Of all the crafts I like, sewing in not my favorite. Now every once in awhile I find a pattern I really like and that changes things a bit.
I picked this up awhile ago when JoAnn's was having a 5 for 5 sale on their patterns. I mean you can't pass up a deal like that! Especially when the patterns are usually 6 or 7 bucks each. This was the first pattern I have made buttonholes with. I am glad to say it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I was half tempted to just use some velcro, but am glad I didn't.
My daughter is all girl. As soon as she saw the dress she started pulling on it. I asked her if she wanted to wear it and she got all excited. You should have seen her strutting her stuff around the house. Lol! I think I am going to try the shirt/shorts combo next. We got quite a few hand-me-downs, but I don't think they will fit her because of her cloth diapers. She usually has to wear the next size up in clothes to accomodate the bulk. I think we might ran to JoAnn's today. I am thinking about making some reusable snack bags, so I want to search for some organic cotton fabric. I will keep you posted :)
Showing posts with label Sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sewing. Show all posts
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Make an apron from a bed ruffle
So my favorite sewing projects consist of a couple things. Sewing with something that is re-purposed, and something that takes less than 30 minutes. I found a cute bed ruffle at the thrift store when I was pregnant with the baby and was going to make curtains out of them but I made some out of pillow cases instead (I will post on that project later...they turned out pretty cute!). Well the nice thing about bed ruffles are they are already "ruffled" which I don't know how to do and am slightly scared to do anyways. I love to cook and wanted to make an apron for my daughter for when she gets older. I posted direcitons on how to do this but I will preface this by saying I am not an expert at sewing! I am not sure how easy to follow this will be so if you have any questions just comment and I will try and answer them :)
Isn't it cute! It turned out a bit bigger then I wanted but I still have almost the whole bed ruffle left. I could probably make her aprons in enough sized to last her her whole life.
I used this little girl's apron I found at the thrift store as a template (I got this for .75!!). As you can see I just laid it flat on the ruffle and then marked each side of the apron.
You can't see the mark to well but you probably get the idea.
Not the best picture but what I did here was I measured the ribbon I wanted to use to tie in the back. This was 1 1/2 inches so I measured 3 1/2 from the top of the ruffle. I also measured a half inch from the first mark I made. I did this on the other side as well. I made marks along the top of the 3 1/2 inch mark so I could cut straight. Then I cut up the sides.
Fold over, iron, and hem.
Do the same to the top.
Lay the ribbon down...
fold over the fabic...
and sew from the stop of the ribbon's side to the top of the ruffle as shown above. If you want to be sure you get the ribbon in there you can pin it. I prefer to do things the lazy way! Hehe... You can then sew the top of the top hem along the top of the ruffle to make sure this stays closed. I did not. Once again...I like the lazy way!
And here it is again! Next I want to try a skirt and then maybe a dress. Oh the possibilities! I hope I didn't make these instructions over complicated...please let me know if you have questions!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sewing your own kids clothes and an easy to make kids hat!
Sewing has been the one craft I really had a hard time with until recently. I think the thing I got stuck on was patterns. They frustrate me soooo much! I am talking about the one's you buy at JoAnn's. The sizing is never right, a lot of times the directions aren't written clearly, and there are hardly any pictures! I am a visual person so I really like how to pictures. Well I just love all the cool sewing blogs out there and the free patterns people put on them. Usually they are full of pictures which is awesome! I have been making a lot of clothes for the wee one and I just love how they are turning out! The best is when you can make clothes out of something you already have. I use old shirts, pants, and bed sheets to make all sorts of stuff. I found a new blog today called Confessions of a Sewing Dork. I was so excited to find another self proclaimed dork! She has great patterns too.
Aren't they awesome!! I used this pattern to make them. What a great way to re-purpose old wool sweaters!
I really like these ones.
I also made this hat out of an old shirt. I just did my own thing on this one. Is it possible to die of cuteness overload because I think I might!!!
Oh my gosh stop it it's too cute! She looks like she should be in the next showing of Fiddler on the Roof.
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