A New Way To Tie A Scarf - Mrs. Polly Rogers. Lace Trimmed Standard Pillowcase Tutorial - At Home on the Bay. Nothing says spring like pastel flowered fabrics and fresh pink roses, and I’m so ready to welcome the warmer nights and longer days after a few weekends of snow.
To add a touch of spring, I made some simple standard pillowcases with French seams and lace trim. They are easy to make and a good project for a beginner sewer. Materials for One Standard Pillowcase with Lace Trim: 1 yard of 45″ wide fabric 1-1/2 yards of trim coordinating thread sewing machine, iron, scissors, pins Pre-wash and dry the fabric and trim. 1. 2. Make Your Own Paint-By-Numbers Pillow.
How to make slippers from jeans. I am the Jean Girl - I patch, mend and refashion denim in all kinds of special ways.
Handcrafting old jeans, with style and imagination, can give your wardrobe a burst of fresh fashion without the designer expense. The appealingly soft textures and faded colours of worn denim make it the perfect fabric to sew into "new" things. So yank those long-forgotten jeans out from the back of your closet and discover what you can create! If you have intermediate sewing skills then you can easily stitch yourself a pair of proper denim slippers. When you're finished, slip your feet into these soft, soothing slippers and pad around your home feeling lovely and comfy. What you need Pair of old, cast-off jeans25cm wadding25cm iron-on fusingPiece of thin cardboard (not the corrugated type), about 30x30cmTwo pattern piecesAround 60cm ribbon (I've used pink and white gingham)Blue thread (choose a shade that matches your denim)ScissorsStraight pinsPencil/tailor's chalkNeedle and thread/sewing machine.
No Sew Pillow Covers. About 6 months ago I decided it was time to change the fabric on my pillows that rested on my couch.
The ones I had came with the couch and while they are nice I felt it was time to add a little something else to the space. It took me about 3 months to finally choose the fabric I wanted. I had changed out the curtains and I wanted the pillows to play off of them. Here is what they used to look like. Here’s what they look like now. Unique Pincushions. I found this darling little wrecker-tow truck at an antique shop over the weekend for only six bucks.
There’s some mechanism missing, disqualifying it from any serious collector’s purchase, but the second I saw it I thought “pincushion!” If you look hard enough around your house, you’ll find many little unique things just begging to hold your sewing pins. Here are a few other things I found that could each hold a little pillow of fluff & fabric. The shorter the piece better, as when pinning, I find that taller pieces are a bit less ergonomic. Hemming Distressed Jeans. Being the short gal that I am, sometimes it’s hard to find a great pair of jeans that fit well in the length.
A couple of years ago I found some awesome deals on Lucky jeans at Buckle in the mall, and they offered free alterations. I wanted to take the jeans on my trip to visit a friend in Atlanta the next day and there wasn’t time to leave the jeans at the store to be sewn. So the salesperson showed me the basic concept of how their sewing service altered the jeans leaving the cool original distressed hem at the bottom. New way to shorten jeans. Can anyone on this planet find the perfect pair of jeans?
There are so many things to look for in a perfect pair of jeans. First, there’s the waist. And then the fit in the legs. And then the fabric stretch. And ah man, now you have to choose from boot cut, skinny jeans, trouser cut, straight leg, blah, blah, blah. I’m tall. I usually have to lengthen our pants. But then my brother came over one day…….and showed me some pants he found. Reversible Purse. A Canadian DIY and Fashion Blog. PatternsOnline.com: Sunset-dyed basket liner + pouch. This is the second project in Brittany’s summer DIY series!
You can see the first project from last week, a copper tubing side table, by clicking here. — Kate Picnics and bicycles are an absolute must in Denmark. Easy quilt craft project. Dress & Blouse How-To. Coordinating Comforter. Hand-Towel Beach Bag. Wraparound Pincushion. DIY Neon Flower Print Top. I had trouble finding print tops that I liked, so I bought a few white ones (Target) to modify.
This one was super easy to do, you just need some fabric paint in a color you love/want to match with your outfit and 4+4 hours of drying time if you make prints on both sides. How to: Pick a fun fabric paint color to make your flowers with, (I used Tulip Slick in Neon Coral). Wash your top! Stick paper/parchment paper inside the top to protect it in case the paint leaks through. Put some of the paint on paper or some other table protecting surface. Dip and dab a foam brush in the paint, and then randomly dab some flowers onto your top. Then make the centers of the flowers with another darker color on top (I used Tulip Puffy in Black). Let dry, repeat on the other side. Done! Something strange happens to this really bright coral color in photos, this is the closest we could get to the original color in photos: