Showing posts with label apron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apron. Show all posts

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Dish towel to Toddler apron

Sometimes you have to go great lengths and a lot of work to make a wonderful project. Well, those are the kinds of projects I don't often make. I wrote "often" only because the quilt I am making LoLo from their old clothes is that kind of a thing, BUT generally speaking I love quick, fast and impressive creations, such as this toddler apron.  (Sorry for the self-impressive - I am impressed :))))

Neha rengeteg munka es ido gyumolcse a keszulendo targy. Na, az ilyeneket en probalom kerulni, bar a quiltek amiket LoLo 3 evi ruhajabol varrom majd az egy ilyen projekt. De ugy altalaban: az egyszeru, gyors es szep kreaciokat kedvelem. Olyanokat, mint peldaul ez a gyerekeknek "szabott" (mert nem szabott :) koteny. 


I bought three lemon print dish towels at Target for 3.50 USD each (I think). 
Held it up to LoLo for the 3 seconds that they can stand still and decided the height where I wanted the apron to reach. 
Took my mat, rotary cutter and randomly cut off a triangle. 
I folded the dish towel  apron in half and cut the other side equally.
I cut off the bottom but, hemmed most of it so I can take it down in the future as LoLo grows ...
I sewn on the four strings and tadaaaaaa .... 
Well, I also added the pocket. (London's is stuffed with change so that's why it's not nice and neat.)
The pocket is pretty self-explanatory ... I used printable cotton for the name.

Egy itteni boltban vettem harom kiarusitason levo konyharuhat. 
Ratettem LoLora, kihasznalva azt a harom masodpercet amig meg tudnak egy helyben allni es megjeloltem hogy kb. hol akarom a koteny kezdetet.  
Aztan fogtam a quiltes vagomat es egy haromszoget vagtam az oldalaba.
Felbe hajtottam a konyharuhat  kotenyt es egy ugyanolyan haromszoget vagtam a masik oldalra is. 
Az alljabol is vagtam le, de csak annyit, hogy a jovoben majd le tudjak belole hajtani ahogy LoLo noddogel. 
Felvarrtam ra a kotoket es tadaaddaaaa kesz is lett volna, ha nem akarok egy zsebet is. 
(Londone a kepen ki van tomve penzzel azert ilyen gyurodt :)
A zseb igazan konnyu .. talan csak annyi, hogy nyomtathato anyagot hasznaltam a feliratra. Nem tudom "otthon" lehet-e kapni, de ha nem, allitolag kemenyito spray-el kell befujni eloszor az anyagot es aztan festekes nyomdan nyomtatni. Szerintem mukodik ... 

  
LoLo in theirr aprons after the gig ... if you'd like to read our lemonade story and get your hands on some free lemonade stand printables, click HERE ... 

LoLo kotenyestul ... es ha meg nem olvastad a limonade sztorit vagy szeretnel nyomtathato limonades papirdiszeket, akkor IDE klikk ...  

Our next lemonade stand is coming up in October and it will most likely have the SURPRISEEEEE :) pumpkin theme .. Any lemon-pumpkin recipes out there? 

A kovetkezo limonade standunkat Oktober elejere tervezzuk, de most citrom es MEGLEPETEEES :) khmmm tok temara .. Jaj, ez magyarul meg rosszabbul hangzik mint angolul :))) Citrom-tok receptek valahol - valakinel?



LO(lo)V(i)E to all, Happy Fall! 

LV

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Lemonade Stand/ Lemonade Story

Ever since I came to the US (unbelievable 16 years ago!) I liked the idea of a lemonade stand and never failed to buy one from cute little sellers. I decided that once upon a time, when I have children (whether it's in the US or anywhere else),  I/we will sell lemonade. 

Eloszor Amerikai filmekben lattam limonade arusokat. Gyerekek az utcaszelen egy kancso limonadeval par centert sajat keszitesu limonadet arultak. Tetszett az otlet, hogy jatekkal mennyi tapasztalatot nyernek, hiszen limonade arusitassal nem csak azt tanuljak meg, hogy kell illemtudoan vendeget fogadni, kiszolgalni, penzt valtani, de azt is hogy kell idegeneket batran megszollitani es beszelgetni veluk. Hihetetlen 16 eve leptem at eloszor az USA hatarat es azota bennem lakott a gondolat, hogy egyszer majd en is limonadet fogok arusitani gyermekeimmel ... (az USAban vagy masutt). 

I love lemons - the smell of the oily, pimply skin; the sour freshness; the bright happy color; I love it in my food (lemon chicken) and cakes and most importantly, I love lemon ice cream :)
(Something that my mint chocolate chip party hubby can't quite understand)

Szeretem a citromot - az illatos, zsiros, domboros boret; a savanyu, egyben udito izet; a vidam sarga szinet. Szeretem etelben (citromos csirke), sutemenyben es fagyiban. 
(Ezt az en csoki-menta parti ferjem nem is erti :)   

I've heard the phrase "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" many times in the past and never really paid any attention to it, until one day in August 2005, a few days after my breast cancer diagnoses. A girl, a survivor I was matched up with through a social worker at the hospital called me. She told me her story of struggle and survival. Sitting on a doorstep of a brownstone on the Upper East side, the sentence stuck with me throughout life. I started a blog called "Just a recipe on how to make lemonade" that helped me to come to terms with the new reality of my life. I also wrote about 4 chapters of a memoir that I called "Pink Lemonade", yet to be finished. So, it's only fitting that on the 7th anniversary of being cancer-free I set up shop, sold lemonade and celebrated life with the loves of my life. 

Tobbszor hallottam itt az USA-ban azt a mondast hogy "Ha az elet citromot ad, keszits limonadet!" de sosem figyeltem fel a mondat ertelmere. Egeszen Augusztus 2005-ig, amikor mellrakkal diagnosztizaltak. Egy lany, akit a korhaz szocialis dolgozoja kert meg hivott fel, hogy ossza meg tapasztalatait a betegsegrol. Egy Manhattani teglahaz lepcsojen ulve hallgattam vegig ahogy elmeselte hogy elte meg es tul a betegseget. A beszelgetest a fenti mondassal fejezte be: "Ha az elet citromot ad, keszits limonadet!" .. mondta magabiztosan. Meg aznap elkezdtem egy blogot a mindennapjaimrol aminek a neve"Limonade recept" lett. Kesobb belekezdtem egy konyvbe, aminek megirtam az elso negy bekezdeset "Rozsaszin Limonade" nevvel .. egyszer be szeretnem fejezni. Igy igazan ideillo, hogy het evvel a diagnozis utan felallitottuk az elso csaladi limonade asztalkankat. Limonadet arultunk, mig csendben, onmagunkban az elet szepsegeit  es egymast unepeltuk. 

As you can tell, this is not only a post about our first ever lemonade stand, but also a real life lemonade recipe with a recipe that you, dear reader cook up yourself :) If I inspired you, my goal was met! When I am sad, or overcome by life's obstacles, I think of that sentence of the anonymous girl on the phone. I  go on turning the bad experiences to positive, or at least trying to squeeze out some lemonade! Happy 7th anniversary to me and lots of lemonade to us all!!!! 

Nalunk a limonade nem csak a citromrol szol, hanem az elet szimbolumarol is. Amikor szomoru vagyok, vagy az elet nehezsegeket sodor felem mindig az ismeretlen lanynak a mondatat hallom.  Probalom a rosszban is keresni a jot, es ha ez nem megy, legalabb egy kis limonadet csavarni a tapasztalatbol. Ime a limonade recept, amit kedves olvaso Te magad irsz meg :) Ha inspiracioul szolgaltam, orommel tettem. Boldog hetedik evfordulot Nekem :) es sok sok limonadet mindenkinek!

LoLo hard at work squeezing lemons one by one ... 
We used about 16 and added a little lemon juice and agave also. 

LoLo kemeny munkaval kifacsarta mind a 16 citromot. 
Ontottunk egy kis citromlet is a limonadehoz es agave nektarral edesitettuk.  


This is what we used to set up our stand: 
LoLo's toddler Ikea table covered by burlap
A yellow ribbon to hold the burlap in place
Water dispenser bought on Amazon
A jar of yellow Ikea straws with flags made from templates HERE
An antique looking crate (what the lemonade sits on)
Antique cash register (ordered from ebay). I love this toy! It makes the authentic noise chiechiieeeng (or something like it :) 
An IKEA tray decoupaged with mod podge and burlap
Self designed bunting DOWNLOAD HERE and cupcake toppers HERE
A chalk board

For the Lemon Bars recipe click HERE

Igy kell felallitani a limonade standot: 
LoLo IKEA asztalkaja
Sarga szalag ami letartja az abroszt (illetve zsakot)
Uvegedeny (Amazonrol rendelve)
Sarga IKEA szivoszalak kis zaszlokkal amikre ITT van a sablon
Egy antik-kinezetu lada
Regi jatek szamologep amely csicsingezik amikor bedob valaki egy ermet 
Az IKEA harom szintu talcat en decoupazsoltam MOD PODGE-val
A nyomtatott zaszlokat es sutidiszeket ITT TALALJATOK 

Citromos suti receptje angolul ITT


Check out this cupcake topper! I am so proud of it, as I finally succeeded designing them with nothing else but picmonkey! AAAnd I have ZERO graphic design knowledge or experience! Watch this space for a tutorial! I a ready to share all my amateur secrets :))) You can download the toppers HERE

Nezzetek meg ezt a szep papir, suti fogpiszkalot (nem tudom hogy nevezzem magyarul?!) Egeszen buszke vagyok ra, hiszen vegre sikerult keszitenem ilyet az ingyenes picmonkey oldal segitsegevel. Es ehez kepest egyetlen egy grafikus programot sem tudok kezelni ... Legkozelebb megtanitalak Titeket hogy kell ilyet is keszteni szulinapi vagy mas partykra olyan amatoroknek mint En vagyok 
Ha ilyet szeretnel kesziteni ITT letoltheted. 


The stand was a HUGE success. We do have to work on some manners with LoLo f.e. replacing "What do you want?" with "What would you like?" or the style in which we grab take money from strangers but otherwise LoLo did an amazing job caring for their customers, providing great customer service (minus finger prints in lemon bars on an occasion :) and great smiles. 

Limonade standunk nagy siker volt. Meg par aprosagon dolgoznunk kell azert, mint peldaul azon, hogy LoLo ne ugy koszontse a vendegeket hogy "Mit akarsz?". Vagy azon, hogy kell finoman elvenni a penzt a vendegtol ahelyett hogy kitepnenk a kezebol. Mindemellett LoLo nagyon ugyesen arulta a portekat, sok gonddal csapoltak a limonadet es par ujjlenyomaton kivul szepen, szalvetaba csomagolva adtak at a citromos sutit is sok sok mosoly kisereteben.   


When asked what was their favorite part of the lemonade stand London said "giving out lemonade" (they both love the spout) and Lola said while stuffing her little face with about 7th lemon bar "Mommy, the cake was the best!". Daddy and mommy loved spending time together and planning our next stand :)  

Amikor megkerdeztuk, hogy mi volt a legjobb a limonade arusitasaban London a limonade csapolasat mondta, Lola viszont teli szajjal hetedik citromos sutijet majszolva mormolta hogy "Mama, a suti volt a legjobb!". Daddy es mama pedig orultek az egyuttoltott idonek tervezve a kovetkezo standot :)  


DIY: 
Aprons - the small aprons are made of kitchen towels (tut soon), mine from a blog pattern and daddy's is copied from a dollar store apron 
Printables: straw flags, cupcake toppers, bunting downloadable HERE
Three-tier tray from Ikea decoupaged with burlap and Mod Podge

Amit en keszitettem: 
Kotenyek - a picik konyharuhabol keszultek, a nagy egy blog mintaja alapjan a daddy-e egy dollaros bolt kotenye mintaja alapjan  (hamarosan leirom hogy keszitettem oket) 
Papir dolgok: zaszlok, sutiviragok, szivoszal-zaszlok ITT 
A harom emeletes talca az IKEA-bol van, decoupage-olva zsakanyaggal Mod Podge segitsegevel

My Lo(Lo)viely readers, I am back! It's been a great summer and we were having so much fun, the crafts got pushed aside, but family time prevailed! LoLo starts school next week, so I will have more time and I hope you will follow my crafty (and other adventures) here. I will start with LoLo's room that will be re-designed and so with that many home improvement projects to follow ... 

Kedves olvasoim, ismet itt vagyok! Nagyon szep nyarunk volt, sok idot toltottunk egyutt es igy a kezimunka hanyagolva volt. Jovo heten viszont LoLo ismet ovis lesz, igy Nekem is remelhetoleg tobb idom marad az alkotasra. Egy hosszu projektlistanak nezek elebe, ami a gyerekek szobaja uj diszitesevel kezdodik. Remelem itt lesztek hogy meglassatok!    

Lo(Lo)V(i)E to you all, 
LV

P.S. Please use the printables as you wish. I will be happy if you mention the "LoLoVie" blog and really pissed off if I find you out, that you are selling it on etsy, or elsewhere. As a matter of fact, I think I will start re-sending you all my penis enlargement emails if you behave in an unethical way :)))  

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Toddler Apron

Saskia (my husband's college friend) is expecting a baby this May and when I got an invitation I decided to make it personal :) (the gift for the little munchkin). I knew a diaper cake wasn't the best idea, when her adorable sister emailed me back saying she will happily serve the cake at the event.
I came up with the idea of a toddler apron, because Saskia just started a new blog called "Bella Baking" and thought that baking will probably be something she will surely teach to her daughter and enjoy.



I fished out some pink and red/white checkered fabric, a pom pom ribbon (I love anything pom pom) and started drafting a pattern. I adore aprons of all kinds, but I have to tell you, I can not stand flimsy aprons! Not that I want mine to be bendable and sit in front of the TV watching cupcake wars, but those that collapse in the wash and you have to spend hours ironing them - those are my enemies!!! So, I dug out interfacing from some box from underneath our bed (Yes, we sleep on a top of craft treasures! Fabrics, buttons, hole punchers, ribbons, papers .. you name it!)

This is what I did:
1. I cut out the pattern 3 times from 2 different fabrics and the interfacing adding a quarter inch for the seams. Download the pattern below. As you see, the pattern has only two pages - the half of the apron. You may want to print out 4 pages and tape it accordingly so that you get the full shape of the apron OR you can fold your fabric half and cut it out that way. If you want to make it more boyish, just make the bottom straight!

 Lo Lo Vie Toddler Apron


2. You'll need to cut out 4 straps 4" by 22". Two straps are for the neck and two for the waist.
(Let's do the pocket later)

3. STRAPS
- Make a quarter inch seam at the end of all the straps
- Iron al the strips of fabric
- Fold in the middle (lenghtwise) and iron again
- Open the folds and fold both side to the middle and iron again




4. POCKET
- Cut out a piece of fabric 10" x 4"
- Cut out interfacing with the same measurements
- NOW comes the personalization of the apron:
I took a screen shot of Saskia's blog, cut out the header and her motto and printed it on a fabric sheet (available at craft stores).






I then ironed the logo to the top of the pocket. However, when you print on fabric the colors are not as vibrant as on the site or as you would want them to be, so I decided to embroider the name of the blog "Bella Baking". I zig-zagged around the label and NOW, it looked just the way I imagined it would!






- I ironed on interfacing to the embroidered back of the pocket
- Make quarter inch hems on all sides, sew in place. If you follow these instructions, your pocket won't be exactly at the place where it shows on the pattern, as hemming takes up a bit of space.






5. THE APRON
- Put the apron parts together facing with right sides (where the pattern/pocket is) and sew around.

IMPORTANT! Don't forget to leave space for all your four straps!
- Turn the fabric back out and iron around the edges.
- Take your straps and sew in place
- Sew over once again around the entire apron as close to the edge as possible
- The ice cream cone on the side is a cut-out from a fabric and is appliqued to the pocket.








Take your pom-poms ribbon and hand sew around the edges.
IMPORTANT!  DO NOT IRON on the pom-poms because they will singe. (Don't ask me how I know this!)

 Now off you go sewing and checking Bella Baking for a recipe you can't resist!


Other toddler apron patterns you may like:

Well, the one I made from a shopping bag for painting HERE of course :)

Reversible Apron by www.stardustshoes.blogspot.com

Boy Apron by www.sew-much-ado.com

Child's Apron, Chef's Hat and Oven Mittens by Melissa Stramel on www.chickensense.com

Happy Cooking/Baking Everyone!

LO(Lo)V(i)E, LV

Friday, February 4, 2011

Shopping bag to a toddler apron

My first tutorial and craft post YAY! 
After many attempts and html blogger fights with the computer screen the blog is ready (please bear with me during hiccups here and there). 
It all started with my crafty friend Virve (who will be soon introduced here) bringing me a bright pink shopping bag saying "Here, this is so you!  You can surely make something out of this!" 
(Or something like that ... )  




Weeks passed without inspiration but trying to persuade hubby to go food shopping with it (wink wink). He wouldn't ...
Then Karlie's second birthday came up, who loves painting and the idea was born! I don't have the photo of the birthday girl wearing it, so for now the model below is Lolinda. 


 

What do you think?

I just realized I said it was my tutorial, but in fact I followed the instructions HERE from 
Sew 4 Home.  Same easy steps, but skipped the entire paragraph on iron-on-vinyl: the convenience of the shopping bag! Hooray for upcycling! 

What have you upcycled? Please share your idea with me and the world in the comments and stay tuned for a post full of hearts coming SOON! 

Oh yes, and follow/share if you like :)

LO(lo)V(i)E