! |
Now cut around your letter, careful to only cut the back fabric piece. Feel free to wait until the glue is completely dry for this step. |
I started sewing the same night I put glue on the letter and it worked okay. Again feel free to wait for the glue to dry. I had to get some beauty sleep ;) so this wasn't finished the same night. I used some beading pliers to help save on my hands. Sewing through cardboar can be trying without them! The edging done was using a technique they call blanket stitch. I have to tell you I didn't know what it was called until I went hunting on the internet tonight for this post :D. I found a lovely blog that shows a picture tutorial of how to do it here. Hopefully however you need to use the stitch the pictures will show you how to navigate it! :) Corners, curves and otherwise! :) |
This is such a great idea, turned out so pretty, I love it :)
ReplyDeleteAwe thanks Brooke! :) I loved working with the fabric! It was screaming "nursery" to me. :)
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