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I love all the fun woodland themes Fall brings. One of my favorites is mushrooms. My kids are studying mushrooms in our homeschool science right now I thought a little fungus-friendly shirt would be the perfect project.
Materials Needed:
- Plain long sleeved t-shirt
- Fleece scraps
- Embroidery Stabilizer
- Ball point needle
- Optional: machine embroidery for lettering*
*I used my Brother SE-400 (which does machine embroidery & regular sewing) for my lettering, but this could also be done with iron-on letters or freezer paper stencils.
I decided on "Fungus Among Us" for my wording and did each word separately since my machine has some limits on size. For machine embroidering I always use stabilizer on the back & pull my fabric nice and taut in the hoop (for more details on how to do machine embroidery, see here).
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I also cut a large piece of stabilizer to go behind the entire face of the shirt, covering the entire applique area and pinned it into place. Using stabilizer is a good idea when doing applique on knits - it helps keep the fabric from stretching or pulling. I used tear away on this shirt, but I normally use the softer kind that stays on for items that are worn next to the skin.
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I cut out some cap & stalks from my fleece scraps. "U" shaped for the stems and curved triangles for the tops:
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I pined them together with the stem slightly underneath:
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I appliqued the stalks first with a mid-sized zig-zag stitch (flipping up the bottom edges of the caps), then my mushroom caps and lastly, the text bubble. Using fleece means there's no fraying and is soft & fuzzy so it's ideal for this sort of applique.
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I satin stitched (wide, close together zig-zag) some arcs for the big mushrooms eyes and some small spots for the smaller one. I hand stitched a little smile on both and our little fungus friends were all set.
Now we've got some happy mushrooms to make our experience learning about them even more fun!
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I'm also sharing this with my FAVE LINK PARTIES.
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This turned out so cute! Great work. I'm hosting a pillow cover giveaway that you should enter. http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/10/pillow-covers-giveaway.html
ReplyDeleteReally sweet shirt. The happy mushrooms are cute for anyone, big or small!
ReplyDeleteawe!!! How cute! Looks great! Have I invited you to my group pinterest board yet? I've got a sewing for kids board going, its growing fast and I would love for you to join! Follow me at ntcreations, then let me know and I'll send over the invite :o) EMily@nap-timecreations
ReplyDeleteThanks Emily. I don't think you've invited me yet, but I already follow you on Pinterest. Would love to join your board:)
Deleteso cute!! So happy you shared this at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop last week. Hope to see you link up again this week! ♥
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