Tool Extravaganza - Heather

Our Design Team continue to inspire us with their talent and creativity!

Today we have Heather Leopard sharing some fabulous creations that she made using the cutting mat, Little Snips, i-rock Mini Iron and the i-top 2.0.

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No doubt about it, Imaginisce has some of the BEST tools on the market and I love that they are always adding to their collection. Way before I was an obsessed scrapbooker I would dabble with sewing, usually making outfits for my then toddler girl. I kind of got away from it as she got older so when we were asked to create anything we wanted using Imaginisce tools, I immediately gravitated to my fabric stash.

Cup Koozie

Down here in Texas we drink a lot of sweet tea. My family loves the sweet tea from our Keurig machine. We make it using their Brew over Ice cups, which look fine but I wanted to dress mine up a little so I made this cup koozie.

I cut the fabric using the new cutting mat. Have you seen the cool design of it? I also used the snippit scissors but the rotary cutter would work great too. I made a pattern, which can be downloaded from my blog, and cut the fabric. I cut two strips of fabric from the pattern and a third using felt for the inside. I also cut strips to use for ruffles on the top and bottom.

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Before I sewed it together, I covered a medium button daddy with coordinating fabric using my i-top 2.0. I hand stitched it to the fabric and then sewed the pattern and ruffles together, adding twine to the opposite end from the button.

Once it was all stitched together, I wrapped it around the cup, tying it around the button. My ice tea glass is not so boring anymore!

Bag Tags/Key Fobs

My original idea for this next project was to create a key fob for my keys but I just got back from a trip to London and realized I really needed a set of bag tags for my luggage. I’m sure you know all how hard it is to find your luggage when they all look alike. As I was creating mine it dawned on me that my girls could use new tags on their back packs so made them some as well.

To make these, I used the new cutting mat and snippits again. I simply cut different shapes from fabric and felt and cut out our initials. I stitched the initials to one side of the fabric before stitching it all together so that the outline of the initial would show on the back of the tag. I added the loop to the inside of the fabric and then stitched it all together.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Make sure to head over to my blog to download the cup koozie pattern and see some stepxstep photos.

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GIVEAWAY:

This month we're going to do something a little different with our Giveaways!

At the end of the month we will randomly select 3 lucky winners from all the monthly posts (so make sure you leave a comment everyday!).

Each winner will win an Imaginisce Tool package.

Prize #1:

i-rock tool & accessories, i-rock LED lighted tweezers, pink jewel tray

Prize 2:

i-bond tool & a variety of glue stick packages, Little Snips

Prize 3:

Hybrid Petal Roller, Roly Rosies, Pop-up Posies, Fabric Roly Rosies

So remember to leave us a comment daily and you'll be entered into our Giveaway!

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