DIY 1960s Inspired Sweater Dress

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!

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DiY Owl Sleep Mask

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!

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DiY Print Dress

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!

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Sweater Tee

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!

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Video Killed the Radio Star

Ok, trying something kind of new and decided to post a new shirt tutorial on a video! Any comments, critiques, suggestions, whatever are accepted since this is my first round at it.

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Circle Scarf

I made this a few days ago, but I only just now uploaded it so I'm sorry for that delay.

This is another part of the non-knitted knitted items I'm making. I used the scrap piece from the vest that I made a week or two ago to make this little scarf. I like it lots and hopefully you will too!





This is realy easy and should only take about 15 minutes.

This is the piece I started with.



Cut your piece into strips. They should be kind of wide but still longer than they are wide. I didn't do anything aprox. because I felt that wasn't really important.




Next fold one of your strips in half, right sides together and sew to make it into a loop.



Turn right side out and take a second piece. Thread it through your loop and sew it together with right sides together.



Turn that loop right side out and you should have something like this.



Repeat until you've used all but the last piece. When you get to your last piece, loop it through both the last link and the first link so you have a full circle.



Sew and you are done! The scarf/necklace should easily fit over your head because it's a knit so it should stretch.

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