The plan for the boy’s wraps was to line the edge with orange ribbon [like seen on the girl’s wrap]…but I got some “weird” looks from moms of boys…so the brainstorming started.
I decided to skip the initial ribbon idea [even though I have 5 yards of beautiful grograin ribbon thanks to a friend] and create an appliqué to apply to the wrap.
Here’s the appliqué that I made by hand…
I cut the pieces from two layers of felt. Then hand stitched the eyes, mouth, and other details. [I apologize for photo quality…this one was taken on my phone].
The Steam-a-Seam came in super handy again. I put it on the back of the starfish, ironed it to the towel….voila…no need for pins as I set out to accomplish my very first appliqué.
And this is how they turned out…not bad for the first time sewing virgin!
Now with the most ambitious birthday party project completely finished and cleaned up [It was a little sad to put the sewing machine away], it’s on to the other smaller details.
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