How to make Simple Magnetic Craft for Teacher's Day

Salam and Hye...

Its been a while. Sorry but I hope this come back will be a good starts for Cut&Sew:)

Since the Teacher's Day is just around the corner and this year is my boy 1st year in school, I decided to introduce to him alternative way to please his teacher:)

Just a simple craft that you can produce with your child:)

You need:

from left to right:

• different colours of glittered foam [it is very nice]
• a pair of scissors to cut
• ladybug shape paper
• pine wooden stick
• paint marker [preferred colour]
• magnetic button
• hot glue gun with the glue stick

Step 1 - Write the special wishes to the teacher on the pine wooden stick. You can shadowed the phrases using black ink pen.

Step 2 - Pinned the ladybug shape at the back of black glittered foam.
Cut it according to shape. Do the same for the red glittered foam.
Paste the red and black glittered foam together using hot glue.
Paste the ladybug shape glittered foam to pine wooden stick.

Step 3 - Paste magnetic button at the back of the pine wooden stick.
Make sure the button are stable enough to hold the craft.
Your end product is ready!
[size : 18 cm x 8 cm]

You can make variety of shapes with different wishes. Look how cute the ladybug on my Teaching Time Table:)

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

Tutorial: Gathered Netbook Sleeve

Hye, this is the simple tutorial that i've promised to all.
Thank you for Anna and Whipup for the gorgeous idea that u've shared:)

Materials Needed:

1/2 yard of each fabric (off course you'll have scrap leftover)
10" velcro tape
Fusible wadding (pellon or batting)
Iron-on Interfacing

Cutting the pieces:
#1 - Cut 2 pieces of different fabric :
one 18" x 10" for main exterior [for gathered front side]
one 13.5" x 10" for main interior lining

#2 - Cut 2 pieces of different fabric:
two 13.5" x 10" for exterior and interior lining [back side]

#3 - Cut 2 pieces of different fabric:

two 13.5" x 6" for exterior and interior lining [cover]

front band - cut one piece 13.5" x 5"

velcro tape - I use 10"

Front band

Gathered front

Pre-Attaching Steps

• Iron the interfacing to all lining pieces
• It is very helpful if tou have iron on batting coz you may simply iron the batting to all the exterior fabric:) except the gathered one.
  
  

Please do this step before attaching the pieces together. Main reason I use this pic is because I don't capture the 'in the making' one:)

• Stitch the exterior cover piece with the main exterior together [gathered piece]. Do the same to the lining pieces.
  
• Stitch all the exterior pieces together. Do the same for the lining pieces.
• Assemble the exterior piece and the lining piece. [right side facing each other - right side in] left a 3" hole to turn the netbook sleeve right side out.
• Press with iron for a neet look specially at the corner and edge
  

[So sorry, I am very eager to finish the sleeves that's why I forgot to capture those pictures. Hope you can understand this part correctly]

Voila! Now your gathered netbook sleeve is ready to be used:)

Happy trying, if you have any question, do email me at ila_0902@yahoo.com