Newspaper Nail Tutorial by Lola

DIY iPod Stand/Cover

I made this super cute, functional ipod stand/cover following a tutorial from Allfreesewing.

It is super easy and fun to make and once it is done you will really appreciate it.

 

Enjoy!

DIY Venom Face Painting

Here is my version of a Venom face painting.

I hope the steps are easy to follow.

For this tutorial I used:

Step 1: Kryolan White/ Sponge

Step 2: Kryolan Pink/ Sponge

Step 3: Diamond FX White/ Royal Round Brush 4 

Step 4: Diamond FX Black/ Royal Round Brush 2 

Step 5: Diamond FX Black/ Flat Brush 5/ Sponge

Step 6: Kryolan Red/ Royal Round Brush 4
 

Golden Fairy Crown

In this tutorial I will show how I made this Golden Fairy Crown.

Things you will need:

-hat that fits whoever is going to wear the crown. If it has a rim cut it off.
-long wire
-aluminum foil
-glue gun
-golden spray paint or acrylic paint
-bias tape

For the paper mache:

-newspaper
-flour
-water

Take the hat and cut off the rim if it has one. You should be left with only a cap looking hat.

For the horns I used a cone shaped object and wrapped the wire around it. Make the wire horns as long as you want them to be. I made mine different lengths.

Lay a piece of aluminum foil on the table, big enough to wrap the wire cone into it. I recommend to do at least 2 layers, that way they are a little more sturdy. Don't press the aluminum foil too hard to the wire, since you don't want the wire of the cone to show through too much.

 

 

Now, glue all the horns onto the hat with a glue gun. I placed mine further to the front of the head.

I left a little wire sticking out at the bottom of each horn and glued that to the hat. 

Either way works, this way it gave me a little bit more control over directing the horns.

Don't worry too much about the shapes of the horns and the direction they are bending at this point, since we will fix this in the next step with the paper mache.

Paper Mache recipe

Flour

Water

In a bowl, mix flour with some water with a fork or whisk until lumps disappear.

The mix should be a little more runny than a paste.

I do this as I go. If the mix is too runny the paper mache will not stick as well.

You can use any paper mache recipe, I just use this because it works very well and I always have those ingredients at home.

Tear newspaper into pieces. Do not cut the pieces with a scissor. The ends need to be torn, this way they bond better.

As you go dip piece by piece of newspaper into the mix and wipe off any excess of mix off with your fingers.

Start at the tips of the horns and do at least 3 layers. Work your way down to the head.

 

When you get to the head piece you can start directing the horns into the directions you want them to bend to and fix them to the head piece.

 

Let dry over night and cut off any excess newspaper overlapping the edge of the hat.

Now it is time to either spray paint the crown or paint it with a paint brush using acrylics.

I wore this crown on Halloween and was glad to have used acrylics, since it was pouring rain that evening.

Awesome All Purpose Zipper Bag

 

 What you will need:

    

2- outer lining 5"x5" squares

2- inner lining 5"x5" squares

2- pellon 5"x5" squares

2- 2"x2" squeares

1- 4" zipper

To begin, fold the 2 2"x2" squares in half and press.

  

With the right side of the zipper facing you, pin the folded 2"x2" (now 1"x2") on top of the zipper ends with the folded edge facing inwards. Sew 1/8" away from folded edge.

Trim so that your fabric is even with the edge of the zipper.

 

 If hou happen to have a label and you want to attach it to the outer lining, do it now.

  

 Place one of your exterior square, right side facing you. Place your zipper, wrong side facing you, at the top of the exterior square. The horizontal edge of the zipper should be even with the raw edge of the top of your exterior square. Pin. With your zipper foot on, sew along the pinned edge.

 

Take one of the lining squares and place it wrong side facing you.

Center one of the pellon squares on top of lining. Pin.

Turn around. Draw 3 vertical lines with chalk or any marker that will disappear,

starting your first line in the center of your square.

Add 2 more lines, one above and one underneath the center line approx. 1" appart.

Sew along lines. This will bind the outer fabric to the pellon to stop it from moving.

This is an optional step, it just makes it easier to sew together later.

Repeat with other lining and pellon square.

 

 
Take one lining square, right side facing you. Take the exterior square that you sewed to the zipper and place it wrong side facing you (the zipper is now sandwiched in between),

on top of the lining square. The top edge of the lining square should be even with the top zipper edge of the exterior square.

Pin.

Sew on top of the stitching that attached the zipper onto the exterior square. Flip the exterior square over so that the wrong side of the exterior square is touching the wrong side of the lining square. Press.

  

Repeat earlier steps to attach material to other side of zipper.

 

Separate so that there is an exterior square/lining on either side of the zipper. Topstitch 1/8" on both sides of the zipper. 

 

Unzip your zipper halfway. Separate the panels again so that both exterior squares are right sides facing, and both lining squares are right sides facing. Pin each around the 3 sides (the zipper side can remain unpinned).

 

Sew around the 3 sides of the exterior squares that you pinned, pivoting when you reach the corners. Repeat for the 3 sides of the lining squares. Leave a 3.5" opening in the longest edge of the lining square (this will leave room for you to turn the pouch right-sides out). Press seams and clip corners. 

Turn the pouch right sides out through the opening that you left in the lining square. Push the corners out with a turning tool or a blunt pencil.

Press the raw edges of the opening you left in the lining square under about 1/2". Either handstitch or topstitch the opening closed.

DONE!!!

  

Kidzfaces at THE GOOD FESTIVAL

Come and get your face painted by Leonie Meissner (Kidzfaces) at THE GOOD FESTIVAL on August 4th 2012 in Forest Knolls, California.





www.kidsfacepaints.com

Freezer Paper is KING!!!

Last night I decided to make a stencil for a shirt that had a little bleached out stain on it.
I wanted to get rid of it so badly, since I had just made this shirt (will get to that part later).
 This is a great way to make your own stencils.

What you will need is:

Freezer Paper (I used Reynold's bought in Safeways)
Printer (not necessarily)
Foam Brush
Textile Paint or Acrylics (I used Acrylics)
Exacto Knife
Self-Healing Mat (a magazine will do too)

First I designed my stencil, this you can either do by hand or use a computer).
Now, be very aware of what you will be cutting out later and think about this for a second. Stencils usually have little connecters, so that it is easier to cut things out without pieces deconnecting from one another.

Once you have your stencil, put a piece of freezer paper over your design (shiny side down) and trace the stencil. It might be easier if you hold it up on a window or have light shining from underneath.

In my case, I cut out the whole crown and then seperately cut out the 5 dots, the half-oval base and the white crown in the middle. I also cut out the 75 out of the white crown part.

This should be what you have cut out (ignore the gold):

Place the shirt on the ironing board. Assemble your stencil pieces like in photo above.

The shiny side of the freezer paper should be facing the shirt material.

Iron on the stencil. If some piece got out of position, just pull it off the shirt and reiron it in its new position.

Put a piece of cardboard or a magazine inside the shirt so that when you apply the paint it will not leak through.

With a sponge brush dab on the paint. Try dabbing on the paint opposed to brushing on the paint, since you don't want the paint to leak under the stencil.

Do not water down the paint!

I used acrylic paint because it works just fine on textile.

When the paint has dried, pull off stencil and reuse if you didn't tear it up yet :-)

Turn shirt inside out and iron the stencil for appox. 30 sec. moving the iron around.

DONE!!!

As I mentioned before, I made this shirt out of a XXL t-shirt following a tutorial by Laura Pifer.