Amy Gilane
Hey there!
Amy here on the blog this Saturday! If you haven’t seen me or my kiddos around the sewing world, I’m a 16+ year sewist, now 10 years sewing my children’s clothing, and now my whole family, (and more!) I live in Wisconsin with my hubby, 4 kiddos, a puppy, 3 cats, outdoor animals, and more! I am an active tester and strike sewist, and here to support all new sewists- seriously- just message me or ask!
What’s fun about labels is certainly adding them to all our makes-but sometimes I need MORE! This is where doubling up, or layering works well. One way to layer up is to use some of the scraps from your project to make the label pop. Today let’s do some layering! It’s a simple, quick way to make your work pop!
Here I have a cute tractor print outfit cut for my little dude. This fabric was part of a collaboration with Tate Made Modern and LBK printing, and Kelsey had some coordinated tags made! I used Lowland Kids Sandlot Tee and Play Shorts here. I’m going to use a tag and a patch. I like to eyeball where I’m going to put it… so you can see I have a plan. 🙃
I’m using a tractor tag on the side seam of the shorts. To be smart, I’m trying to pin it there so I can do it as I sew, but let’s be real- half the time or more, I’m seam ripping and adding it in.
I want to use the faux leather curly tail farm tag on the tee…but it just needs a little something…extra! I found some scraps from cutting the shorts and in my bin of scraps! Perfect. I measure my tag, and cut some squares from my scraps. These are simple 2x2 and 1.8x 1.8 inch squares. Play around with direction and shapes, and then stack how you’d like. Sometimes I will use some lightweight interfacing on the back of my scraps if they are particularly prone to curling or stretching. It’s definitely a personal preference!
If you think you can hold it like this, go for it! I sew down one at a time, and use my glue stick for a quick hold as I sew. I pick up and turn on all my corners a 90° and I do hand crank all my circles- for best finishes.
Hopefully this shows truly how simple it is to elevate your faux leather and cotton tags! Here is my finished outfit!
Happy sewing, friends!
Amy
Photo information:
Goldenrod and mountain scene:
Solids from Millie and Dot, mountain is from Oh So Lovely
Pattern is Dallyn and Harlow from Sustainable Cloth Company
Cactus desert and green chevron from Raspberry Creek Custom Fabrics
Pattern is Echo from Petite Stitchery
Tractor set, fabric from LBK, and solid from Raspberry Creek Custom Fabrics
Pattern is Sandlot Tee and Play Shorts from Lowland Kids Sewing Patterns.
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