Monday, March 8, 2010

DIY ruffle shirt tutorial

diy ruffle shirt

Remember the cute shirt I made my daughter a while ago? Here is the step by step tutorial!


The supplies you need for this project are: a sewing machine, scissors, and two matching t-shirts.

First, cut neck and sleeves as in the above photo



Sew a loose, straight stitch on the top half of sleeves (the part that will be seen when the wearer's arms are down), about 1/2 inch from the recently-cut edge of both sleeves.


pull thread from both ends to gather sleeve


Sew gathers in place (by sewing over the entire length of the previous stitch with a nice, tight straight stitch...be sure to back-stitch the ends so it doesn't unravel).


Cut a long strip from the middle of the second t-shirt


Sew a loose, straight stitch down middle of the strip


Pull thread to gather and ruffle


Pin the ruffle to the front of the shirt in a random pattern. Sew along the middle of ruffle to attach it to the shirt.



Create small pleats along one side of the neck line and pin, then sew pleats in place.


Voila! Here is the finished ruffle shirt!

chocolate chip cookies

chocolate chip cookies
One of my many weaknesses.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

DIY recycled rosette cardigan

diy rosette cardigan step 5 close up
Happy Wednesday everyone, I thought I'd share a little something of what I have been up to lately. Today I added a little flair to this boring old cardigan I never wore. I saw this and this on anthropology so I decided to cut up an old t-shirt my husband was throwing away and made these adorable little roses to attach to my cardigan.


here is a step by step tutorial


step 1: Cut a strip off an old t-shirt


step 2: Twist it


Step 3: Roll in a spiral shape and stitch in place.


(Finished rosette)

step 4: Stitch rosette(s) to cardigan





Sunday, February 28, 2010

feathers




I love feathers and have been collecting them lately. It helps that we have eight hens living in our yard. I Love how these pictures turned out, I took them using one of the camera filters I made the other day. Pretty fun.

my boys

e and a
Today all I did was play with my boys. I cuddled kissed and hugged each one. Including my hubby! Don't worry I didn't forget my little girl too. What a great day!