Hello! Hope you're all enjoying the weekend. I spent most of today cleaning and cooking and there is still more to cook and clean!
I finally got around to taking some photos of the Easter chicks I made for my youngest one's class. I've been wanting to sew up something cute using felt and was lingering on Pinterest one day and came across this site. Such cute creations but I obviously don't have anything as fancy as that machine! I love the clear tummy idea so I thought about how I could make something similar with the materials and tools I had.
I got my largest oval Spellbinders die to cut out the chick's body and a smaller circle die for the tummy. The chick's feathers, beak and wings were cut out using Taylored Expressions chick dies. Then I wondered what I could use for the clear part of his tummy and I didn't want to buy anything extra like clear vinyl. So I used my clear contact paper. I just folded a piece large enough with the sticky sides together and sewed that over the space in his tummy. Then I added on some wiggly eyes.
Here is the back. I made a little over lap but didn't sew the ends of the top half completely so reaching in to grab the treats would be easier.
Here is a the whole bunch of them. Twenty one in total. A couple extra for the teacher's boys too.
We added some Smarties candies into the chick, some grass and a cute tag (Mama Elephant bunny, Lawn Fawn sentiment and tag die).
A bunch of them all bagged up and ready to be passed out in a few more weeks.
I'm still working on a couple more Easter things so I'll share those when they're done. Thanks so much for stopping by!
I finally got around to taking some photos of the Easter chicks I made for my youngest one's class. I've been wanting to sew up something cute using felt and was lingering on Pinterest one day and came across this site. Such cute creations but I obviously don't have anything as fancy as that machine! I love the clear tummy idea so I thought about how I could make something similar with the materials and tools I had.
I got my largest oval Spellbinders die to cut out the chick's body and a smaller circle die for the tummy. The chick's feathers, beak and wings were cut out using Taylored Expressions chick dies. Then I wondered what I could use for the clear part of his tummy and I didn't want to buy anything extra like clear vinyl. So I used my clear contact paper. I just folded a piece large enough with the sticky sides together and sewed that over the space in his tummy. Then I added on some wiggly eyes.
Here is the back. I made a little over lap but didn't sew the ends of the top half completely so reaching in to grab the treats would be easier.
Here is a the whole bunch of them. Twenty one in total. A couple extra for the teacher's boys too.
We added some Smarties candies into the chick, some grass and a cute tag (Mama Elephant bunny, Lawn Fawn sentiment and tag die).
A bunch of them all bagged up and ready to be passed out in a few more weeks.
I'm still working on a couple more Easter things so I'll share those when they're done. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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