Toot, toot!

As in...tutorial!

K...now that my kids are home and lunch is cookin' here it be:

You'll need two pieces of fabric about 4x5" (depending how big or little you want your letters to be) and a quilting pen.



Draw your letter on one piece of fabric.



Put the two pieces of fabric together (wrong sides together) and cut it out. Then sew the outside. (I leave about 1/8" around the outside).



Make sure to leave holes for stuffing with batting. (See where my fingers are?) And I highly suggest reverse stitches at each side of the opening since you will be kind of stressing the fabric when you stuff it.



Stuff your letter. I use the screwdriver that came with my sewing machine. Stuff until your little heart's content (but not too much because it may pull your stitching).




When you're done stuffing, finish off your unfinished edges (the holes where you stuffed). Then, use an no-fray liquid on the outside of your letter so your fabric won't fray. If some of it frayed already, just clean cut it and add the no-fray.



The next step, I use a large needle intended for yarn to thread my ribbon and pull it through the back of the letter. Where you thread it will determine how you want it to sit on the thread, so I'd test it first. If you can't get the thread through the fabric, cut the hole a little bigger than the needle makes to get it through. You can keep it from ripping further by using your no-fray on the holes.



Make sure to have a long enough ribbon that it will fit all your letters. I add jingle bells to them, but you can add any embellishment. Then, you just loop the end of the fabric and knot it for your hangers. I also no-fray the knot and the end of the ribbon. Wah-lah!

I don't cut out the little holes (like the middle of the 'a' but you could if you wanted!).

And now my kids are done eating...time to get them ready for naps! (Someone has poo and no one's fessin' up!!)