Wednesday, December 15, 2010

'Tis The Season...

...When everyone is busy making gifts, and I know we're all guilty...we sometimes make an extra because the pattern is just too darn cute.    So it was when I was in a pinch to make a gift for a friend and the big deadline was looming and...oh...did I mention I just happened to have an extra sweatshirt laying around in just my size????  (GRIN) 

It is amazing what you can do with some red and green dimensional paint, fusible web, a scrap of red cotton, and silk holly leaves.  And, say, as long as you have to drag out all the supplies for one...you may as well as make two...right???! 

  You can't imagine how well this  this sweatshirt has held up over the years...and my friend is still wearing hers too!  I will tell you that not only is it all fused on, I did a zig-zag stitch around all the elements before I squeezed on the dimensional paint which is probably the reason this garment survived as many washes as it has.

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