Can You Believe They Even Make That?

I've said it before and I'll say it again...I LOVE kid art! I'm always looking for new ways to use it. Thanks to my friend and fellow blogger, Becky (Heart Biscuit) who turned me on to another blogger, Amy Karol (Angry Chicken). Amy has published two books and has a real homespun approach to living. In theory I love this, but in actuality, it always seems like a lot of work. I think I'm somewhere in between the two.

Recently she was on her local morning show to present some projects from her latest book. One of them was dolls using photos of family members. You may be asking yourself, "How on earth does she do that?" Hold on to your socks...did you know they make printable fabric? I know, just when you thought everything was already invented you get a great little surprise like this. I'm telling you, it's amazing and I was able to find it at a Michael's craft store.

You may be wondering how exactly it works. Let me explain. It's fabric that has a backing on it so you can put it through your color printer. Once you've printed your art, you take the backing off and it's just a piece of fabric ready to sew. The possibilities seem endless!

My niece is a very talented artist and did this cute drawing of her dog Mo. She loves purses and my husband had a sample of a canvas messenger bag. I scanned in her artwork, added a background, and made this cute tag which I hand sewed onto the front of the bag.

Then I took the same art plus a couple penguins my daughter did and made some stuffed dolls. I just used some fabric remnants for the back and sewed by hand again. (Note to family...gift idea...sewing machine!)

I've gushed enough about printable fabric. I need to gush more about the Angry Chicken blog. Did you know that you can make your own brown sugar? I did not. Apparently you just mix granulated sugar and molasses. Good to know. Check it out...it's one of the top 5 blogs in the stratosphere.