My 11 year old boy made these cool hanging felt shamrocks for our window. (He wanted me to make sure that you know he was VERY bored and needed something to do and he got to use the sewing machine —stressing the MACHINE part, so it was all good)
We took two layers of felt and cut out a shamrock shape. My crafty boy used a sewing machine to beautifully stitch the layers together and also stiched in a ribbon at the top. He added a few beads on the ribbon and now they our hanging in our window—hopefully bringing us lots of luck! If you need some luck, here are the shamrock shapes we used.
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March 4, 2008 at 11:11 pm |
Wow, look at him! That is so awesome, thanks for sharing the shamrock pattern. I just *knew* you wouldn’t be able to shut out St. Patrick’s Day, thank goodness for crafty boys! :0)
March 5, 2008 at 1:42 am |
Those are great! The beads are the perfect crowning touch! May you have all the luck of the Irish!
March 5, 2008 at 5:40 am |
Hello there, I love those shamrocks.. great idea. I hope you don’t mind but after having seen your crayon roll tutorial on Sewmamasew, I had to make one, (featured on my blog today). And I have credited your site and tutorial on my post… from the comments so far, looks like a lot of people will be making your crayon rolls!
Nicky x
March 5, 2008 at 5:54 am |
What a great idea!
March 5, 2008 at 6:58 am |
I love those. Please tell him he did a wonderful job!
March 5, 2008 at 8:33 am |
These are great!
March 5, 2008 at 8:38 am |
I love these. So neat! He did a GREAT job!
March 5, 2008 at 9:34 am |
Wow! Those of us lucky (get it!) to know your son, know what a talented, kind and caring guy he is! I don’t know of too many 11 year old boys that can cook, clean, baby-sit, ski like a pro, install hardwood flooring (yes, I REALLY did say that), play basketball & baseball with skill, knit scarves for his teachers, not to mention sew — blankets for lonesome babies in China and shamrocks for his family! Some girl out there is going to be awfully lucky in about 15 more years! Did I mention he is a really cute and nice kid? Okay, I may sound like the proud aunt — but this is all true and everyone who knows him agrees! He is also “lucky” to have a very talented and kind, patient mom and dad! We love you!!
March 5, 2008 at 10:54 am |
Very cute. My 11 year old daughter would be impressed with his mad sewing MACHINE skills. 😉
March 5, 2008 at 11:38 am |
dude. he totally ROCKED the MACHINE.
March 6, 2008 at 4:11 am |
Tell your son I LOVE THEM! I have missed you and your blog (see my blog for my leg dramas)! It is good to be back!
Hugs,
Robyn
November 16, 2010 at 11:22 pm |
hardwood floorings are very durable and they look nice too in the kitchen and living room ~;;