Michele's Nirvana: crafts

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Making my own napkin rings.

Today I am sharing my napkin rings. This is my first tutorial, so be patient with me. To start making my napkin rings I took cream felt.

I cut strips double the width I would want my rings to be. I cut along the length of the felt piece and then cut each piece in half.

You are left with pieces like this, that you now fold length wise to make your ring.

I sewed along the long side and one short side so that I would be able to turn them inside out.

Turn them inside out.

Now I wanted to pretty it up. I had a crocheted lace that I hotglued to the tube. I also glued the short end closed. This decoration will be on permanetly. The other I am doing so that it can be removed and I can put on another color to match my napkins.

Now I am left with something that looks like a napkin ring.

Now I want to make my decoration for the ring. I started with felt pieces as my base. I wanted pink to match my napkins. I had this fabric which I cut into squares. I do not have any further pictures of how I layered these, but you really use whatever you want to make a pretty napkin ring.

This is the completed napkin ring. The napkin is a fat quarter cut down to size and I just zigzagged the edges. I then used my gluegun and attached velcro to the join of the ring.

Attach the other piece of the velcro to the decoration.

Walla, and there you have it a beautiful napkin ring that can be changed to suit your need. Just make different decorations in the colors you want and attach with the velcro.

How gorgeous is that. Here they are with one of my favorite tea cups, the candle is another project I did long ago. I used acrylic paint to do the flowers on the candle.

If you have made it this far with my post I thank you for your patience. I will show you some other napkins with my rings as I finish them.

Thank you again.

Have a wonderful day.

Linking to

http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.ca/2012/04/feathered-nest-friday.html

http://www.thecharmofhome.blogspot.ca/2012/04/home-sweet-home.html

http://www.atthepicketfence.com/2012/04/inspiration-friday-no-59-and-giveaway.html

http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.ca/2012/04/thrifty-things-friday-53.html

http://www.fivedaysfiveways.com/search/label/Feature%20Friday

http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.ca/2012/04/hot-stuff.html

http://classyclutter.blogspot.ca/2012/04/spotlight-saturday-8.html

Thursday, March 1, 2012

My victorian hearts

Hi everybody, so as promised I was going to share my new hearts I was making. This was a course taught by the 2 ladies over at A Gilded life. I love learning new things so this was made for me. Christy Tomlinson was a partner in this course.

I showed you this picture when I shared my basket makeovers.

The hearts are made out of felt. They are joined with glue so no sewing involved. Lightly stuff it, not to much stuffing.

Then the fun starts. Collect all your trims, pieces of lace, flowers, leaves and bling.

Start layering. These are just all scraps I used on this one except for the glittery trim around the outside which I got on Michaels, marked 50% off. The beads are from my stash which I put together in a rosary and then attached to the heart so I can now hang it.

Close up of my second heart. The bling peeking out of the flowers I also got from Michaels in their beading department. These were also marked down and there were five or six threaded together. Took it apart so now I can use them on different crafts.