Blog Swap: Felt Interactive Book Tutorial from Sunny Vanilla

Hello my lovely readers!  The day of my blog swap with Jennifer from Sunny Vanilla is finally here!  Jennifer is here to share her Interactive Felt Book tutorial with you, and I'll be over on her blog sharing my tutorial for my A Bow and Whimsy Tank Top!
 

A Bow and Whimsy Tank Top

If you haven't met Jennifer, she sews and crafts some pretty lovely things and shares them over at Sunny Vanilla.  Here are just a few of my favorites:

1. Ruffled Tank  2. Spring Rosette Shirt  3. Vintage Skirt Refashion

  1.  Simple Skirt  2. Upcycled Napkin Rings

But she can introduce herself better than I can!  So take it away, Jennifer!

Hello, my name is Jennifer from Sunny Vanilla and I'm really excited about my blog swap today with Madison at Crafty Critique.  Just a bit about me, I am a lover of crafts and fabric and basically taught myself how to sew through inspirational books at the library and watching more youtube videos than I can count.  Outside of crafting and sewing, I am a mom to a 13-month old baby girl and a wife to a certain boy who stole my heart in high school.  I love dancing, travelling, singing terribly in the car, eating the tops of muffins, and screaming the fight song to my alma mater.  I hope you enjoy my interactive felt book tutorial.

There are two things I love about this project: it’s easy to put together {if you have older children, allow them to join in the project} and all of the materials needed are most likely things you already have in your house.

A Bow & Whimsy Tank Top + A Surprise

Hello my lovely readers!  How are you today?  I'm so excited today because I get to show you something I sewed last week and have been so impatient to get to share with you!  Drum roll please...

Ta-da!  I call it "A Bow and Whimsy Tank Top," and I just adore the way it turned out. 

The oversized bow attached at an angle on one side of the tank top reminds me of Italian carnivals, tea parties, colorful balloons, woodland picnics, Sunday brunch and all things birthday, which is why I gave the sleeveless blouse its name.

Even better than how it turned out is how much it cost to make!  I thrifted the main fabric (2.5 yards for 50 cents) and made the bow out of a remnant from Jo-Ann's.  So, including the bias tape and interfacing in the shirt, it still cost me less than $2 to make.  No way, right?!

I finished this last Thursday and have been absolutely dying to show you!  So why have I waited so long?  Because I had an announcement to share with it!  So here it is: 
This Wednesday I'll be doing a guest tutorial for this top over at Sunny Vanilla.

And Jennifer from Sunny Vanilla will be sharing a tutorial for her "I Love You More Than..." Felt Book here at Crafty Critique. 

Never met Jennifer?  Well, allow her to introduce herself:

"Hello, my name is Jennifer @ Sunny Vanilla and I'm really excited about my blog swap with Madison at Crafty Critique.  Just a bit about me, I am a lover of crafts and fabric and basically taught myself how to sew through inspirational books at the library and watching more YouTube videos than I can count.  Outside of crafting and sewing, I am a mom to a 13-month old baby girl and a wife to a certain boy who stole my heart in high school.  I love dancing to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song, singing terribly in the car, eating the tops of muffins, and screaming the fight song to my alma mater.  I hope you enjoy my, "I love you more than..." felt book tutorial."

Thanks Jennifer!

And thanks to all of you for reading today!  Don't forget to stop back by here Wednesday for Jennifer's tutorial, and if you're interested stop by Sunny Vanilla on the same day to get the tutorial for the A Bow & Whimsy Tank Top! :)

Until then, happy crafting!

--CC

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