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Easy No Sew Kids Rainbow Costume featuring Fairfield World’s Oly*fun

Halloween is around the corner and an easy no sew kids rainbow costume is perfect for a pop of color on October 31st. Rainbows are all the rage this year so I knew this little cutie would be a perfect model for this costume.

Materials:

1/2 yard of Fairfield World’s Oly*fun™: Cherry Pop, Orange Crush, Lemon Drop, Clover, Sky Blue, Jelly, Bubble Gum
Fairfield World’s Poly-fil® Fiber Fil
Cutting Mat
Rotary Cutter
Ruler
Scissors
Elastic
Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
Adhesive Velcro

How I made it:

First, I started by cutting the Oly*fun™ into five 2″ strips using the cutting mat, rotary cutter and ruler. I later trimmed them down once I knew how long I needed them to be to fit the child.

Using my hot glue gun, I glued each of the colors together so that they were layered but not directly on top of one another.

Then I glued the groups of five strips together in the order of the rainbow with bubble gum being the last color.

Next, I glued Fiber Fill to the top of the strips where I glued the layers together, creating a cloud for the rainbow. This was a great way to hide the glue! I added more Fiber Fill to make it a full cloud so that you couldn’t see through it.

I cut a piece of elastic at 12 inches and glued it to one end of the rainbow.

I added the adhesive velcro to the other side of the rainbow. I wanted to make sure that the costume fit the child, so I put it on the child and then adhered the elastic to the velcro. That way it fits her perfectly and it will be in the right place in the case that it needs to be taken off.

Once all of the glue was dry and cooled, it was ready to be put on the cutie!

I love how this adorable little no sew kids rainbow costume turned out. It was so fun and easy to make and could even be made it an adult size! I hope you like it as well!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

New Machine, New Beginning and a New Year

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First of all, I’d like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!!!! 2018 seems like it flew by but I am totally ready for 2019!

Last year I decided to make a big purchase to hopefully help A Sweet Berry Designs grow. The Inventables X-Carve has brought me lots of joy in the last couple of months!

The Inventables X-Carve is a CNC Router machine that you program via the computer. Why did I buy a CNC router you may ask! Some of you may know this, but my dad was a master carpenter at the University of South Carolina for many many years! In his spare time at home he would build furniture and other wood items. He would build shelves, entertainment centers, desk and even lake docks! He has installed shelves in my garage as well as some neighbors garages. We have several of his shelves in the house! He even built my desk that is in my “office” space. He has slowly started passing down some of his power tools to me and I have been using them like crazy the last couple of years! Some of the items I have made, such as my North Carolina cut out ornaments are repetitive cuts and the X-Carve helps with that and save my back in the process!

So, after lots and lots of research and youtube watching, I ordered one!!!! Over the next couple of weeks, boxes started coming but I made myself wait to open any of them until everything arrived. Inventables has different size X-Carves. I decided to get the big one. I had a feeling that if I got the smaller one, I’d want the bigger one! But they all came just before we were going on a big trip to Chicago so I had to wait a little while to get it together.

And guess what? Everything had to be put together, from the railings to the circuit boards. It was crazy! It was definitely a family effort! Lots of little bags of screws, nuts and washers. Stepper motors, homing switches and wheels. My mom even had a part in it!

So, after about 7 or 8 hours or so, it was complete and ready for it’s first run. I was nervous as heck but it was worth the nail biting to make sure it was going to work! Oh yeah, I also bought a new ShopVac! The online software for the X-Carve had a test carve that was super cute (see pic below).

The boys thought the amount of saw dust was amazing and loved being able to vacuum it up! They’ve been awesome helpers when I am carving! Give them the vacuum and they are set!

Here are a few projects that I have done and a lot of them that have sold!!! I have lots of plans for the new year!

Letters, words and detailed cross ornament cut outs!

Puppy and Dog Paw cut out Leash Holders!

Christmas cut outs on a wood round!

State and tree cut outs! I’ve cut out NC, VA, CO, CA and FL.

Engraved items: Photo boards and Nativity boards

I put my logo on a store bought wood round!

And today, on day 1 of a new year, I created……

This Personalized Backpack Holder for a friend! She is going to hang it right by her front door so that her kids can hang their backpacks up as soon as they walk in the door! I sat and watched the names being engraved the entire time. It’s very mesmerizing and therapeutic!

2018 was fun, but 2019 is going to be an awesome year! I definitely hope to blog a little more in the new year! I’m also working to add items to my Etsy shop!!

So, if there is anything that you think you might want carved or engraved and made, let me know and I can tell you what the possibilities are!!!

Well, until next time……

Clay Pot Cupcake Pin Cushion

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Craft Lightning is here again!!!! I love it! The theme this time was Clay Pots! There are so many things that you can do with clay pots other than using them as flower pots! I made this adorable little Cupcake Pin Cushion with mine! It took less than 15 minutes!!!

Materials used:
9″ x 12″ craft cut of Kunin Felt Cooridnates: 1 White Dot of Candy Pink
Fairfield Poly-fil Poly-Pellets
Hot Glue Gun and Hot Glue Stick
Plaid’s FolkArt Color Shift Paint: Blue Violet Flash
Paint Brush
Embroidery Floss and Needle
Scissors
Red Pom Pom

How I made it:
Paint the Pot!!! I used this awesome FolkArt Color Shift Paint from Plaid!

I cut a circle from my felt. It didn’t have to be a perfect circle. It’s about 8 inches across. I also ran a quick stitch around the edge with the embroidery floss.
I flipped the felt over and added the Poly-pellets to the middle.
I pulled the embroidery floss until the circle closed up around the Poly-pellets. I also just did a few quick stitches over the hole to close it up.
Using the hot glue gun, I added glue to the inside of my pot and stuffed the Poly-pellet filled felt down into the pot.