Friday, June 1, 2012

Scrappy Belt Project - Finished!!!!

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I even did a little quilting on it, I think it turned out cute.

I just started last night, I picked through some of my scraps for a color scheme.  I'm using a piece of felt about 1.5" wide, I know I should use something a little stiffer than felt but this is what I had on hand.  I'm trying to make this without spending any money.  
I just started to sew pieces on to the felt, trimming as I go.  This is as far as I got, before bed time, almost half way there. But its Friday now so I can stay up all night sewing if I want tonight, no work tomorrow.
I hope it turns out as cute as it is in my head.  I may do some quilting on it after I get the pieces all sewn on.
It fits better than I originally thought it would.  Total cost, probably around $0.50.  
 I had to buy some snaps, I already had everything else on hand.


Oh and how do you like my huge cutting mat, 24"x36" I found on sale for $15, I was so excited when I found it I hurried to the check out and forgot to get what I actually went to the store for.

3 comments:

  1. Your belt is adorable! Did you sew the felt on to the back?

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    1. whoops, I'm sorry, that link didn't work
      I'm still learning. try this one.

      scrappy belt tutorial

      if that doesn't work you can copy and paste this:

      http://bzthreads.net/tutorials/scrappy-belt/

      it should take you to the tutorial.

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    2. Thank you, the felt is in the middle, like batting, all the scrappy pieces are sewn to the felt, then a long piece of black cotton material was sewn on as the backing. Its a little flimsy, so next time I will buy some stabilizer to use. I was trying to do this one with just what I had on hand.

      here is a link to a tutorial I found to make one.
      http://bzthreads.net/tutorials/scrappy-belt/

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