Bruce the Chef

Make an endearing sign to let everyone know when baby’s asleep.

what you II need
Tracing paper; pencil
Scissors
Heavy cardboard
Fiberfill sheet
Fabric glue
Vi yard of light blue silk shantung
Sewing machine; thread
Dressmaker’s carbon
2-3 yards of small pearls on a string
Hot-glue gun and glue sticks
3/4 yard of thick decorative cord
Small rhinestones

1  Enlarge and trace the heart pattern, above right. Cut out the shape and trace twice onto cardboard and once onto fiberfill. Cut out the heart shapes. Spot-glue the fiberfill heart to the top of one of the cardboard hearts using fabric glue.
2 Trace the heart pattern twice onto fabric. Machine-stitch on the lines. Cut out both fabric hearts V2 inch from the stitching.
3  Use the dressmaker’s carbon to transfer the letters onto one of the hearts.
4  Lay the heart with words over the top of the cardboard heart with fiberfill. Line up stitching to edges of cardboard. Pull fabric over edge of cardboard; hot-glue to back, clipping as needed.
5 Cover the second cardboard heart with the second fabric heart in the same manner for the backing. Set aside.
6 Working one letter at a time, hot-glue the string of pearls over the transferred letters, cutting the length of pearls as needed.
7  For the hanger, cut a 10-inch length of pearls and hot-glue the ends to the back side of the heart. Hot-glue the backing to the heart.
8 Begin at the dip of the heart and hot-glue cord around the outside edge of the heart. Finish with a knot to cover the raw edge of
the cord.
9 Randomly glue the small rhinestones across the front of the heart.

Grace a cloth napkin with vintage flair by transferring on blue work in a classic teacup design.

what you’ll need
100-percent cotton napkin with
eyelet-hemmed edge; iron Iron-on blue-work teacup design
(available in fabric stores) Scissors
Press cloth; tapestry needle 3 yards of 4mm blue silk ribbon

1  Prewash the napkin without using bleach. Let the napkin dry. Press the napkin. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions to transfer the teacup design to one corner of the napkin.
2 Cut away the excess of the textured velour past the edge of the design. To iron on the design, heat a dry iron to the wool setting.
3 Thread the ribbon in a tapestry needle. Weave the ribbon through the eyelet hem. Knot ends together and trim away the excess ribbon.

(sock, newspaper, ice-cream stick, black permanent marker)
1.  Cut several slits in the leg section of an old white sock.
2. Wad up a sheet of newspaper, and stuff it into the foot of the sock. Place an ice-cream stick crosswise in the sock. Then stuff more newspaper in the sock to hold the ice-cream stick in place. Continue to stuff in more newspaper until you have filled the entire foot of the sock.
3.  Make a face with a black permanent marker. With a pencil, poke two holes at the top of the ghost’s head and pull a piece of yarn through them. Tie the ends together, and hang the ghost in a breezy place.

(plastic or cardboard food containers, ribbon, aluminum foil, buttons, glitter, sequins)
1.  From plastic or cardboard food containers, cut rings that will fit around your wrist as bracelets.
2.  Decorate the rings with ribbon, aluminum foil, buttons, glitter, and sequins.

(construction paper)
1.  Fold a 3-inch-by-6-inch piece of construction paper in half lengthwise.
2.  Starting on the fold, cut 1-inch slits—about 1/2 inch apart—the entire length of the paper. Open and glue the ends together to form the body.
3.  Cut eyes, ears, and a beak from paper. Glue them in place.
4.  Cut a strip of paper for a handle, and glue the ends to opposite sides of the owl body. Hang the owl on a branch or use it to decorate a table.

Choose a scarf to match your decor instead of your outfit and sew a beautiful quilted pillow.

what you’ll need
Silk scarf at least 15 inches square
Vi yard of coordinating cotton fabric for lining and back
16-inch square of quilt batting
Metallic gold sewing machine thread
Sewing machine; ruler or measuring tape; scissors
2 yards of beaded sew-in fringe
Pillow form; 5mm accent beads; needle

1  Line the scarf with cotton fabric and batting. Machine-quilt around scarf design using metallic gold thread.
2 Trim quilted scarf to measure 15 inches square.
3  Using ‘/2-inch seam allowances, sew the beaded fringe around the outside edge. Cut backing fabric the same as the front.
4 Stitch the back to the front, right sides facing, leaving an opening for turning. Trim the corners. Turn to the right side. Insert the pillow form. Stitch opening closed.
5 Sew on accent beads to detail the pillow.

Speckled with clear seed beads, these sweetly scented strawberries are always in season.

what you’ll need
White pencil Cereal bowl Va yard crinkle red
cotton lame Scissors Needle Thread in red
and green Sheet of felt Strawberry-scented oil Fiberfill
Thin needle to fit through beads Clear seed beads Ve yard green cotton lame 22-gauge floral wire; ruler

1  Use a white pencil to trace around the edge of a cereal bowl on the red fabric. Remove the bowl and cut out the traced circle.
2  Use a needle threaded with red thread to stitch a running stitch around the edge of the fabric circle. Pull both the beginning and end of the thread to gather the fabric circle into a berry shape.
3 Cut a 1-inch-thick strip across the width of the felt. Dab a drop of scented oil onto one end of the felt strip. Starting with the oiled end, roll up the felt strip and then place it in the center of the gathered fabric. Stuff pinches of fiberfill around the felt to widen the top of the strawberry. When the shape is formed as desired, pull both ends of the thread tightly over the stuffing and knot them together.
4 Thread a thin needle with red thread to begin stitching the white beads on the outside of the strawberry. Avoid piercing the rolled felt in the center of the strawberry with the needle to prevent the scented oil from spreading and leaking onto the red fabric.
5  Draw a circle on green lame to cover top of a strawberry; trim the edge in a zigzag fashion. Snip a small slit in the center of the leaf. Cut a 3-inch length of floral wire and then fold the wire in half. Coil the two wire ends into small circles. Thread the folded end of the floral wire stem through the slit in the leaf. Position the leaf on top of the beaded strawberry with the wire ends down. Stitch the leaf and stem in place with a needle and green thread.

(one-pint milk carton, dried beans, construction paper, yarn, ice-cream stick)
1. Place some dried beans inside a one-pint milk carton, then staple the top closed.
2.  Spread glue on the carton, and cover it with construction paper.
3.  Draw a scary face on one side. Staple on yarn at the top for hair.
4. Poke a small hole in the bottom of the carton, and glue an icecream stick in the hole for the handle.

(two spring-type clothespins, construction paper, white paint)
1.  From construction paper, cut four leg shapes long enough to cover a spring-type clothespin. Glue the legs on each side of two clothespins, with the feet at the open end.
2. On a piece of paper, draw shapes for the cat’s body, tail, and head. Cut out the shapes, and glue them together. Add features with white paint.
3.  Clip the clothespin legs to the cat’s body. Position the legs so the cat will stand.

(brown paper bag, newspaper, paint, black crepe paper, yarn)
1. Paint a witch’s face on the front of a paper bag. Stuff the bag with crumpled newspaper. Fold over the top and glue it shut.
2.  For hair, glue strips of black crepe paper on the top of the bag. Attach a long piece of black yarn to the head with staples. Tie a knot in the yarn about 2 inches above the head.
3.  Cut a circle of black paper for the brim of the hat. Make a hole in the center, and pull the yarn through, letting the brim rest on the knot.
4. To make the top of the hat, roll a piece of black paper in a cone shape. Thread the yarn through the top of the hat and tape the cone shape to the brim.
5. Glue yarn on the hat for a hatband.