The Mystery Solved: Wrist Cuff Wallets! « pinsandthimbles. Remember this post? I read your helpful comments and even took it to the good people at Craftster. I tried about ten versions, but all of them were different shades of meh. Velcro was a great idea but in the end it turned out to be slightly too bulky. Also, the stud closure on the outer edge of the wallet would lift up and stick out. Functionally these things were OK, but it was important to me that these look good as well as being practical. It’s so often the case that what a design needs is time. I’ve been wearing them around, and people have been sweet enough to suggest other uses for them. How would you use one? As it is, I will be opening an Etsy shop sometime in the next two weeks, something I haven’t done before. Like this: Like Loading... Leather Bow Bracelet, DIY. I love Bracelets, so I make them more than any other accessory.
Here is a sweet little bow bracelet you can make yourself. Tutorial Things you need. Scrap leather Michaels or HEREScissorsRulerPliersX-acto knifeBracelet findings HERE Two jump rings *Wal-mart or MichaelsClasp WalmartPattern Cut your pattern. I used the X-acto knife and the ruler for clean edges but scissors work too.
Above is the pattern I used. put your end findings on the end of your leather. Crimp them down with your pliers. Add one of your jump rings and your clasp to one side. and the other jump ring to the other side. Take your bow wrong side up and place a small dab of glue in the middle. Close it then add another dab of glue. add the other piece wrong side up. Looks like this. Now your bow is starting to take place. Place your bow on your leather bracelet. Using your stud and your pliers, clasp it around the leather bow and your bracelet. to connect the two pieces.
I love leather. Have a fantastic Thursday. Lots of <3, Anne. Day 17: Pearl Combs - a diy hair accessory. I first made these combs with rhinestone trim. They are beautiful, you can see photos below, but it is amazing how difficult it is to photograph rhinestones well enough to catch the twinkle. I thought I’d try the pearls for the tutorial and I love how they turned out.
Navy and white – so pretty together, so classic. I tried wrapping with white embroidery floss too, which also looked very pretty. Here are the combs with the rhinestones and lavender. You can use this technique with pretty much any trim on a comb, the only trick is that the spacing on the trim needs to be pretty similar to the spacing on the comb teeth. Looking for more exciting easy-to-make jewelry inspiration? Materials: Combs (inexpensive drug store variety) DMC 5 embroidery thread Trim (rhinestones, pearl string, crystal string, etc) IMPORTANT: Trim/bead spacing must approximately match comb teeth spacing Time: 10 minutes Cut your desired trim to match the comb length. Finis! Oh, yes, I like both of these very much. Doggie Bow Tie DIY. I you haven't noticed already, we here at 11 Eureka are a bit obsessed with doggies! In my family there are 10 adopted dogs (I have 2, my mom has 4, and my sister has 4), so our weekend trips to Michigan quickly becomes a dog park and I love it!
For my upcoming wedding, we are allowing some of the well behaved pooches to be a part of our big day and wanted to dress them up for the happy occasion. We created these sweet bow ties and are now obsessed with how well they turned out! Our dog model Rufus seems to love his plaid creation! Felt Hair Bow DIY. DIY: Patterned Heart Tights.
Okay, I'll admit, I'm a little smug about this project. I love how it turned out! Plus it's inexpensive and cheap, my favorite kind of project. Read more to see how to make your own patterned tights. Supplies: tights, acrylic paint, fabric medium, sponge paintbrush, heart punch, adhesive vinyl or contact paper. Step 1: Punch out a LOT of hearts (or any other shape) from a piece of adhesive vinyl or contact paper. I punched out a little more than 50 hearts from a couple of vinyl scraps. Step 2: Cut around each heart 'negative' (aka not the actual punched heart, but the hole it leaves behind). Step 3: Place your cut outs on your tights in whatever pattern you'd like.
Step 4: At some point, insert paper strips into your tights to keep the paint from bleeding through to the other side. Step 5: Apply your paint + fabric medium mixture (follow the directions on the fabric medium bottle) in a dabbing motion. Voila! FYI - these tights are from the $5 tight section at Target. Hunger Games Katniss-Inspired Hair Clip. In honor of today, I just couldn't resist making and sharing this Hunger Games inspired treat! So, yes I did want to go to the midnight showing last night, but the fact that I'm usually in my 2nd dream by 10pm, led me to attending the movie tonight. Date night, in fact, which makes it that much better! Because I caught the Katniss fever and want to blend in with the other tweens who will be attending the movie tonight, I wanted to make something to wear.
Something that doesn't scream "CRAZY FAN. So, here is a quick, easy tutorial on how to make a Katniss-inspired Hair Clip. Side Note: for those of you who haven't read The Hunger Games (don't know why you haven't yet) Katniss is fierce with the bow and arrow! I used my go-to material: shrinky dinks! So, I just drew and cut out 3 of the same size arrow-like shapes. For more details on how to use shrinky dinks - refer to my previous project here. Then, I used a gold marker and colored in each shape. Now, begins the assembling. Tutorial: Swarovski Pins | annekata. Open wide zippered pouch: DIY tutorial. Doesn’t it ever get annoying digging through a zippered pouch? I love being able to see what’s inside and what I’m searching for. I spotted this little pouch the other day and had to make something similar. I also made a bunch of sizes, but today I’ll show you the small size, next time, I’ll share the medium and large sizes (not pictured) so you can make all three!
Materials: fabric, 1/4 yard would be plentyzipper, at least 10″ long or longerthreadinterfacing of your choice, I used Pellon 101SF, or skip it all togetherscrap for zipper end pull Directions:(1/2″ seam allowance, unless otherwise noted) (Optional) Fuse on or baste on interfacing of your choice to main exterior pieces. Lay one exterior piece right side up, lay zipper (teeth side down) on top with the zipper pull at the left – aligning zipper tape edge to the raw edges of the top of the exterior piece. Use your zipper foot and a 1/4″ seam allowance. Flip so that the fabrics are wrong sides facing and press. That’s it! Ta-da! The Circle Skirt. I used to think that a gathered skirt was the easiest skirt to sew. But I may have changed my tune. A circle skirt is possibly even easier! ….especially if you leave the elastic exposed. If you’ve ever made a poodle skirt before, it’s the same concept.
Your fabric is cut in a circle, like a donut. Then the elastic is sewn on top to create a waistband. Once you’ve created your pattern, you can whip up 4 skirts in an hour! Okay, let’s get started. What you need (for a little girl’s skirt): * about 1 yard of fabric* appx 3/4 yard of 2-inch wide elastic FABRICS to use:* Rayon* Polyester Charmuese* Simple Cotton* Thin Corduroy* Lightweight WoolMany fabrics will work for this project. ELASTIC:Wide elastic from fabric stores typically comes 2 inches or 3 inches wide; white or black in color. If you’d like to add a colorful twist to your skirt, check out our easy Tutorial for Dyeing Elastic HERE. Measure around your waist. You need to figure out the radius so you can easily draw a circle. DIY cufflinks.
I normally "steal" my husband's cufflinks, but today I decided to make a pair of girly-er ones. And how fun to make cufflinks out of... buttons :) These are so very easy to make, and fast, too! Supplies needed: * 2 - two holes buttons - rather large (I picked these mother of pearl stars - also used HERE) * 2 - two holes buttons of the size of your button holes * wire (this is sterling silver in 20 gauge Half Hard) * round nose pliers Tip: In case your shirt isn't born with cufflinks cuffs and has the button on one side of the cuff and the buttonhole on the other one, you can just "cheat" and remove the button and create an extra buttonhole where the button was set.
Step-by-step tutorial: Starting at about 1/2" from the edge, bend the wire forming a " |_| "shape, where the middle part should be as wide as the width in between the two holes of your buttons. "Thread" the button with the wire first on one hole, Then on the second hole Turn the button toward the back side, and twist the wire xox, d. Easy DIY transforming purse-backpack. If you are anything like me, you're tired of buying stuff and using it for a few months at which point it falls apart and you need to buy a new one. That's the story with me and backpacks. They are all made out of this really easy to tear material which only lasts PART of a semester at best, before I need a new one.
I've come to realize purses are made to carry small stuff but are limited as far as long journeys, whereas backpacks are made for long distances, but tear apart easy, so I thought why not combine the two? I take this backpack / purse hiking with me all the time and its lasted much longer than any of my backpacks, so I thought I'd show you how to make one! It's very simple, and took me less than 20 minutes to make. DIY bubble earrings. This year I'm completely taken with royal blue // see here and here // {but last year, too} //see here and here // and lapis lazuli is the perfect stone to go with it. Inspired by these earrings I saw on the MoMA store: While in Istanbul few weeks ago, I purchased two large lapis lazuli round beads, with the idea of making a pair of earrings (to go with a pretty ring I bought at the Grand Bazaar). grab your supplies!
* a pair of flat pliers (the pliers need to be polished flat in the inside, without the gripping lines - at least for * a small part of it), * two large-ish beads with a not-too-large hole * wire (mine is sterling silver 18Gauge Half Hard) and a big marker. {I'm using wire because I couldn't find headpins with the right gauge and the extra 3" length} And here's the fast tutorial: squeeze the edge of the wire with the flat part of the pliers, (about 1/16") Keep squeezing until it will flatten out like in the picture: Cut the wire at 3" length and repeat on the next piece of wire. Custom tights using Ink Effects. I love trying out new products, such as the DecoArt’s new Ink Effects that I teased you about on Facebook last week.
Well, now I can tell you about my experience using it. I have some tips to share along the way to make your project as successful as possible. Also, check out the DecoArt Ink Effects website for more inspiration and tutorials. Oh, and by the way, DecoArt did send me the product to play with, but the opinions are, as always on our blog, all mine. My first project with these inks was for Little Jo. After printing my design, I painted it with the Ink Effects. If you want the black lines to show up on your finished project, paint them with black ink.
Then I waited for the images to dry. I laid out one leg of my tights, placed the image towards the top, and covered with another sheet of copy paper. When I peeled away the painted design, I couldn’t help but marvel that it looks so cool! I used two sets of two roller skates to complete each leg. Little Jo loves her new tights.
Tumbler Skirt Tutorial. I came up with the Tumbler Skirt. First, I want to show you how I cut the tumbler blocks. The light in my kitchen was awful that day, so excuse the crap-tacular photos. Then I gave it a quick press with the iron. My tumbler die looks like this: I’m going to place my fabric right on top of the outline you can see vaguely. That’s where the blade is. Then I put my cutting mat on top. The verdict on cutting 6 layers of fabric at once? If you want to make your own Tumbler Skirt, you’ll need to measure the waist of the intended wearer, and round up to the nearest multiple of 3”.
You’ll need double that number for your 2nd tier. You’ll need double the 2nd tier number for your 3rd tier. And so on and so on and so on. My top tier was 9 tumblers. Sew the blocks for each tier together (1/4” seams), small sides up. The finished bottom width on each tumbler is 6”, aka double the finished top width. Install your zipper and have the wearer try it on. Have the wearer try it on again. It’s super twirly, too. Crafterhours: The Dresden Plate Skirt: A Tutorial. I’ve been thinking a lot about how to use quilting techniques in clothing lately. After making the little hexagons for this outfit, I was inspired to do more. So, now, from my crazy 3 a.m. big lightbulb idea, I’d like to introduce: the Dresden Plate Skirt!
And tutorial! (really, really long tutorial.) Are you guys ready for this? Materials needed: Main fabric. Step 1: Cut out a whole bunch of trapezoid-y shapes. Here are my strips, all lined up in a pleasing order. Step 2:Sew ‘em all together! On in the background. Step 4: Using a rotary cutter, follow the lower edge of the skirt from fold to raw edge, then cut up the raw edge about 3 inches.
Step 5: Finish the inner, or short end of that strip by serging or zig-zagging. Step 6: Use something round (coaster, glass, protractor….um yeah, I said protractor. Step 7: Sew directly on all your marked curves! Step 8: Flip your lining piece to the inside of the skirt, and using your fingers, push out each scallop and press. Step 9: Step 10: Step 11: The Busy Bean · Open Wide with a Handle. I love Anna’s Open Wide Bag tutorial so much.
I made my first, and it quickly became my favorite for knitting. It sits up so well on its own, plus the big opening means my yarn doesn’t snag on the zipper and I’m not squishing stuff into a big bag through a small opening. The only thing missing is a handle. I like to grab my bags by a handle whenever possible. I’ve been grabbing this one by the little tab, but I wanted something more. So I figured out a handle for it. Head to Noodlehead for the full tutorial and sizes. Start by cutting a piece 2 5/8″ x the height of your bag. Once you’ve sewn the zipper onto the bag opening and lining on both sides, cut it to the desired length, again using Anna’s tutorial as a guide. Sew all the way around the handle piece about 1/8″ from each edge, locking the zipper in. Continue with Anna’s tutorial, until you get to boxing the outside fabric corner on the side with the handle.
That’s it. JJ.