Batman Cape Tutorial

Here it is the long awaited tutorial for the Batman Cape, sorry it has taken so long but well life happened and this just got put on the back burner. Anyway let's get started you will need: 

Black and yellow fleece (I got a 1/2 yard black and 1/4 yard yellow)

 scissors,

 pins,

 measuring tape,

 glue gun,

small bowl,

batman logo

 Start by measuring your child from the his shoulder to his heal(or how long you want the cape to be). Mine is 25in long. With your fabric folded measure and cut your length.

 Then measure your child from shoulder to shoulder, mark it with a pin.

 Lay your measuring tape from the bottom corner of your fabric to your pin, using the measuring tape as a guide pin your fabric, like this..

 Keep your cape folded and using your bowl trace 3 half circles, they can be the same size or different sizes.

 I made a larger half circle close to the fold, then I went smaller.

 This is what it should look like opened up.

 Take your batman logo and pin it to your yellow fleece, cute it out and pin it to the back of your cape.

 Cut a 2 in wide strip as long as you want for ties. Mine was 32 in long. Lay 2 in strip flat and line cape about 1 inch in then fold over the strip and pin it to the cape. Then get out your handy dandy glue gun (that's right I said glue gun) and glue your batman symbol, and your ties. And that's it.

 And there ya have it a fast, easy quick no sew batman cape, any superhero would love!!

na,na,nanananananana BATMAN!!!

Puppy Love

 I have been adding to my crocheting skills by learning to crochet Amigurumi animals. I ordered a crochet book from Annie's Attic that has small crocheted animals (remember my bunny) made with size 10 crochet thread. I thought just for the heck of it I would try using yarn and a bigger hook. The first time I tried it I did another bunny, my oldest liked it so much I can't get it away from her long enough to take a picture! A couple days ago I decided to try out a different animal and made this cute puppy...

 He worked up quite quickly, I had all the body parts (that sounds so morbid) done within an hr, it took about another hr to sew him together. I finished him up last night by embroidering his eyes and mouth. My kids love this little guy and are very sad I have decided to put him on my etsy shop. Little do they know they are each getting a Amigurumi for Easter!

                                                

I'm linkin this cute puppy up with:

Guest Blogger

A fellow crafter and friend Chanda over atRedheaded Mamas Imagination asked me to be a guest blogger, so go on over to her blog and check it out. Plus ya don't want to miss this..

If ya want to know how I did it check out the tutorial HERE!

Linkin up with:

Decor to Adore

Etsy and Guest Blogger

I swear I will get the Batman cape tutorial up before Monday! I have been tryin to get a bunch of new stuff up on my etsy shop, it's proving to be taking longer than I thought. Here are a few things I am adding.

On top of gettin new stuff added to my shop, I was asked to be a guest blogger so I have been busy doing a tutorial for that I will post the link for that tomorrow.

Home Based Business Expo Info

Ok so here's the info on the Expo I am doin this weekend.

Saturday April 9, 2011

11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Trinity Christian Fellowship

50 South McQueen Rd, Chandler Az 85225

( McQueen Rd between Chandler Blvd and Frye Rd)

It's for the 2011 Chandler Relay for Life so come check it out if you click on THIS link you can see what other vendors are going to be there. It's a great excuse to get out of the house, so come on over show some support.

Hope to see ya there!

Busy

I have been crocheting my fingers to the bone this week, I'm doin an Expo on Saturday and realized that I didn't have as much inventory as I thought I did, so I am doing as much as I can before Saturday.

I should have the tutorial for this Batman cape by next week so keep an eye out for that.

And also to come in the next week is a spring wreath I have been cookin up.

Spring!

Have you ever seen a humming bird nest? Neither have I till we found this one in my back door neighbors yard, it's about the size of my thumb isn't it AWESOME!!

This is the only thing sittin on eggs at my house!

I found this cute crochet Easter egg pattern HERE, and made these...

I just got this pattern book and made this little guy

My son has a thing for bunnies right now, he like to just sit in front of this little bunny and his eggs and make up stories it cracks me up!

Keep an eye out for a tutorial on this no sew batman cape!

Here's where I'm linkin up: