My first real posting

Here goes....

In a later post, I will share the original inspiration for this creation but until then, this will have to do. 

I am a Youth Minister and I was taking a group of girls to a leadership trip to Disneyland.  They have  a wonderful program called YES (Youth Education Series).  We wanted to wear matching clothes and knew that a sweatshirt would cost us up to $70 for something we could all agree on.  Each girl needed to give a gift to the others as part of a goodie bag (more of my offerings to follow) and my niece decided to make these super cute Minnie Mouse inspired hoodies (for about $15 each).  Well, my husband wasn't going due to work and the fact that I was taking only girls.  He complained and asked, "Where is mine?".  It took me a while to figure out what I would do.  MH loves Grumpy.  There are great shirts out there but nothing that he likes in the way of sweatshirts.  And of course, just to make it difficult, he doesn't like pull overs- only zippered.  So that is where I started...

Medium Difficulty and takes about 1 hour.

You will need:
1 Black Zippered Hoodie- Prewashed to get the sizing out-no fabric softener)
1/4 yd of white Tshirt knit fabric
1/8 yd of Deep Red or Burgundy Tshirt knit
1/8 yd of Lt. Blue Tshirt knit
Double sided fusible webbing (for Applique)
a large needle and some linen thread (for patches)
Iron and Ironing Board
Die Cutting machine or some other way to make good letters (I used a Cricut Expression with the Mickey Font cartridge).

 I started with the beard.  I found a graphic image that I could download, print, scan and then enlarge to get the size that I wanted.  I couldn't find a full-on picture so I chose a clear one, cut it out, and folded it in 1/2.

 Next, I applied the webbing to all of my fabric pieces.  I traced the beard and cut it out.  I needed to add a bit of a tail to the bottom so I made that adjustment before I cut it out.  I cut the beard in 1/2.  I also cut out the patches in my chosen size.  Using my die cutting machine, I chose 2" letters and a 4" Mickey Hat and cut those from the light blue fabric (you have to do this when the fabric is on the webbing or it won't cut.  I even had to do a bit of hand cutting to get the letters out).

Tracing out the pattern

Ironing on (with a pressing cloth-everything has to be Disney)- Make sure you follow the directions for the webbing.  Some need steam, others don't.

I added the patches and then put some "stitching" on to make them look more grumpy-like.  Finally, I always like to add some Mickey Ears to ensure that everyone knows what the inspiration is.  Since MH didn't want them too visible, I put them on the back of the hood.

 

MH is very happy with this creation and it is personalized the way he likes it.
BTW, Disney copyrights all of their material and I am not selling these or making any money on them.

Whew!  First post down...