No-Sew Cupcake Apron Pocket Pt. 2

 5. Cut the shape of the "frosting" out of felt. I used white felt but any coordinating color would work as well. Here I held the template over the felt and used scissors to cut the shape as opposed to the rotary cutters because, for me, it was easier to cut around the tight corners using the scissors.

6. Using your felt shape you just created, trace the outline of the cupcake frosting onto your sheet of Heat N Bond. Do the same using your pocket shape (bottom of cupcake) template, so you have both shapes' outlines on your sheet of Heat N Bond. Then cut both shapes out of the Heat N Bond.

Remember: You do want your pocket to be able to function and remain open, unglued from the apron! So, on the Heat N Bond, only cut the frosting shape up to the top edge of the apron pocket, where you want it to remain open and unglued. 

7. You can then iron out your fabric just to make sure that there aren't any folds, creases, or wrinkles in the fabric before applying the Heat N Bond.

8.On the reverse of the fabric, or the back side, iron on the Heat N Bond, with the glue side face down. You can tell which is the glue side because it appears as a clear shiny layer. Do the same to the felt (frosting).

 9. CAREFULLY peel off the Heat N Bond backing off of your cupcake shapes, making sure that the layer of glue remains adhered to the fabric, and not to the paper backing.

After peeling off paper backing, check around edges of your shapes to make sure there is no overhang of the clear glue bond from your Heat N Bond, if there is any trim off the glue, this will prevent glue melting onto your iron and ruining it/ making a mess :)

10. Place your apron on top of your ironing board, then place your cupcake bottom piece of fabric (my pink gingham fabric) over the pocket of the apron. Iron on the fabric to the apron pocket, GLUE SIDE DOWN. 

 

11. After your bottom of the cupcake is glued down and secure to the apron pocket, peel off the Heat N Bond backing from the "frosting" felt piece of the cupcake. CAREFULLY place the "frosting" shape over the pocket shaped fabric and iron it on. I tried to make my "frosting" shape thick enough so that it would hide the top corners of the apron pocket. Be careful that you place your "frosting" shape low enough so that you wont glue the pocket closed, but also high enough to hide the top pocket corners.

If when you place your "frosting" shape high enough to cover the top pocket corners and there is glue remaining above the pocket opening that might glue the pocket shut, trim a small strip of felt to place behind the frosting where the glue is before you iron the "frosting" down. This will prevent gluing your pocket shut. (I had to do this to mine.)

YOU NOW HAVE YOUR NO-SEW CUPCAKE APRON POCKET DECORATION!! 

SUPER CUTE, AND SUPER EASY, NO SEWING REQUIRED.

THIS IS JUST A BASIC CUPCAKE SHAPE, TO DECORATE IT EVEN FURTHER, LET YOUR IMAGINATION TAKE OVER :)

This is my final product :) I decided to add rhinestones, OF COURSE, and since I did use the wrong Heat N Bond, not the one you are supposed to use in a no-sew project such as this, I also added a zig-zag accent to the outside edge of the bottom of the cupcake, on the outline of the apron pocket using fluorescent pink fabric paint. I thought this might help adhering the edges of the cupcake so that it would last longer. 

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial. Keep Crafting,  Keep it Cute, Keep it Couture! ;)

xoxo -Kim.