Percy Jackson Camp Half Blood Tee by Sarah Jane Sews

I am seriously excited to be sharing a guest post with your this Friday. About a month ago the lovely Sarah from Sarah Jane Sews got in touch about sharing her Percy Jackson Camp Half-Blood t-shirt for the Storybook Craft Project.

I had never heard of these books before but downloaded the first one in the series on to my kindle and I absolutely loved it! Transported to a world where the Greek Myths aren't really myths I was hooked and devoured the book within a matter of days!

I love Sarah's project so much and without further ado will hand over to her so she can share it with you!

Hi!  I'm Sarah from Sarah Jane Sews.  As a lifelong bookworm, I'm thrilled to be participating in the Storybook Craft series.

About a year ago, my teenage niece suggested that my son O and I should read the Percy Jackson books.  We share a love of Harry Potter, so she thought we'd enjoy them -- and she was right!  O has been pretty much obsessed with all of Riordan's books ever since.  I made him a Camp Half-Blood tee for Christmas and my niece loved it, so I took this opportunity to make one for her as well.

Materials
Orange tee
Black  fabric paint
X-acto knife
Freezer paper
Template

 

 If you're new to freezer paper stenciling, start by reading through Rebecca's tutorial.

Open the text template and add whatever clip art you'd like, or make a separate stencil for the image. I chose a centaur, but other suggestions would include a pegasus,  Poseidon's trident, Athena's owl, Zeus's thunderbolt, or the symbol of another Greek god.  I used the Adonais font for the text, if you'd like to make your own stencil with a different layout.

Print and carefully cut out the stencil with the X-acto knife, making sure to keep track of the tiny negative space pieces. I didn't realize until I made this one that I'd forgotten the piece that separates the centaur's arm and arrow on O's shirt.  Apparently not a big deal, since I didn't notice for over a month!

Center the stencil, iron it on, and paint.

The black covers well, so it only needed one coat in most areas.  When you're satisfied with the coverage, peel off the stencil.  It helps to use a pin and a tweezers to get the itty-bitty pieces off.

Admire your work.  All that detailed cutting seems worth it now, right?  Follow the paint instructions for drying and finishing, and enjoy your new shirt.

Thanks to Rebecca for letting me share this tee with you!

Visions of Sugarplums Pillowcase - Storybook Craft Project Guest Post by Crafty Garden Mom

I am absolutely delighted to introduce you all to the fabulous Tanesha from Crafty Garden Mom who will be sharing her Storybook Craft Project based on the Christmas classic 'The Night Before Christmas'. Without further ado I will hand you over...

Visions of Sugarplums Pillowcase

by Tanesha of Crafty Garden Mom

Our favorite Christmas story is The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore. Originally a poem, it has been reinterpreted many times over into picture books, games, puzzles, artwork, and other creative outlets. I decided to pull a small part of the book out and turn it into something my daughter could actually fall asleep to on Christmas Eve, right after we read the story. This is a very simple project to complete, you don't even have to use a sewing machine if you don't want to. However, if you do like a more finished applique, using your machine to outline each of the "sugarplum candies" is easy to do with black thread.

Materials needed:
1 white standard size pillowcase
Various scraps of "candy" colored fabrics. I used some of my hand dyed fabric stash. You won't need more than about 1/4 yd total in scraps of various colors.
Fusible web. I use Pellon Wonder Under.
Scissors - use very sharp scissors to get a clean cut of the appliques.
Black thread
Black Sharpie marker, fine point
Iron

Steps:
1. Iron your pillowcase
2. Download the candy images here. Using a black marker, trace them onto the paper side of the fusible web.
3. Cut around the images, leaving about 1/4 inch from traced cutting line.
4. Place the glue side down on the wrong side of your fabrics. Mix up the colors of the fabric with the candy shapes for variety.
5. Follow manufacturer instructions for fusing the web to the fabric. For WonderUnder, I hold the iron down only 5-6 seconds for a good seal.
6. Let all shapes cool before cutting.
7. Using sharp scissors, cut on the black traced line of each fused candy shape. Peel off the paper backing.

8. Lay out your candies on the pillow in a sequence that pleases you. I decided to make an arc around the top of the pillow to make it look like they are "dancing around her head" as she sleeps.
9. Once you are happy with layout, fuse the shapes to the pillowcase. Make sure to let them cool before moving forward. Check to be sure they are fused all the way around.
10. Optional: Outline each candy shape with black thread, using a medium length stitch. I used my walking foot to do this, and slipped the pillowcase over the throat of my machine like you would a shirtsleeve.

You're done! I hope you enjoy this project and I would love to see any you finish! Please post them in my Flickr group or drop me a line at taneshaquilts@yahoo.com

Thanks so much for having me guest post Rebecca, I had so much fun!

CGM
craftygardenmom.com

Thank you so much Tanesha! 

Join me next week for another Storybook Craft Project!

Harry Potter Snitch Shirt - Storybook Craft Project Guest Post from Rae Gun Ramblings

I am so excited to be welcoming Marissa to Heron's Crafts this week to share with you her amazing Harry Potter shirt! I love Rae Gun Ramblings and Marissa definitely shares my love of all things bookish! Don't forget to head over and check some of her other fantastic projects! Without further ado...I will hand over to Marissa!

I'm Marissa from  Rae Gun Ramblings and I am so trilled to be guest posting for this week's StoryBook Crafts. Like Rebecca I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan. I've done so many Potter related blog posts that in addition to my bookish tag on my blog I have one devoted to Harry Potter related posts.

I also have a slight weakness for fan related shirts. I may have over 10 Potter shirts alone. So today I want to share with you how to make a fun Snitch shirt.

What You Need

• Fabric paint (I used both metallic gold and gold glitter)
• Foam brush
• Freezer Paper (it's like wax paper but only has the coating on one side)
• Paper cutting machine or Exacto Knife

Make your stencil. I cut my stencils out on my cricut but you can just print your design and and then cut it out of the freezer paper with an exacto knife. You'll want the shinny side to face down.

Iron your stencil (shinny side down) onto your shirt. Make sure to take your time and check that all the edges are sealed. For the snitch I just used it as a basic stencil but for the lettering I did a reverse stencil and put the cut out letters down and then painted on top of them so the lettering was the color of the shirt.

Put something in between the layers of the shirt. I just use a pieces of freezer paper shinny side up.

 
Start painting. I find that with this technique it is much better to blot and avoid brushing since you don't want to accidentally pull up the stencil. For mine I used the metallic paint first then did the glitter paint.

Allow to dry for about 1 hour.

Pull off paper. The paint will still be tacky so be careful when removing the paper. I like to use s straight pin to hold down the shirt while I pull off the stencil.

Allow to dry completely and you're done.

I hope you try it out. It's SO much fun. Feel free to visit my blog to get a printable of the snitch that you can use to make your stencil. If this went a bit fast for you feel free to check out my Freezer Paper Tutorial that has a bit more thorough instructions and lots more pictures. And definitely let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for having me. I'd love you to swing by Rae Gun Ramblings. and say hi!

Guest Post from A Creative Princess: Story Book Craft Project - Little House on the Prairie

I am really excited to welcome Terri who has written the first guest post in The Storybook Craft Project -

I love Terri's blog and always link up to her great weekly party! You should definitely check it out!

 This project is fantastic and I am now on the hunt for a copy of these books to read!

Without further ado I will hand over to the fabulous Terri...

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Hi, I'm Terri from A Creative Princess. I was so excited when Rebecca contacted me about doing a guest post for her Storybook Craft Project. Thank you so much, Rebecca, for having me here!

I have always loved the Little House on the Prairie books and had the whole set when I was growing up.

I even bought the set for my daughter when she was young.

Can I tell you how thrilled I was when they actually did a show with that cutie Michael Landon as Pa?!! Made me go read the whole series all over again!

Oops, sorry, back to the craft I did.

My husband brought me home some grids from windows he had replaced.

Perfect for this project!

I cut foam board to the size to fit for the grids and marked the openings.

Then mod-podged paper to each of the spaces...

and then glued the grid piece to the top of it.

I added velcro to the back of the books to adhere to the frame. I didn't glue them because I wanted to be able to take the books off if I wanted to take them down and read them again on a cold winter's night.

It still looked a little plain, so I added jute around all the edges.

Now those "feel good" books have a permanent home in the kids' play room. I'm so sorry that photo is bad, it's been gloomy and rainy here for days!

Thank you, Rebecca, for having me and bringing back those warm memories!

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Guest Post over at Craftbotic

Hope my fellow Brits are enojoying the bit of sunshine we finally have ! Maybe this is the start of summer? (maybe!) If so, this means the start of BBQs, picnics, festivals, day trips and holidays!

I am guest posting over at Craftbotic today as part of Rosie's 'Festival Fever' series today. Head on over to check out my tutorial for the 'Just-in-case-pouch' - your essential item when out and about this summer, holding everything you might need!

Whilst your there make sure to check out the other posts in the lovely Rosie's 'Festival Fever' series. Thanks Rosie for having me at your blog today!

Love Rebecca

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