Sweet Jeans
Use eyelet trim to add frills and length to a favorite pair of jeans that a child has grown too tall for. oczko używać funkcji przycinania, aby dodać falbanki i długości do ulubionych dżinsów, że dziecko wyrośnie na zbyt wysoki. Jeans should be prewashed; if they shrink after embellishing, the trim could pucker. Spodnie powinny być przemywane, jeśli te kurczą się po upiększanie, Tapicerka może zmarszczka. Avoid Lycra blends, which give jeans stretch -- this may cause cotton decorations to tear. Unikać mieszanki lycry, co daje stretch jeans - może to spowodować dekoracje bawełny łzy. Because denim tends to be thick, use a denim needle or other heavy needle on your sewing machine, and wear a thimble when sewing by hand. Ponieważ denim wydaje się być grube, użyj denim igły lub innych ciężkich na igły do maszyn do szycia i założyć naparstek podczas szycia ręcznie. A standard polyester-cotton thread is best; put thread matching the jeans' color in your bobbin, since it will show when the jeans are right side out. Standardowy gwint poliestrowo-bawełniana jest najlepsze, przygotowane wątku kolorze jeans "w bębenek, ponieważ pokaże, kiedy dżinsy są po prawej stronie na zewnątrz.
Last week I was inspired to do a bathing suit. I haven't done one since I made one for Lily nearly two years ago. So I bought some material on ebay and waited, and waited and waited. Still no material. So last minute I threw together this dress on Saturday.
Now, I've been liking the black and white with olive green so doing this as a faux skirt and top dress seemed perfect. I thought this looked like something a reporter from the 50s or a secretary from Mad Men would wear, though maybe a little less short. I've been looking at too many Modcloth frocks lately. They are ALL SHORT.Hopefully the bathing suit can be up next week....if I ever get the fabric.
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By today you should have something that resembles this! Now you have something really cute to wear this weekend to the movies, on a date, out to eat, whatever. I love this frock. It's comfortable, light and a cinch to make.Honestly, I could have called this 'A Frock by Today'. If I were you I'd try this again in another style. Only next time try to do it in one day. It's a very easy pattern.
Because this is such a basic pattern, all we will be doing today is cutting out the pattern. Tomorrow we will be cutting out the fabric.1. With five sheets at a time cut the top and right sides of the papers.
2. Arrange them from bottom to top as shown in the first page of the pattern.3. Tape papers together at edges.4. Cut out pieces.
1. Take your band piece. It is the shorter of the two rectangle pieces you cut. Sew them together at the ends, right sides together.
2. Fold the piece so that the top and the bottom meet in the center. I did this with my bias tape maker. But if you don't have one just do it by hand. I recommend using your finger nails to make a long crease on either side and then try to iron.
3. Sew the end to prevent fraying.
4. On the RIGHT side of the FRONT of your dress, pin the piece you just made about 9" down from the neck line, 10" down for larger sizes. Pin the strip the entire way across the bodice and back until you get around to the front again.NOW, I did not want a tie in my dress. Instead I'm doing a simple elastic on the inside of my dress. So what I'm doing instead is this:
5. On the WRONG side of the BACK of my dress I'm pinning the strip and continuing to wrap it around the front until it reaches around the back again.
6. Now, whether you're doing it on the inside or outside topstitch the band to the dress on each long side of the band. NOT IN THE MIDDLE. You want the middle to be open so that you can thread your elastic or ties through.
7. At this point I tried on my dress and to my surprise it would not fit over my head! I think the problem might have occurred when I sewed in my bias tape. I did mine a little differently than the Burdastyle instructions. In case any of you also have this problem here's what you can do....Cut a 3" slit in the back of your dress. Try it on to see if this opening is big enough.
8. Fold the opening to the wrong side of your dress and sew.
1. Take some left over bias tape and make a loop and sew it to one side. Then sew a button into the other side.You could also just use a metal hook and eye if you have one.I made a fabric covered button to my match my dress. Ironically, I really like the way this mistake looks.DONE FOR TODAY. TOMORROW....DRESS!!
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I love these shirts from Garnet Hill. I also love almost everything else in the catalog. Seriously. I keep a hard copy inspiration binder and I ripped out probably half of the pages in the latest GH catalog, and that was me trying to tone it down. Anyway. These shirts are great. They're also 44$. Forty-four dollars.
So, I went to Walmart and got two 2$ tees. One in my size, and one XL to cut up (because I figured, hey, for the same price, why not get more fabric?). I cut out a bunch of flower shapes first:
I cut the shirt into strips, folded the strip in half, cut that into segments, then cut these little shapes out. I wanted them kind of elongated in one direction, since I'd be gathering them in that same direction.Soon I had quite the little pile:
Some of them turned out pretty crazy, but that's ok. You can't tell once they're on the shirt.
Next, I did a gathering stitch down the middle, going long-ways. I did some singles, but mostly doubles, like the one pictured above. Then I gathered by pulling on my bobbin threads. After it was gathered, I pulled the top threads to lock that sucker down.After I had gathered all of them, it was time to place them on the shirt. I put on the shirt and pinned the leaves in place, as guidelines. Also, to make sure I didn't have any leaves pointing anywhere awkward (you know what I mean).I chose to hand sew most of my flowers on. I started with my machine, but once I got to where they were really close together, I switched, because I'm sure my machine (which is a monster and only goes moderately fast and super fast- it stalls if I try to sew slowly) would have gone crazy and gotten away from me and sewed everything down flat, when I wanted the same loose, almost ruffly look of the Garnet Hill shirt. So. I sewed by hand.Then I put it on, realized that my buxomness caused it to look more sparse than it did lying flat, so I took it off, cut, gathered, and applied more fabric flowers. And then...
(It is unexpectedly hard to take a decent picture of yourself in the mirror. Or I am uncommonly bad at it.)I love it. It's not the same fabulous green as the one from Garnet Hill, but for an eleventh of the price, I'm cool with that.
I took in the sides, and used the scraps from that and the sleeves to make a ruffle to line the neck area. I also had to make a facing for the neck and arm holes, to hem them. I did this by laying the shirt on the scrap fabric and tracing the curve. easy peasy.
I totally love it. I think it is my new favorite article of clothing, I wore it yesterday and got lots of compliments. I hope you enjoyed it, Thanks Leslie for letting me blog swap with you and your cute blog! I hope you will all take a look and let me know what you like. Today is the kick- off of my "Crafty Summer" I will be posting something every weekday in June. I hope you will join me.
So I stared at it for a while, trying to decide what to do. The first two things I made were wrist pin cushions (posts coming later). Then I was thinking purse, so I deconstructed the sweater.
So I started with a pair of long socks. I found these ones discounted at Fred Meyer--they were around $2 and I thought the little ruffle would be fun on the bottom of the leg warmers.
Next I made three cuts. I cut the sock right before and after the heel and then cut off the toe.
Next I used the middle part left over from the foot of the sock and folded it WRONG SIDES together to make a cuff. Then I tucked in the cut edge of the long part of the sock inside the cuff matching all three of the cut edges. So it looked like this:
Then I sewed around the edge. I used a zig zag stitch on this pair--but on others I used a regular stitch and both work great. I did the same thing to the other sock and in about 10 minutes from start to finish--My little lady had a new pair of leg warmers! She thought they were pretty awesome too! I wonder if I'm too old for a pair? They were so quick and easy--that I had to make a few more pairs.
Add beads to the center. On some flowers I did one bead in the center, and three on others. (Remember that odd numbers look better in designs.)
Arrange the flowers along the neckline of the t-shirt and sew or glue them on.
I like it. It is different than any other shirt I have. What do you think?
Stay tuned! More refashions coming up soon!In addition to my favorite linky parties on the sidebar this post will be linked up to:
Recycled Sweater Scarf I own several cute sweaters that have have seen better days. Pilly, accidentally shrunken and worn out in places, these sweaters were on the verge of being tossed out. But the fabrics were soft and cozy and they asked me for a second chance. Armed with my old, pilly sweaters and with the need for wintery accoutrements; I forged into the unknown world of scarves and mittens...with a seam ripper at my side. (So, as not to overwhelm, this tutorial will focus on the scarf. I’ll add the tutorial for the mittens later.) Here’s what you’ll need to make your own sweater scarf: Two old sweaters Scissors Seam Ripper (if you sew like me) Straight pins Tape measure Thread and Bobbin to match Sewing Machine Cut the sleeves from the body of both of the sweaters. One of my sleeves had pretties on it, which I placed strategically at the end of the scarf.
Measure the overall length of your sleeves and divide by three, cutting the sleeve in thirds. Each of my three pieces measured to be 6 1/2” long. A typical scarf if about 50-55” in length. Mine ended up being about 58”.
Lay the cut pieces out in an alternating pattern. I used the sleeves of my lime green sweater to be the end pieces of the scarf.
Cut along the old seam of each of your pieces, laying them open flat.
Pin each flat piece to the next, right sides together, with a 1/4” seam allowance. Double check that the right sides are all on one side of the scarf by laying it out flat. My scarf started resembling a caterpillar at this point. Sew together each of the pinned pieces on the wrong side of the material.The seams should all be on the wrong side of the material. If not, pull out your handy dandy seam ripper out and get to work... Fold the scarf in half, lengthwise. Pin together, leaving a 1/4” seam allowance. Once the length of the scarf has been sewn
a fresh new seam, turn it inside out. I left the ends of the scarf open, but you can sure as heck sew yours closed. I wanted the option of smuggling candy inside of them if need be.
This is the blog swap tutorial I did with I Make Stuff last week. It's a quick and easy applique for another one of my dollar shirts. I'm loving seeing all your ideas for the El Cheap-O Shirt Challenge ....you all have AWESOME ideas! To jest blog swap tutorial zrobiłem z I Make Rzeczy w zeszłym tygodniu. Jest to szybki i łatwy aplikacja dla innej z moich koszulek dolara. Kocham zobaczyć wszystkie swoje pomysły na El Tanie-O Shirt Challenge .... ty AWESOME mają pomysły!
Keep 'em coming and link 'em up here ! Trzymaj ich najbliższych i link 'em up tutaj !
Here's another one to add to the list! Oto jeszcze jeden, aby dodać do tej listy!
Easy Butterfly and Flower Applique Tee Easy Butterfly Aplikacja Tee i kwiatów
Supplies : T-shirt, knit scraps (you can use old t-shirts), Wonder Under, 4 buttons, embroidery floss, sewing essentials (machine, thread, scissors, etc) Materiały: T-shirt, dzianina notki (można użyć starego t-shirty), Wonder W, 4 przyciski, nici do haftu, szycia podstawowe (maszyny, nici, nożyczki, itp.) 1.) Iron an 8"x8" piece of Wonder Under onto the back of the scrap of knit fabric for the butterfly wings. 1). Iron 8 "x8" kawałek Wonder Pod tylną złomu dzianiny na skrzydłach motyla. You will also need another approximately 8"x8" piece of Wonder Under ironed to either the same knit fabric or a different one for the flower, depending on whether you want the flower the same color as the butterfly or not. Potrzebny będzie również innym około 8 "x8" kawałek Wonder W prasować do takiej samej dzianiny lub inny kwiatka, w zależności od tego, czy kwiaty w kolorze motyla, czy nie. 2.) From that fabric, cut two large hearts (approx 2" tall) and two small hearts (approx 1 1/2" tall) for the butterfly wings. 2). Od tego materiału, wyciąć dwa duże serca (ok. 2 cm wzrostu) i dwa serca małe (ok. 1 1 / 2 "tall) dla skrzydeł motyla. You can free-hand it or print out one from on-line to copy. Można z wolnej ręki, ani wydrukować jedną z on-line do skopiowania. 3.) Also cut out three flower shapes, one small, medium, and large. 3). Mniejsze trzy kształty kwiatów, jedno małe, średnie i duże. The large one will be about 3"x3". Duży będzie około 3 "x3". I just freehanded a little fluffy flower, but you could print one out to copy. Właśnie freehanded trochę puszyste kwiaty, ale można wydrukować jeden skopiować. 4.) To make the little "loopy trail" from the flower to the butterfly, you will need to do a running stitch with a needle and embroidery floss. 4). Aby trochę "loopy szlaku" z kwiatka na motyla, trzeba będzie zrobić ścieg działa z igły i nici haftu. Start at the bottom in the middle of where you plan to place your flower. Start na dole w środku, w którym zamierzasz umieścić swój kwiat. Make sure to have the knot from the floss on the OUTSIDE of the shirt, b/c this will be covered later by the flower. Upewnij się, że węzeł z nici na zewnątrz shirt, b / c będzie to wyjaśnione później przez kwiat. Do a running stitch from the bottom left corner to the upper right side of the shirt. Czy działa oczka z lewego dolnego rogu do prawej górnej części koszuli. Make sure to put a few loops in there too. Upewnij się, że wprowadzone kilka pętli w tam. When you get to where you want the butterfly to be make sure to stitch a two little antenna for your butterfly. Gdy dojdziesz do której chcesz się motyl upewnić się ściegiem dwie małe anteny dla motyla. Then end the stitching in the middle of where the butterfly will be with a knot on the outside of the shirt. Następnie koniec szwy w środku, gdzie motyl będzie z węzłem na zewnątrz koszulki. This is a really long explanation...it's really just simple stitching :) To jest naprawdę obszerne wyjaśnienie ... tak naprawde to proste szycie:) 5.) Peel the paper back off the hearts and iron them on over the knot on the right upper part of the shirt. 5). Peel papier z powrotem od serca i żelaza je w węzeł na prawej górnej części koszuli. Put the two larger hearts down first with the two points touching (just below the antenna), then put the small hearts directly over them. Umieść dwa większe serca w dół pierwszy z dwoma ramionami (tuż poniżej anteny), a następnie umieścić małych serc bezpośrednio nad n...
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