Cartwheels In My Mind

Felt Obsession :: iPhone3 Cases.

 

Hola my friends! How is everyone? i hope your weeks are all off to the great start that mine is so far. I spent almost the entire week last week in bed, unable to move at all, so when I woke up Sunday morning feeling a ton better, I was so so thankful. I always seem to take things for granted until something like this happens.

ANYWAYS!! Let's get right down to the art, shall we? Today I'm sharing some iPhone cases that I designed. I started the project with the intention of making only one for myself, but once I got started I just didn't want to stop so I made 5 different designs total.

How did I make them? Let me tell you! I'll even give you measurements so that if you want to make your own you don't have to measure yourself. :)

**NOTE: The phone that I own is the iPhone3, but I tried the cases with the iPhone4 and they work just fine...the only difference being that it's a tiny bit looser.**

What you will need:

1. Measurement Chart 

2. 1 Sheet of Felt.

3. Needle and Thread.

4. A vintage Button

5. Any Extras you want to add to make your case unique.

To Design your case:

1. Click on the measurement chart below so that it pops up in full size (8.5x11) and then print it off so that you can use it as a quick measuring tool for your project.

2. Cut out the felt piece so that you can get a feel for size, etc. Make sure you fold it in half so that you can see how much will fit on each side.

3. Embellish the case the way you want it to look. IMPORTANT NOTE: It is important that you decorate it before sewing up the edges because it makes it so much harder if you sew and then decorate.

4. Sew on the button and then measure a button hole so that it fits exactly. Make sure you reinforce both the button and the whole since they will see the majority of the use from this project.

5. Fold the whole thing in half and then stitch carefully around the edges.

6. Slip your iPhone in and do a little happy dance that you both a. finished a cool project and b. have an iPhone case that is one-of-a-kind. :)

 

If you do end up doing this project, please be sure to add it to the flickr gallery so that we can all see what you did with yours. There are endless possibilities! :)

xoxo, Cheryl

P.S. We are starting a new thing around here where each person that submits a project will be sharing a fact about themselves. This is to help you get to know each of us a little better outside our tutorial writing skills. :)

So here's my very first one: FACT: I try to clean our entire apartment and do laundry everyday. I made a strict "no laundry baskets" rule about 6 or 7 months ago because I was starting to let it all pile up and then I'd have 10 big baskets of laundry by the end of the week. So now I make myself fold every piece straight from the dryer. In fact, I won't put in a new load until the last one has been folded.

Got any fun facts about yourself? You know that's my thing, so please share! :)

Reader Submissions Catch-Up...Vol 3...Kerry Lynn Yeary.

Welcome to the second edition of my catch-up game featuring the amazing reader art shared in our very own Cartwheels Flickr Gallery!

Today I'm just going to share art from the amazingly creative mind of Kerry Lynn Yeary. Seriously, is this woman a magician with art supplies or what? I just die everytime I see something new from her. In 3 words, she is ABSOLUTE. UNENDING. INSPIRATION.

And because of that we will celebrate her today.  :)

I double-dog DARE you to tell me that you aren't inspired right now. Amazing, right?

You can check out more of Kerry Lynn's art on her blog, Live. Craft. Learn. And you'll even hear Enya playing while you browse.

Now go upload your own projects for me to see! I go to the Cartwheels Flickr gallery for inspiration, potential guest artists, and just to share here on the site...so make sure I see YOU the next time I go browsing! :)

x's and o's, Cheryl

Reader Submissions Catch-Up...Vol 2.

IiiiT'S...FLICKR GALLERY CATCH-UP TIME!!!

Hi, hi, friends! I am stopping in again today to share with you another group of fabulous art created by our oh-so-talented readers. So happy that so many of you are willing to share with us! :)

First up, a super cool scrapbook layout from Melissa Elsner:

Next, how fun is this bike print from Katie Bug, the DIY girl?

And here's a spring home decor project from Melonie Madison:

And since I'm a (BRIGHT!) redhead at the moment, I'm totally digging this photo by Penelope Lach:

How fun and bright and sunshiny is this little mini album by Judy Campos?

 

And finally, a scrapbook page from the fab Kerry Lynne Yeary:

Just a quick note for all of you that are posting your projects on the site but not seeing them here...if your photo isn't a jpeg or you aren't my contact, I can't save them to share here. So make sure that you have your settings set up accordingly. If you need help, just e-mail me and I'll see what I can do! :)

xoxo, Cheryl

Anthropologie Necklace Winner!

And the lucky lady IS (faint drum roll heard in the distance)...

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Gorgeous necklace! Thanks for the chance to win!

My quirky fact...I LOVE LOVE LOVE getting into a hot car in the middle of summer...really, truly. It's so comforting to me...;)

POSTED BY: MAGGIE M | FEBRUARY 24, 2011 AT 03:48 PM

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Congratulations Maggie! Your fun fact made me smile because I wore out my heated seat on the driver's side of my Rendezvous by using it every single day of the year, summer included.

As for the rest of you...so so fun to hear your little quirks! We are going to be sharing many many more fun facts in the future...(in fact very soon I'll be sharing how it will become a huge part of the site!) so I hope to get to know all of you a little better through them!

x's and o's,

C. Amet

P.S. If you haven't already checked it, run over to Maggie's blog and scroll through her posts. I just love how understated and beautiful her projects are. I think we need her to do a guest spot, yes? :)

Anatomy Of A Room :: A Vintage Nursery 02, Feedsack Pillow.

Happy Monday, my friends! I want to start off this post by apologizing...while sick last week I added some posts to the site from bed and apparently either forgot how to save them correctly or forgot the date. Either way, they didn't get posted...so I'm bringing them to you now! Better late than never, right? :)

Not too long ago, my friend Amy (Covey) sent me this old feed-sack in the mail, and as soon as I saw it I was super inspired and had lots of ideas for it.

(Here's a photo of an identical one that I found for sale on Etsy by seller tracytreasures13.)

I originally thought I'd use it in my kitchen since the side that's shown above has red and navy in it, but recently when I was cleaning out my art studio, it fell on the side that has only the black letters...and immediately I thought of adding lots of fun colorful flowers to it and making it into a pillow for Gracie's room. I just feel like the sack has that vintage feel that I'm going for, and the cream and black background with colorful accents are my favorite color combination.

The first thing that i did to design the pillow was to cut off a few little yo-yos from the huge quilt that is the main focal point of the room (you can see a bit of it here in the photo above)...that way it matched exactly. But then I added a few of my own fabric flowers with coordinating fabrics to add a little dimension since the yo-yos are so flat. To attach them, I just hand-stitched them directly onto the feedsack with a little bit of thin felt lining the inside of the sack to keep it from tearing. 

Then, to make the sack into a pillow, I took the original flat feedsack and filled it with quilt batting...packing it in tight enough that it has a pillow-like texture. I didn't worry too much about it being the most comfortable pillow in our home since it will be used for decorative purposes only, but I did want it to function correctly. 

Even though it's not perfect, it's perfect for the feel of that room. And that's the most important thing, right? And I sort of love that it's the only one of it's kind. 

What are YOU working on this week?

 

Purple Ring Give-Away Winner.

Congratulations to the winner of our first Fresh Start Give-Away...the purple ring made by yours truly.

How beautiful this is ... and my favorite color too!

POSTED BY: LILLIAN CHILD | FEBRUARY 22, 2011 AT 03:09 PM

Thanks for playing along, Lillian...please send me your address so I can get the ring headed in your direction ASAP!

x's and o's,

Cheryl