Tutorial: How to Cover a Trucker Hat

How cute is this? 

I needed to come up with some fun crafts for a bunch of teenage girls to do (I am the young women's girls camp director at my church) so I looked on Pinterest for a DIY option for trucker hats and found this awesome collage of hats made by Tiff Brady Designs (who sells these babies if you'd rather not make one of your own): 

I knew this was what I wanted to make! So I set out to find a tutorial.


I found one here and printed the template. Unfortunately my hat was a different size since I ordered them from a different place than she did (and bought them in bulk at a discount) so I had to adjust it by trial and error a bunch of times. It was still helpful to have her template to begin with. 

Once I got the size I wanted I cut out my fabric, sewed the dart together on my machine and used Fray Check on the edges. I then pinned and hand stitched the fabric onto the hat with regular thread that I tripled up on to make it thicker. When pinning, I suggest sticking the pin straight through as opposed to down and back up like you normally would. This helps you avoid bunching and rippling. I wanted to leave the raw edges showing instead of folding them over because it was easier and I was going to have to teach 10 girls how to do this. 

My friend made one and didn't fray check hers and the frayed edges are super cute. 

When I taught the girls, they used embroidery thread instead which worked well (just make sure the needle you use has a big enough eye hole). They added buttons, ribbon, stitch work and more to embellish theirs.

So give it a shot! I wanted to add an applique (a cutout of a flower) to mine, or even buttons, but I thought the fabric was too busy for that so make sure to consider that when you're choosing your fabric.

Tutorial: How To Make A Dry Erase Calendar

Isn't she a beauty? I was inspired by this one. But at $120 shipped I decided to do it DIY style. 

I made these as gifts or I'd show you one hanging on the wall out of the package!

Here's how to make your own...

I started off in my digital scrapbook software, My Memories (see my post on them here):

Print it and frame it:

And fill it in with a dry erase marker on the glass and you're done!

Cute huh?

If you would like to purchase my printable blank calendar just visit my Etsy shop here!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Tutorial: How To Make A Tulle Boa

Does your daughter like to play dress up? 

Have you ever bought a feather boa? 

I hear they come apart easily. 

Why not make a boa out of sparkly tulle? 

(It has to be the SPARKLY kind, the fabric is different than the plain kind. Keep that in mind.)

1. Buy tulle on a roll using a craft store coupon

2. Fold entire length in half a million times until it's approx. 3x the length you want it to be

3. Pin in place down the middle and cut ends so they no longer "fold over"

4. Sew a basting stitch down the middle then gather to the length you want it to be

5. Pin a 1/8" ribbon down the middle the same length

6. Sew ribbon to tulle

7. Cut toward the center almost to the ribbon in 1/2" wide strips all the way across each side 

8. Scrunch it up and you're done!

Winner of My Memories Giveaway!

Congratulations to Heather Ashton who is the winner of the My Memories Digital Scrapbook Software Giveaway!

Thanks to all who entered! You can still use the code:

STMMMS80600

to get a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store - $20 value! 

Free Digital Scrapbook Software! My Memories GIVEAWAY!

[This Giveaway is now closed, congrats Heather Ashton!]