This week, O's preschool class is celebrating Dr. Seuss. They are making Dr. Seuss inspired art projects and reading Dr. Seuss books. What a fun theme for the week!
To celebrate with them and recognize how awesome Dr. Seuss is, I wanted to make something special for the classroom. So, once again I was on Pinterest looking for ideas. I found these super cute fabric letters, and I knew I had to make them. What made the project even more fun was that I had leftover Dr. Seuss fabric from a baby blanket I had made for a friends' baby boy. Dr. Seuss printed alphabets. Awesome!
So, I cut 26 8x4 inch strips of fabric, and 52 4x4 squares of batting. I had never worked with batting before, and it made me a little nervous, but with my Finnish determination and my awesome new walking foot, this was a great success.
Chez Beeber Bebe has created a wonderful tutorial for these squares. It is super easy to follow. Check it out. Here are some pictures from my process of making the Dr. Seuss alphabets.
To celebrate with them and recognize how awesome Dr. Seuss is, I wanted to make something special for the classroom. So, once again I was on Pinterest looking for ideas. I found these super cute fabric letters, and I knew I had to make them. What made the project even more fun was that I had leftover Dr. Seuss fabric from a baby blanket I had made for a friends' baby boy. Dr. Seuss printed alphabets. Awesome!
So, I cut 26 8x4 inch strips of fabric, and 52 4x4 squares of batting. I had never worked with batting before, and it made me a little nervous, but with my Finnish determination and my awesome new walking foot, this was a great success.
Chez Beeber Bebe has created a wonderful tutorial for these squares. It is super easy to follow. Check it out. Here are some pictures from my process of making the Dr. Seuss alphabets.
I probably should have traced the letters on the fabric BEFORE I put the batting between the fabric, but I didn't. It worked out fine; however, it may have been a bit easier to do. Next time!
Here are the finished letters. I was so thrilled how well they turned out, and I was excited about giving them to O's teacher. She loved them as well which made this even more rewarding project. I hope she'll find some good use for them in the classroom.
Just like the blog post that inspired me, I made a little bag for the letters. I used some of the Dr. Seuss fabrics to do that as well.
It was a lot of cutting to make these letters, but it was totally worth it. I may just need to make a set for O to have at home.
