The other day the kids came home with a note stating that Friday was "Saints all the way" Day or something like that. To show their spirit, they were allowed to wear a Saints t-shirt. Well, my kids don't have any Saints clothing, and with the current 'who dat' frenzy, I don't think finding something would be too easy.
On my way home from work, I made a quick stop. As I suspected, all the Saints stuff was wiped out. It's a good thing my kids have a crafty mama - I picked them each up a black t-shirt with an idea in mind. I made a stroll down the craft aisle and happened upon some bling - perfect!
When I told the kids what I had in mind, they were all for it. Lucky for me, I had the perfect fabric in my stash. I found an image of a fleur-de-lis online, printed it out, then traced it onto a sheet of fusible adhesive. I ironed the adhesive to the back of my fabric which gave me a fleur de-lis iron-on.
I didn't want Alex's to be too girly (Matt was a little worried), so I used a charcoal & black fabric behind the gold. It wasn't necessary, but I sewed around the gold fleur-de-lis in a straight stitch using gray thread to give it a little contrast. It kind of reminds me of batman.
For Lily, I only used the gold fabric. I wasn't planning on sewing hers either, but after ironing on the bling, I felt like it needed a little something. I zig-zagged around the edge of her fleur-de-lis with metallic gold thread. My sewing machine didn't care much for that metallic thread, which resulted in the tension being off - the black bobbin thread pulled to the front, but I kind of like how that turned out. I wish I had thought to sew around the edge before I added the bling. I'll have to remember that when I make mine. Yep, I like hers so much I think I'll make one for myself!
I'm so happy that my kids are still young enough to think that mama-made stuff is cool. Go Saints!!
**Of course this is all optional, but we like to play along.
