Crayon Roll

Yesterday crept up on me. I knew I'd be seeing a friend and that her middle child just turned 3. I had been wanting to make him a superhero cape, but time got away from me. I just didn't find time to run out and buy two yards of boy fabric. Now, don't get me wrong, I have LOTS of fabric, but I have two girls. Boyish patterns are hard to come by in our house.  I did, however, make a quick crayon roll. It turned out pretty well, despite my problem of not reading directions. It's a really bad habit, what can I say. It reminds me of the time my Mom let me make an Angel Food cake all by myself. I must have been about 10. Did you know that you're supposed to separate the whites from the yolks in an Angel Food cake? Yeah, I didn't know that; and I didn't find out until after I baked the cake, because, yep, I didn't read the directions, just the ingredient list.

Well, anyway, I realized AFTER I had embroidered said child's initial on the roll that I should have sewed the crayon part on first. Hmmmm. Took me a few minutes to figure out a good solution, because if you've ever embroidered something, it just isn't going to work to take it out. Even if you manage to take all of the stitches out, your fabric will look terrible. Now that I've done this once though, I think I got it. I even stole away for a few minutes last night to drool over all of the offerings at JoAnn Fabrics. I picked up some cool ric-rac and strapping for my next project. For now, here's the first attempt.

I'll have to post the superhero cape I made last week (which the crayon roll used the left over fabric from). It turned out well. I did actually read the directions for this one. I think I'm more cheap than lazy. I didn't want to waste the money I'd spent on two yards of fabric just because I didn't read the directions. Though, I guess I did have one mishap with the cape. Well, that's a story for tomorrow.