Refashioned Top

Slowly refashioning clothes as I go along.  This used to be a plain black long sleeved top that I bought last year because I needed something to wear in the winter.  I hemmed the sleeves to 3/4 (can't stand long sleeves).  I took an old skirt that I never wore, and took the waistband and put it on the bottom of the shirt.  I cut the rest of the skirt to make a cowl neck type top.  Overall I like this top much better than what I had before and have already worn it out in public (yay for not being ashamed in clothes I refashioned!)

Still kind of a black boring top, but it looks a lot better than it started off as (which I had a picture!)  The bottom band is a little tight at the moment, but I don't usually pull my tops down like I did in the picture.

The hooters are done!

So this was quite an adventure in sewing, one I'm not sure I'll be willing to take again any time soon. The first blanket I started out with was quite a learning experience. It's not so much a blanket as 2 pieces of fabric with batting in the middle that I could probably lay the baby on.

I Think was frustrated me about it was all those little tiny pieces that were pre-sewn together to make it look like a quilt. The back side of the fabric I kept cutting to make it even with the pre-sewn, and then it wouldn't be the same size, I did this about 2-3 times before I finally said f*ck it, I sewed it together and hoped for the best, it turned out alright, not my best work.

The second one, I'm glad I did 2nd, it was supposed to be that "je ne said quois" ha ha. I learned some more with this piece. I had it pinned together, and sewn on 3 sides, the forth side was not lining up and I kept swearing at it, but it still wouldn't line up. Then I held it up in the air, and shook it and immediately saw my problem. Those wonderful little owls were making the fabric scrunch up a little bit. I fiddled with the fabric, stretched it, pulled it, unstitched on of the sides, and voila, I finally got it to work for me!Because of the lesson I had learned with the previous blanket I cheated on the last step and got some blanket binding. It didn't quite line up on the underside, so I snipped it to fit and that added some of the "no fray" stuff to the ends so it wouldn't fray.

So, the lesson I learned here is, if I really am ever going to quilt again, I need to start from scratch, on my own, no more pre-sewn quilt pieces!

Busy busy bee

Well, since I'm stuck here in Texas, and probably not being able to travel to Canada for my sisters wedding, I've decided to kick start making stuff for baby girls room. Today I started making sheets for her room. I know you're asking yourself "why wouldn't you just buy crib sheets, they are cheaper that way". While that is *sometimes* true, I couldn't resist the fabrics I picked :). I had a 40% and a 50% off coupon that I used for both sets of material, and since they were 7.99/yd and I needed 2 yards, I figured it wasn't to bad.
I have an owl theme for her room, and found some girly type owl material, and the other material I found I've loved for a while. It has apples and pears on it, and doesn't match her decor at all, but I had to have it!!!

My last project I started before I knew I wouldn't be travelling, I'm still not sure if I want to keep it, or give it to a friend. I had a major surplus of Tulle laying around and didn't know what to do with it. I looked up some tutorials for Tutus and decided this is what I would use it for.

I finally finished it

Well, first I started it, and then I finished it, all in one day.
I cut out the Infinity "Dummy" dress. It's a polyester blend which will just be *oh so breathable in this texas heat :O. I might eventually wear it when the weather cools down here.

Here is a picture, it's a terrible picture, but I was making the "Clark smiling" face. No word of a lie, when he smiles it looks like a big fake grin.


*insert sarcasm.

Bridesmaids Dress?

I have had an obsession with making an infinity dress since I first saw it posted of craftster. Problem is, I am lazy, and terrible at math and I can see this all going so horribly horribly wrong! This is where the McCall pattern company is now my best friend. This is a new pattern that has come out, and I am waiting until this weekend to buy it because Joann fabrics is having a sale!!!! (yay yay yay). This is the pattern front and the reason it is called the infinity dress is because it's basically a simple skirt (this one includes a tube top as well) and super long straps, those straps are what make the dress changeable.
So now I must wait....


Once I have the pattern I am going to make a dummy dress, and if it works out, then I will be buying some black material and making myself a bridesmaids dress for my sisters wedding.

flying horse shirt

Was finally able to get something re-conned and sewn up, I had this horse tank top in my collection for a long time and didn’t want to get rid of it. I had some old grey material laying around so I finally re-jigged the shirt so I was able have the top half and the sleeves as that colour.

The first pictures are of the finished product, the last one is the tank top (but I had just cut the straps off).

Yay for finally being able to sew something!

New fun stuff!

I had been deliberating, and waiting, but I finally caved and bought I rotary cutter, cutting mat, and a quilting ruler.
Why did I buy these things? Hopefully to make my sewing life a tad easier. I've already used it to even out the knit material that has been driving me nuts because it is so uneven.
Maybe I will even start on that T-Shirt quilt I've been talking about forever!
I'm such a geek this way when I get my new stuff in, but I figured that is what this blog is about, me geeking out. Tomorrow is Boogs' party, so hopefully after things wind down I will be able to take photos of my finished work to post up here.

TTFN