Minnie Mouse Applique Tutorial

We have a little trip to the "Happiest Place On Earth" coming up.

I am just as excited as the kids.

Seriously.

I'm probably MORE excited!

I wanted to get them a cute little Disney sweatshirt to wear around on the cool mornings and evenings, but I am just a "simple" girl, and I like things simple.

Sometimes Disney has a tenancy to "overdue" the Disneyness on a shirt and it looks like Disneyland threw up on it.

*cough*    Tacky    *cough*

So I took matters into my own hands.

I started with a plain hot pink sweatshirt from Walmart, $4.00

$4.00 SWEATSHIRT...YES PLEASE!

I grabbed a sheet of black felt too, $0.33.

Then you will need some Heat & Bond

LOVE THAT STUFF!

I googled "Mickey Mouse" and found my template.

Then I traced it onto the Heat & Bond, and cut it out leaving a little bit around all the edges.

You NEED to leave a little bit, trust me.

Then I ironed the Mickey Mouse on the black felt. And Carefully cut out the design with some really sharp scissors.

(Sorry for the horrendous lighting in this pic, eeeek!)

Then I peeled off the backing to the Heat & Bond, and ironed it onto to my sweatshirt.

Time to get sewing.

I used a Zig Zag stitch, but a regular stitch would work fine too!

Sew all the way around the applique.

Done.

At this point I felt like something was missing.

How about a Super Girly Touch, a bow!

I folded the ribbon,

Took a needle and thread and sewed 2 stitches from the top of the bow, to the bottom of the bow,

and then pulled the thread to cinch it up.

I had to use a few more stitches to keep the bow from un-cinching,

and then I sewed it on the Mickey Minnie.

She loved it!

Since it was so easy I decided to add one to the hood as well,

you know, for good measure.

Disney here we come!