I have to tell you that whenever I try something new on my Silhouette, I say a prayer, cross my fingers and toes and hope that it works. In most cases, I do a dry run on regular copy paper to test things out, which I had done in this case so I knew my shape was good. But again, I had never cut on heat transfer vinyl, so I didn't know what to expect. Heat transfer is vinyl one one side and a clear plastic sheeting on the other. One of the tricks is to reverse the design in the software program so that it is backwards when it prints through the machine, that way when you peel away the vinyl and place it face down on your fabric it is right side up! Once I stripped away the excess vinyl I had a beautiful logo (yes, I forgot to take a pic) ready to be ironed on to the tote bag.
To make it easier to manage, I ironed on the logo before I had attached the handles and the lining to the bag.....so needless to say, once I had the logo on the bag, I couldn't wait to finish it! .
To make the flower I cut five pieces of the striped fabric in the shape you see to the right (flat edge on the bottom and kind of like an "m" shape on the top); I didn't even worry about them being perfect, since I was looking to make the flower shabby chic with frayed edges and such. I just hand stitched the petals together creating a couple tucks along the straight edge.
The center of the flower is a circular piece of the damask fabric; I fringed the edges by snipping all the way around the perimeter almost to the center of the circle in small increments (again, I didn't worry about each snip being the same exact size), I put a couple of stitches right into the center through the striped fabric to secure it knowing I was going to add the glitter which would hide my stitches.
Doesn't it look awesome! I am so pleased with the finished product.....I can't wait to give it to my daughter and see her reaction. It truly is an easy project, I finished this little baby in about 2.5 hours time. That literally is from start to finish... from cutting the fabric to sewing it together, including cutting and applying the heat transfer and adding the flower.
This might very well make the Christmas list for a couple of unsuspecting folks....Heck, I just might have to make one for me!
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