Monday, August 27, 2012

Racy Halloween Towel

Ok, I know it's early for Halloween, but as a mom of 3, I want to make sure I have all of my decorations ready for display early.  Last year, I didn't get any decorations out and I only had 2 Sweet boys, then!  I love to celebrate each holiday and want to be prepared, plus this is super cute, easy and not scary for the boys...



Once I saw this Halloween Witch from Graphics Fairy, I knew she needed to make her way into my Halloween decorations.  I love that she is vampy and Betty Paige-ish, a little sexy, but not over the top.  She is still PG for my house of boys...  This may end up being a 'decoration' towel because I cringe at the thought of my messy boys drying their not so clean hands on this beauty.
Source: Graphics Fairy
If you haven't been to the Graphics Fairy site, please spend a couple of hours going through it.  It is lovely and has so many awesome images; I have many bookmarked for future projects!

Now this was easy and did not take much time at all.  Picking how I wanted the embellishments took the most time, really, the sewing took 15 minutes max and that includes changing out the thread colors.  I used iron-on transfer because I have many sheets left over from a previous project, but there are instructions on the GF site using 12 Easy Image Transfer Methods which may be helpful. My sewing machine is my friend, so I used it, but I know you can use iron-on tape though I can't attest to it's staying power.  Otherwise, I have included a tute for you to make these vampy, Halloween towels.

Materials:
Flour Sack Towels
Vampy Halloween Image
Halloween Ribbon/Embellishments
Sewing Machine
Complementary Thread

Instructions:

  1. Wash and iron Flour Sack Towels.
  2. Fold towels in half, cut and sew up small hem. (I did this because I took one of my decoration towels, which was bought from a boutique (yay, giftcard!) and it was half the size of the flour sack towels. You don't have to do this, but you will use quite a bit more ribbon/embellishments than necessary.)
  3. Print Image onto iron-on transfer paper according to package directions. I didn't flip mine because it wasn't important for this image.
  4. Figure out your design (this took the most time for me.) 
  5. Iron on your image and sew on your ribbons/embellishments.
  6. Hang your towel and admire for the rest of the day!

I imagine these ladies don't do carpool or coupons, so maybe I can live vicariously through these towels when waiting in carpool, clipping coupons...   I hope this puts some spice into your Halloween decorations!

Take Care,
Morgan

Linking up to:
http://www.skiptomylou.org/2012/08/27/made-by-you-monday-116/ 
http://www.craft-o-maniac.com/2012/08/craftomaniac-monday-link-party.html 
http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/08/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-silhouette-cameo-giveaway.html 
http://www.freeprettythingsforyou.com/2012/08/whatever-you-want-wednesday-88/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: 
http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/2012/09/show-and-tell-saturday.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20BeDifferentactNormal%20%28Be%20Different...Act%20Normal%29 
http://www.iheartnaptime.net/sundae-scoop-link-party-45/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Iheartnaptime1%20%28I%20{heart}%20Nap%20Time%20FULL%20RSS%20Post%29 
http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com/saturday-show-tell-27/ 
http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2012/09/halloween-fun-projects-and-activities.html
Trendy Treehouse - Create and Share 
SNAP! - Show and Tell Linky 
Bloom Designs Linky Party  

8 comments:

  1. These towels are cute enough to pin and little tour of your site made me decide to follow as well! ~ Maureen

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    1. Hi Maureen! Thank you for the nice words!

      Take Care,
      Morgan

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  2. Love it!!! Great idea.... I may need one of these myself ;) and I to am a lover of the grahics fairy.

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    1. Hi Louise! I know, that site is awesome! Thanks for coming by!

      Take Care,
      Morgan

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  3. I saw this on Whatever You Want Wednesday. I love these!

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    1. Hi Cheryl! Thank you! I have really enjoyed seeing them out, too, now that they are finished! Thanks for coming by!

      Take Care,
      Morgan

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  4. Hello I've been stalking ummm I mean surfing on your blog for a while :) today I truly enjoy your writing style (feels like we're here chillin' together :P) I looooove this project thanks for pointing me in the right direction for this witch image!!! Been looking for one. Have a wonderful weekend!

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    1. Thanks!! It has taken a while for me to find the perfect witch, especially one that's pretty and vintage-y looking! I appreciate you coming by and am glad you like what you read!! I never know if anyone is 'getting' what I am saying, because it's mostly cricket sounds over here when I say it out loud! :) I love your site and you are really talented! Most importantly thank you for your service to our country!! Thank you for stumbling upon my site! If I make one other person smile, then I am having a good day! Have a great weekend!

      Take Care,
      Morgan

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