Boho Maxi Dress This dress is an incredibly easy make. By now you may have realized that I'm all about the simple projects. I'm far from being a master seamstress, I just work with what I know and try to learn as I go. I've never actually owned a maxi dress before, but now I might be hooked. Want to make one too?? Materials: 1 4/5 yd Extra Stretchy Jersey Knit (60"wide) (You want a lightweight knit. 1/3 yd Trim Fabric Dye I know that there are many of you out there who have a fear of sewing with knit. A couple of things to keep in mind when sewing with knit... Let the material go at it's own pace when feeding through the machineUse a zig zag stitch or a stretch stitch. Tutorial: Fold your panel of fabric in half along the 60" side. Because it was so huge, it was difficult to get a decent pic of this step...so I drew up this nice little chart instead. Sew everywhere you see the white dashed line. After your 3 seams, turn your fabric inside out. Cut out an 8" strip at both ends for the sleeves. Dye: You'll need:
Tutorial: Blair Waldorf Capelet! Confession: I've never actually seen an episode of Gossip Girl. In fact, I didn't even know who Blair Waldorf was until someone mentioned her in a comment several posts ago. Well I Googled her, and the girl's got style! I was particularly inspired by this photo of her in the cutest capelet ever. Obviously, I had to make my own..... While this is not a no-sew project, like my last cape, it's almost as easy! 1) I started with a long rectangle of delicious fabric (that my mom got for $.75 at a thrift store!) 2) Then I pleated the top. 9 pleats, aprox. 2.5" each, and right up against each other, leaving about 5" on each side. 3) I sewed a basting stitch along the top of the pleats, to hold them together.... 4) Then I trimmed the two front edges to make them curved. 5) Measure from one end of the cape to the other (minus the top), and cut the length of ribbon you need. 6) Sandwich the edge of the cape in the middle of the ribbon, and pin well. 7) Sew the ribbon on. 10) Hand stitch them on. P.S.
making a french sennit tutorial Cut eight pieces of cord 12 ft long and one 6 ft long. “Middle” the 12ft length. This gives us 16 strands at 72”. The single 6 ft strand will make the 17th. strand. (You want to treat the ends of the cord to keep them from fraying out while working. If using Nylon burn the loose ends. Secure the strands to a fixed object then separate the cords with a group of ten on one side and seven on the other. Be careful to keep the seven and ten groups separated or you will have to undo several plaits to figure out where you went wrong. (If you’re in the Military, active or reserve, be sure the lanyard is large enough to put on and take off without disturbing your cover! When you get to the desired length of the neckpiece of the lanyard, bring the two ends of the plaited lanyard together. Using one of the loose strands wrap the two ends together. If you don't want to make a large Turks head with several bights, use a slightly larger cord and chase it around four of five times. NOTE!
Anthropologie vintage lace chemise DIY inspiration: Anthropologie vintage lace chemice in my closet: two white tops 2 gold rings from part of a chandelier and i bought some white ribbons mix all that together and the after: i saved over $190! Our Busy Little Bunch: Mini Clutch Tutorial These mini clutches were a big hit at my daughter's birthday party, and my daughters have found lots of uses for theirs. So I thought I'd do up a little tutorial in case anyone else wants to make some. First, cut out your pieces: From the outer fabric, lining, and batting - cut one main piece 8.5" x 10" From the outer fabric, lining, and batting - cut one flap piece 8" x 3.5" Prepare your flap piece: First, find something round and use it to cut the bottom edges of the flap pieces in a curve. If you'd like to use an elastic loop and button closure, center the elastic on the outer flap fabric and place between the outer fabric and lining, right sides together. Sew all three layers together with a 1/4" seam allowance. Clip curves, turn right-side out and press. Prepare your main pieces: Layer the outer fabric on a piece of batting and fold in half, with outer fabric right-sides together. Push out one of the corners and mark a 2" line across and sew on line. Attach flap to outer piece: Finish bag:
Super Simple Nightie Tutorial Ginger from Wiener Dog Tricks shares this Super Simple Nightie Tutorial as part of our True Love series. We can’t wait to see your versions! Learn more about Ginger in her intro, and visit her new shop where you can find tutorials, kits & more. From Ginger: This lovely little number flies together with just a few pieces and not all that much measuring. 1. And then get to cutting: Chest piece: Two strips.Width = Your Bra Size + 1 inchHeight = 5 inchesA note about piecing fabric together: If you need to scrap pieces together for these strips, just make sure you don’t have any funky seams running up the middle of the front. 2. 3. Now put it all together: make a sandwich with your Body piece and your two Chest pieces (right-side-facing-in-with-ironed-edges-facing-down Chest pieces = bread; ruffled-edge-up Body piece = bologna). 4. Once you’ve got it all pinned in place, run a basting stitch along that top edge to hold your straps in place. High five.
DIY: Interesting Easy Craft Ideas Hey my ladies, I’m always here to inspire you and to give you some interesting ideas. For today I have made you a wonderful collection of diy interesting and easy craft ideas. Are you excited? You don’t to spend money on accessories any more, because there are plenty of tutorials that will help you to enrich your accessory box. It is time to start improving your diy techniques and skills, don’t you think? Choose one of these craft ideas and make it at your home. If you want to strengthen the connection with your daughter, ask her to help you. Lovely little purse Lovely flower bracelet DIY leather wallet Cute blue headband Lovely and colorful necklace Easy to make bag Gorgeous bracelet Easy to make egg decor Accessories storage Lovely baby pink headpiece Lovely pink flip-flops Beautiful balls made by your old blouse Gorgeous green necklace Flowers made of papper Cute headpiece for your hair Choose your favorite color and make a lovely hairpiece Bows in every color Lovely accessory to wrap your hair
DIY: how to make socks from tights I love socks. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you’ve probably noticed I’ll take any excuse to do a sock DIY. Soooo this was pretty much an inevitability! I’m absolutely thrilled with how they turned out though. They’re so cute!! Here’s how you can makes some Get your old tights If your hole/rip is near the toe like me, then you’ll need to make a new toe section (but that’s okay, because I have something fun planned for the toes!). Optional: I didn’t like the way the lace matched up, so I made little bows with some of the excess pieces and sewed them over the seam. I can see I’m going to get a lot of wear out of these babies!
Interesting Craft Ideas With Lace Home > DIY > Interesting Craft Ideas With Lace By Fashion Diva on March 10, 2013 You can find full tutorial here You can find full tutorial here From our partners THE PAJAMA PANT | Weekend designer These long and loose bottoms score high on the comfort index. The fabrics are fluid and the prints are fun, which means they are less for curling up on the sofa than for spending a weekend afternoon in style. Think silk, linen, rayon, or cotton…something lightweight and drapy. Featured: Blue-green silk pajama pants from Dries Van Noten The cut and fabrication of these loungers is novice level and fits many shapes and sizes. You need: 1 ½ yds. of fashion fabric, 44-45″ wideCoordinating thread1 pkg. of 1″ wide waistband elastic or 60″ drawcordTailor’s chalkTape measure No real pattern is required but if you wish to make several pants you can make a paper template. Recommended to control the fullness at the gathered waist is elastic or a drawsting. For the cut, measure your finished pant length. Straighten the cut edges of your fashion fabric and square across the width. Measure along the selvedge the pant length measurement and square a line across the width with tailor’s chalk Like this:
Way more complicated than the tutorial says. Made it, but a lot of explainations are missing. by minkymina Dec 29