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Thursday, December 30, 2010

DIY 1960s Inspired Sweater Dress

4:39 PM

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Start with a man's super huge sweater! I made mine using an XL and it came out as short as they would have probably worn in the 60s- but I would have gone larger if I had a 1X or a 2X laying around.

Lay your sweater out flat and make sure the bottom hem is lined up front and back.

Place a tank top on the front center trace around it Be sure to leave room for seam allowance.

Measure about 2 inches below your bust (for me this was about 10 1/2 inches) Mark a straight line across your pattern at this point.

Cut out around your tank pattern and across where you marked your line.

Pin the front piece of your top to the front piece of your bottom. Repeat for the back and sew along that line.

Rembember that the thicker your fabric the wider your stitch length should be. So if you are using a thick sweater you will want a longer stitch length than average.

Flip your dress inside out and pin the sides together (I recommend starting at the bottom and working up) Sew along pin lines.

Take the sleeves from your sweater and mark out new sleeves being sure to give a little extra for seam allowance.

Use your first sleeve to make a pattern for your second. I made my sleeves quarter length and wanted them to be fitted. Be sure to measure around your arm where you want your sleeve to stop at so it can taper to that point.

Sew along line to close your sleeves.

Pin and hem your sleeves.

Pin and sew sleeves inside sleeve holes.

Add a bow on the center front where you sewed a bust line and you are done!

DiY Owl Sleep Mask

3:08 PM

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This is a super easy sleep mask. It shouldn't take you more than 20 minutes to make. Eventually I'll get around to making a more difficult version but until then, I hope you enjoy this one.

Start with making your pattern. I used an old eye mask I already had laying around and added 3 points to the top. Mine was about 7.5 inches by 3.25 inches wide.

Cut out your pattern using two different colored pieces of fleece. Be sure to cut seam allowance.

Next cut out two white circles and two smaller black ones out of felt.

Sew the black circles onto the white ones by hand- I used a large needle and yarn.

Next sew your eyes onto the top layer of your mask.

You can use elastic to fit your mask around your face but I'm going to use ribbon. To best do this cut two small pieces of ribbon that you can fold in half to make loops.

Pin your pieces wrong sides together. Be sure to also pin your ribbons or elastic on the inside (the purple pins are where my ribbon is pinned) Sew around being sure to leave an opening to turn your mask right side out.

Cut small slits at the corners between your points and turn right side out.

Sew a top stitch around your mask closing the small gap you left open.

Sew the middle point down.

Thread ribbon through your loops so you can easily secure your mask on while sleeping and you are done!

DiY Print Dress

11:22 AM

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What you'll need-

1. larger than you printed t-shirt.
1. fitted tank top.
1. pair of scissors
1. measuring tape
1. sewing machine or serger
1. set of straight pins.
1. tailors chalk.

Start by taking your tank top and folding it down below the underarms. Trace the pattern on to your print dress making sure to measure your hips and mark that correctly as well. Cut your piece out and you should have something like this:

Turn your right sides together, pin and sew along side seams.

Take your tank top and draw a straight line across at underarms. Cut making sure to leave a little room for seam allowance.

Turn your cut tank piece inside out and pin it to the top of your dress-- and sew.

And you are done!

Sweater Tee

12:33 PM

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This is probably the quickest 10 minute tutorial ever! Love it and it is using the last pieces of our sweater that we originally began to use back in October--- The Sleeves!

Ok so all you will need for this is is a T-shirt, your sweater sleeves, pins, scissors and a sewing machine or serger.

Start by turning your t-shirt inside out and cutting the sleeves off carefully at the seam.

Pin your sweater sleeves onto your shirt and sew using a zig-zag stitch or serge in place.

And as easy as that you have a new shirt that is comfy cozy for fall/winter 2010!

Happy Halloween!

10:01 AM

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Ok, so I've been back from Vegas for a couple of days now and so I have time to actually post stuffs on here! Ok so I am going to basically do a photo recap of ... everything! Have fun.