Baby Gifts: Pretty Bird Binky 'Leash' & Carry Bag. Summer seems like the prefect time to pull up some projects that will make the most of all those pretty pieces in your scrap bag, bin or box. This week's ScrapBusters Series brings you five great little-bit-o-fabric ideas, starting with today's perfect baby gift bundle of two binkys on their own little leashes and a matching drawstring carry bag.
This project is at the very Tip-Top of the Cutie-Pie Ranking & Rave Scale. For those of you unfamiliar with the C.P.R.R.S., a project's ranking consists of the combined number and volume of "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhs" generated at baby showers. It's an independent ranking, so don't even try to find it on Google. Our thanks to our pals at Michael Miller Fabrics for originally providing us with this absolutely wonderful Pretty Bird from Pillow & Maxfield. We found some still available from Fashionable Fabrics and Fabric.com. Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome DC2011) Supplies for TWO Binky Leashes and ONE matching Bag Binky Leash Carry Bag Contributors.
Haunted Halloween: Wicked Apron - Sew4Home. It's Halloween season and costume shops have popped up in all sorts of unusual places. We have one in a store front that previously housed a carpet and linoleum company. Everything smells like glue. They have all sizes and shapes of costumes for kids, and there seems to be endless options for buying and making kiddie costumes online. But... what about the grown-ups? This project isn't really difficult, but it does take some concentration to keep track of what is front, back, right and left. All our 2010 Haunted Halloween projects are made from pre-cuts, we used Haunted Mansion by Sanae for Moda Fabrics.
Transfer all pattern markings to your fabric.Cut the grosgrain ribbon into 6 pieces, each 9" long.From the remaining THREE Fat Quarters (or the 18" x 22" pieces of fabric), leave the piece you want for the center panel uncut. Flounce Create two lines of gathering stitches along the top of the overlapped flounce. Neck and waist ties Apron front with faux lacing Attach the flounce The skirt.
Make This Look. J. Crew Ribbon Neckline Refashion Tutorial. October 25, 2009 7:56 am J. Crew- You’re killing me. I can’t keep up with all your fun shirts. I fell in love with this shirt from J. Crew. I love the colors and I like the randomness of the layers. So here’s my imitation tutorial. I got this peachy pink fabric and cut a strip double the length of the neckline and about 2 inches wide. Fray check the sides. Beginning at the end of the collar make tucks and pin in place.
Tuck in and out, around, up and down(however you want) around the entire colar, pinning in place as you go. Here’s an up close of how mine looks. Then you just need to stitch it in place. An up close… There’s ONE more thing I did that I didn’t photograph. Here’s my sister wearing it for me. Isn’t it lovely? Got more J. Free Maternity Patterns: Maternity Shirt Pattern. Maternity patterns are the best thing that ever happened to your budget. By sewing your own maternity clothes you'll save so much money (well, assuming you don't buy expensive fabric) you'll have some left over to buy food. Why are maternity clothes so expensive? I designed this maternity shirt pattern in a way that it can be adjusted and worn after pregnancy too, much like my maternity wrap skirt pattern is.
No reason to make something you'll only wear for a few months! Yes, I picked crazy fabric for my top and I totally understand if those bright colors make you cringe. I used quilting weight cotton for this top but honestly, I'd sew it in a stretch jersey if I were to do it again as that will give a few more inches during late pregnancy. Materials Needed: 3 yards fabric20" elastic for sleevessafety pin for feeding elastic through casing Here is my Maternity Shirt Pattern in PDF format for you to print. It will print on 16 regular letter sized pages for you to tape together. Free Maternity Yoga Pants Pattern. These maternity yoga pants are so comfortable! They are almost guaranteed to become a cozy staple in your maternity (and beyond) wardrobe. They can be very casual for laying around the house in or just change your fabric choice and you can make a fancier pair suitable for work or going out.
I wore yoga pants all throughout my fall pregnancy and wore the same ones immediately afterwards during that icky "nothing fits, but don't want to wear maternity anymore" stage that everyone loathes. It will feel great to make something for yourself knowing you'll get a lot of use out of it! The length and size of your maternity yoga pants pattern is completely adjustable as your final pattern depends entirely upon a pair you have that already fit you, and it can be adapted to fit you at any stage. Of course if you don't currently have a pair that fit you, take a pair of pants that used to fit you and add several inches to your pattern. Maternity Yoga Pants Instructions Below: Big Ugly Shirt Refashioned into Maternity! Make a Custom Pair of Tap Pants. By Haley Pierson-Cox For me, summer in NYC means two things: 1) I will eventually wear a light skirt into the subway when my hands are full, and 2) on that day, when I step onto the stairs of the station, a gust of wind will come barreling up from below, lifting my skirt and showing my backside to anyone who cares to look.
This year, on the very first nice day, my skirt flew up not once, but twice. In the same commute. Grumbling and scrambling to pull it down, it hit me: I definitely needed a pair of tap pants. In case you’re not familiar, tap pants work like a slip, but they’re actually shorts, making them the perfect solution to my summer skirt woes. I’m pretty sure that every gal with a skirt and the chance of a breeze needs a pair!
Materials: Directions Step 1: Create the front pattern To get started, use a measuring tape to take the following measurements. Step 3: Cut out your pattern pieces and arrange them on fabric that has been folded in half with right sides facing. Related. Beltmaking 101. Finally–the long-awaited beltmaking tutorial! Way I make my fabric-covered belts has been learned from a mix of trial-and-error and vintage manuals. The supplies are simple, and making a simple pass-through belt is quite easy. I have, however, included instructions for how to add a pronged buckle to a belt and add eyelets.
I hope you enjoy, and as usual feel free to ask any questions in the comments! Supplies: 1″ wide stiff belting (available at JoAnns), 1/4 yard fabric at least 45″ wide, buckle for 1″ belt (see sources at the end), pattern paper, thread, scissors, ruler, pins. Begin by measuring your waist and adding 6″ to 8″ inches to the length (I tend to err on the side of more, especially for a belt using a pronged buckle). Cut the belting the length of your waist plus the extra. Using the paper pattern, cut one layer of your fabric. Fold the fabric around the belting, wrong sides out. Gently work the seam to the center of the belting width, and press seam open.