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chippewa · 06-15-2002, 12:52 AM

would anybody have any ideas for dressing up plain
clothes for children. like putting rinestones on bell bottoms, tie dying t shirts, etc..
that would be suitable to wear to school. thanks

scotchhunky · 06-15-2002, 01:10 AM

What age children chippewa?

chippewa · 06-15-2002, 01:44 AM

it would be for the ages 5 to 7.

chippewa · 06-15-2002, 01:46 AM

or maybe even a sites that would have some crafty
ideas would be ok too. thanks

scotchhunky · 06-15-2002, 06:22 PM

When my daughter was in that age group, she really like having applique pieces on her clothing. I used nice bright colors and tried to use patterns of things she was "into" at the time. You could do anything --- flowers, birdhouses, baby animals, bees, gingerbread men, angels, etc. ---- I kept the appliques as simple as possible.

And instead of actually sewing them to the clothing, you might want to use the little velcro dots --- then the appliques can be changed to suit the mood of the day

Two sites that have some free applique patterns are:

www.freeapplique.com

http://quilting.about.com/library/0l...lks_appliq.htm

But if you do this search ---- (applique+free)
you will see a LOT of sites out there to pick from.

Another idea for tshirts is the iron-on transfers or tie-dying ---

Most of the free applique sites also have other ideas for embellishing garments.

Hope this helps some --- and have fun

chippewa · 06-15-2002, 10:51 PM

thank you so much for the reply you have some great ideas and i really do appreciate it. thank you so much.......love the velcro dot idea too.