HomeMade Gift #1
Remember how I was “tooting my own horn” about some homemade gifts I had created? I can finally share them with you!
So Gift #1 was something that had caught my eye in a recent issue of Martha Stewart Home.
I immediately thought this would be a great gift for my Mums. Her mother, Mary Stuart Ransone aka Granny, was an amazing cook and made everything from scratch. I had casually asked my mom if she had any old recipes of Granny’s that I could borrow. I think she knew I was up to something, but obliged my request and found several recipe’s for me that Granny had handwritten.
PERFECT!
Next step was to acquire some Color Fast Printer Fabric and a white apron.
I scanned each recipe and then printed it on the fabric paper. After the ink dried, I removed the paper backer and ran the fabric through some cold water. I then laid out each piece of fabric to air dry.
Once dry, I trimmed the edges around each recipe and use my iron to create a finished edge.
“Martha” suggested just putting the recipe directly on the apron, but I thought it needed a little more pizazz. I found this great fabric at a local quilting store that screamed Vintage to me. My plan was to sew each recipe to the vintage fabric and then the fabric to the apron.
One on , one to go!
WOO-HOO!! I did it! I was stressing that I was going to mess something up halfway through. {Disclaimer- my sewing skills are R-O-U-G-H and I tend to jump in head first without thinking it all out.} But I did it!
I also thought it would be a cute touch to add the same fabric to the strap around the neck.
Here’s a close up detail…
And here it is all folded up ready to wrap up for my Mums! Pretty cute isn’t it?
My Mums loved it and I couldn’t be happier!
Love it! What a great idea! I might have to do that for someone near and dear!
That’s adorable!