{"id":15041,"date":"2013-12-04T07:02:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T12:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=15041"},"modified":"2022-11-24T08:42:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T13:42:06","slug":"you-can-grow-a-beard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/12\/04\/you-can-grow-a-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow It or Sew It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/10\/11\/coasters\/sewingheaderfinal-jw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SewingHeaderFinal-JW\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4594\" alt=\"SewingHeaderFinal-JW\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?resize=640%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/12\/04\/you-can-grow-a-beard\/santabeard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SantaBeard.jpg?fit=640%2C817&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,817\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SantaBeard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SantaBeard.jpg?fit=640%2C817&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15046\" alt=\"SantaBeard\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SantaBeard.jpg?resize=640%2C817&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SantaBeard.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SantaBeard.jpg?resize=235%2C300&amp;ssl=1 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I saw this Santa Beard over at Snazzle Craft and thought it&#8217;d be a fun item to have around the house for the holidays. When I made a <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/11\/01\/case-interested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sparkly silver turban<\/a> for my son&#8217;s Halloween costume a few years ago, that thing got worn for <em>weeks<\/em> afterwards! This is a simple project &#8211; I used two pieces of felt, and some leftover ric-rack to tie it on &#8211; as I was fresh out of elastic. I sewed most of it on my machine, but you could hand stitch it too. The mustache I opted not to sew on &#8211; instead, I attached it using Stitch Witchery. So if you want your child to look like a garden gnome, you can find the template at Amanda&#8217;s site. Happy sewing!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this Santa Beard over at Snazzle Craft and thought it&#8217;d be a fun item to have around the house for the holidays. When I made a sparkly silver turban for my son&#8217;s Halloween costume a few years ago, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/12\/04\/you-can-grow-a-beard\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[177,176,19],"tags":[526,1163,86,1188,21,2930,43,2129,3665],"class_list":["post-15041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts-2","category-holiday","category-sewing","tag-beard","tag-children","tag-christmas","tag-costumes","tag-crafts","tag-faux-facial-hair","tag-humor","tag-lloyd","tag-sewing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3UB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6725,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/02\/21\/sew-ipod-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":15041,"position":0},"title":"How To Sew An iPod Case","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Today dear readers, we are going to make a travel case for an iPod with a separate pocket for our earphones. You will need the following: The interfacing is sew-in, we're using it in this project because of the snaps. 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With that in mind, and warmer weather just around the corner, I thought I'd make an iPod pouch to take along when one is dining al fresco. 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I added the record player to give it a retro touch, coating the fabric with a digital ground and running it through my printer -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crafts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crafts","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/crafts-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ClosedPouch.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ClosedPouch.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ClosedPouch.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8186,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/05\/29\/hair-bows\/","url_meta":{"origin":15041,"position":3},"title":"Sewing Bows for Sophia","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"May 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"My niece Sophia just celebrated her first birthday, and since a girl is never too young to learn how to accessorize - I made some bows for her hair. These are basically a mini version of the bow tie with a hair clip attached. They're so much fun to make,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crafts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crafts","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/crafts-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Soph.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Soph.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Soph.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8265,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/06\/05\/sew-camera-pouch\/","url_meta":{"origin":15041,"position":4},"title":"How To Sew A Camera Pouch","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"June 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I never leave the house without two things - red lipstick and my point and shoot. 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