Simple Bow Tie Top I'm so happy about how this turned out. This is one of those projects that's been on my to do list forever and now that I finally got it done, I wish I had done it a long time ago. This is such a simple project. One of the easiest I've ever made. Materials: 5/6 + yard knit & 1/3 yard silk, cotton, etc. My knit is 60" wide and my dusty pink silk (faux) is 45" wide. Your fabric doesn't have to be exactly as wide as mine, just keep in mind that if you buy a fabric that is less wide you may need to purchase more to compensate. Cut two large squares to the dimensions of 30" x 30" If you bought 5/6 yd of 60" fabric all you have to do is cut along the fold line. **Edit- 30" length gives you a long top. Make a casing at the top of each square. Sew down with a zig zag stitch (so it can stretch). Start working on your sash. I made a mistake when I made my sash and cut where I shouldn't have. Cut right down the middle of your fabric so that you have two 45" by 6" strips. Cut off extra fabric Voila.
MADE: TUTORIAL: 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. 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. PATTERN:This requires a bit of geometry but don’t worry, we’ll break it down for you. You need to figure out the radius so you can easily draw a circle. draw another 1/4 circle:
Recipe: Frozen White Chocolate Hot Chocolate Dessert Treat It is no secret that I love sweets. In fact, when Lent rolls around each year and I see people giving up sweets, I hide… I don’t want those kind of crazy thoughts to invade my brain. I can tell you straight up, me without sweets, would not be a pretty sight. When the folks over at The Motherhood asked me if I would like to be a co-host for a virtual Cooking Connections class surrounding all things sweet, I jumped at the chance. You can join in the virtual chat based class as well, this Wednesday 1pm EST on The Motherhood. Kid Friendly Desserts & Desserts on the GoYour Favorite Desserts, Lightened UpDesserts Worth Indulging & Special Occasion Desserts In the meantime, I am doing my best to diligently research sweet treats prior to the Cooking Connections class. I know there is still a chill in the air, but I am anxiously awaiting spring and summer, which means sweet treats of the frozen variety. Recipe: Frozen White Chocolate Hot Chocolate (Adapted from Epicurious)
Charlotte Russe Inspired Skirt I fell in love with this skirt from Charlotte Russe: However, it was a little too short for my taste. I figured I could make one myself, so I did. 33K+ I know I don't quite have the legs of the 5'11" model. I'm stuck with my 5'2" legs and a crappy camera, but I'm still happy with how the skirt turned out. Materials needed: - 2 1/4 yds cargo/khaki fabric - 1/2 yd tulle - Invisible zipper - Coordinating thread - Upholstery thread (optional) * All seams allowances 5/8" unless otherwise noted. 1. 2. - skirt (3 pieces) 16 3/4" x 26 1/4" (length of skirt - 5 1/4" seam allowances, waistband, and ruffle; bottom of skirt divided by 2 + 1 1/4" seam allowances) - waistband (2 pieces) 6 1/4" x 17 3/4" (hip measurement divided by 2 + 2 1/4" seam allowances and waistband angle) - ruffle (3 pieces) 9 1/4" strips fabric, (3 pieces) 5 1/8" tulle * Cut the skirt pieces first, then the waistband, then the ruffle pieces. 4. 5. Then cut along the drawn line. 6. 7. Gather each strip. 8. 9. I love it!
A Very Simple Skirt Tutorial This has been such an exciting last few days for me. My Shoe Makeover Tutorial was actually featured on one of my favorite blogs Ucreate and I feel so honored to be amongst the talented ladies that Kari has displayed on her lovely blog. Thank you so much for all your sweet comments, I absolutely love reading them and I'm so happy that many of you are inspired to take on the project! I'm really hoping to get more clothing tutorials up soon as creating clothes for myself is really becoming a passion of mine. Materials Needed 1 yd or 1 and 2/3 yd of Fabric (explained below)1.5" wide elasticCoordinating thread color Fabric- I found this yellow damask stretchy knit fabric for just 3.99 a yard at Golden D'or in Dallas. For this project I would recommend using a knit, voile, silk, charmeuse, or any other soft fabric. However, if your fabric is only, say 45" wide, you'll need to buy 60" (1 and 2/3 yard) of fabric. Fold fabric like a hot dog so that the 60" sides are together. Stretch...
Tie Dye T-Shirts with Sharpie Markers! It was Red Ribbon week at my daughter's school this week and their first dress up day was tie dye t-shirts and wouldn't you know she didn't have anything tie dye in her closet. So we decided to do a little art project together and make something with what we had on hand. I have seen several different examples and directions for this on the internet so we took what we found from various searches and modified it just a little bit. Here's what you'll need and the steps we followed: Pre-washed white or light colored t-shirt (cotton takes color great)Rubbing Alcohol (Note: mine was 91%. If your alcohol has a lower percentage it may not work as well)Liquid dropper (we used an old medecine dropper)Small plastic cup(s)... really we only needed oneRubber bandsVariety of colored Sharpies (we stuck to color wheel colors, no brown or black) **** Extra Embellishment: (fabric, scissors, iron on paper, and an iron) - we made a sparkley peace sign to put in the center of the shirt. Super cute!
Body wax - Homemade wax for smooth skin The ritual of body wax is not recent. Homemade wax goes back to ancient Egypt where women were encouraged to cultivate the ritual of hair free bodies. They paid much attention to beauty and body appearance, and this was a perfect blend of cosmetics and hygiene. The tradition continued into ancient Greece but declined in the mid 10th century. This body wax recipe is effective and pretty simple. The name body wax is right, this recipe can be used as a leg and eyebrow wax, upper lip wax. Ingredients for homemade body hair removal 7oz of honey7oz of sugarFreshly squeezed juice of 1/2 lemon You will also need: a pan and tablespoon, preferably wooden spoon andcloth strips which you can make out of an old shirt (cotton) or simply buy them at the pharmacy store. Preparation: Start out by caramelizing sugar. This is where it becomes tricky. Spread the body wax on your legs, place the cotton strip over it (make sure it adheres), count to 3 and pull! Wax removal Ingredients Other options . Custom Search
Curtains to a Ballerina Skirt A Cinderella story... So for a while now, I've been doing a bit of pinterest picture hoarding (let's be honest, that's what it really is) of tulle/ballet skirts. I just love everything about them. They seem so versatile; wear it to a nice event or put a cardigan on to make it more casual. Basically I've been really wanting one. So I finally decided to make my own. The curtains were the perfect material, not sure what type exactly, but they don't fray and the material lays down nicely. Total Price: (thanks to my wonderful sister) $0 Thank you Joy!! The pictures really don't do the skirt justice. It was actually kind of a quick photo shoot because of this little guy; he just couldn't stay away from the action. I really wasn't going to add this picture, but here you go; totally an awkward moment Well there you have it, another refashion. If there's enough interest, I'll even do a tutorial. Vida Feliz!!!
Tutorials Hola there! Here you can find an organized list of all my tutorials, projects and printables. I want to point out that I am no sewing expert and have no formal education in either sewing or English (Spanish is my native language) So I might not always use the correct terminology or best technique, I am always learning too! All of my tutorials and printables for personal use only, if you want to sell items made with these tutorials please purchase a Limited Production License. Flowers & Jewelry Tutorial: Anthropologie Inspired Necklace Link: Go to Tutorial Difficulty: Easy Tutorial: Duct Tape Joyful Flower Link: Go to Tutorial Difficulty: Easy Clothes and Upcycled Projects Tutorial: Upcycled dress for Burda Style Link: Go to Post Difficulty: Intermediate Tutorial: Loose fitting summer vest from t-shirts Link: Go to Tutorial Difficulty: Easy Tutorial: Upcycled Ruffles dress Link: Go to Tutorial Difficulty: Intermediate Target dress transformation Link: Go to Post Difficulty: Intermediate Nursery
Make my Week #23 - sweatshirt restyle like my new mustard blazer? here is what it used to look like: an XL men's sweatshirt (who had the good fortune of being a delightful colour!) gather here, snip there... surprisingly it worked, is comfy, and i have worn it lots! Our 13 Most Popular Photography Tips of All Time A Post By: Darren Rowse Yesterday I was doing a little analysis of the statistics behind dPS as I did a little planning for the coming months on the site and as I looked at them I realised that some of what I was seeing would probably be interesting for you our readership. I’ll share a few of the stats below – but I thought that of particular interest to newer readers of dPS would be our a list of our most read tutorials and tips. Here are the Top 13 A few other stats that readers might be interested in: dPS was founded in April 2006. While it feels like we’ve been around for a long time we’re a relatively new site in the photography niche. How You Can Help dPS Grow The main reason that dPS has grown to the point that it has is that over the last 4 years our community has been incredibly active in contributing to and promoting our site. We greatly appreciate your help in these (and other) ways.
Sandalwood Apron Well, the holidays are over and it is time to move on. I took several pictures of our tree this year and this was my favorite. It is odd packing the christmas decor away without knowing where in the world we will be living next year when we unpack it. I am not going to lie I kind wish I had just bit the bullet and made it a skirt ha! What I am really excited about with this tutorial is that I am going to walk you through creating your own pattern. What you will need: 1/2 yard Main fabric 1/2 yard box pleat fabric, waistband and ties Scissors Sewing Machine Straight Pins Iron Measuring tape (very important) Pen & Paper for jotting Grab your measuring tape. Alert Alert Alert it is important to cut the top of the waistband on the fold. Now we need to determine the length. All you need to know now is how long you want it to be. Take your waistband piece and head to the iron. next... Once you are done iron down the seam and topstitch what you just sewed. That is it!!
Vinyl Belt Buckle and Interchangeable Belt Tutorial That’s quite the mouthful, isn’t it? I’ve wanted to make belts with buckles before, but I have a hard time finding the buckles with the center bars at any craft stores near me. Sometimes I just don’t feel like paying shipping—you will often end up spending over $5.00 for one buckle that way. Thus, the vinyl belt buckle was born. SO simple! And I’m going to show you how to make a belt interchangeable! You can make the other side of the belt with a different fabric to make it reversible, like the one I googled and found here on Tarilyn’s Show’n Tell. OR you can use velcro to take them off the buckle and then make as many as you’d like to interchange. To make the belt buckle, download the free pattern here. You’ll need: 4” x 7” piece vinyl glue stick piping (optional) 1” piece velcro First cut out two vinyl buckle pieces using the pattern. Optional step: add some piping around the buckle outer. Place wrong sides together and glue. For the belt, I used the Plaid Belt tutorial on Sew4Home. That’s it!