tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21315142901186171382024-02-07T17:00:10.596-05:00A Splash of ColorChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10526226771820833741noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514290118617138.post-30511154051749608822012-04-04T23:22:00.000-04:002012-04-04T23:22:11.686-04:00Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know I haven't posted in awhile, but I haven't made anything. Actually I take that back I made a wristlet for my little cousin for her 7th birthday. I used french seams to keep the inside looking neat and her name is Leah so I put an L on it to make it more personal. Then added some lip gloss, nail polish, and nail decals. I think she liked it, but she got so many great gifts I'm sure mine will stand out when she needs it to finish an outfit lol.<br />
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Other that I've just been busy with my girls. My 3 year old is showing an interest in learning to write her letters so we're doing that and since she's starting to want to "do school" we've been spending a good amount of time daily to work on counting and other fun projects. I'm glad she's starting to want to do these things because when we tried a few months a go she wanted no parts of it. I'm thinking in September we'll be able to really start homeschooling. Yay!<br />
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I'm hoping I'll get to start sewing again and post some new tutorials but for right now, life is calling.<br />
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Here are pictures of the wristlet I made:<br />
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<br />Chanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10526226771820833741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514290118617138.post-12196480890845283272012-03-28T10:40:00.000-04:002012-03-28T10:40:46.705-04:00Project List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week I don't have any small projects planned. I'm working on larger projects that take a few days to finish up. I'm almost done with a seersucker dress, I'm working on another top, my mom and I are trying our hand at purse making, I want to make 2-3 more dresses, and I want a few more maxi skirts. The skirts won't take long but they're last on my list. I'm also thinking about making a slip cover for our couch. I think it would be fun to have a lighter color in the spring and summer.</div>
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<br />Chanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10526226771820833741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514290118617138.post-84035709912706540962012-03-27T01:17:00.000-04:002012-03-28T10:58:53.049-04:00My Spring Top EntryI don't know if you know but, Rae over at <a href="http://www.made-by-rae.com/" target="_blank"><i>Made by Rae</i></a> is hosting a Spring Top Sewalong! So I've been busy making my entry, which is why I haven't posted in a few days. Now that I'm done I wanted to share my top with you all.<br />
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This top is New Look pattern 6104. I love it! I think it came out pretty good considering I am a beginner, and that I had to adjust the neckline. I used a fun stretch cotton fabric that's navy with big white polka dots. Usually I'm a small polka dot kind of gal. But I went fabric and pattern shopping with my mom, and she thought big polka dots would be fun. </div>
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I think I'm going to make this shirt again with the seersucker fabric I have. Or I might make one of the other styles. </div>
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The other day my hubby and I were driving around and we passed an antiques store. The store had four dress forms just sitting outside! So my hubby pulled over and I hopped out to see what they were asking for one. Turns out the guy only wanted $20!!! I was so excited. This is what it looked like when I got it.</div>
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These measurements are way off from being mine so I had to "plump" it up a little. I took an old pillow and used the stuffing to fill out the form. I was having a hard time with the, um, upper body so I had to use an old bra to help me out lol!</div>
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Once it was all stuffed I took some material I had and covered it. Thankfully I had started to make a top out of this knit fabric, but then I changed my mind, so I had the perfect piece already cut and mostly sewn to fit the dress form.</div>
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As you can see it's super lumpy! I smoothed everything out and then stitched the bottom shut. Now I don't have to try everything I make on a million times before I'm finished! </div>
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I try to carry reusable bags when I remember, but, there are times when I forget. Or when my hubby has to pick up some things on his way home from work. So we have a lot of plastic bags around our house. I had been keeping them in a bag in the kitchen but I was having to take all the bags out just to get one. While we were at the grocery store the other day I spotted some plastic bag holders and figured I could just make my own! This is another project that I just used fabric scraps that I had in my stash.<br />
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To start I took two pieces of fabric 8 inches wide and 20 inches long and sewed them right sides together. On one side I left some room at the top so I could create a space to hang it from.<br />
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<center><a href="http://organizeyourstuffnow.com/" mce_href="http://organizeyourstuffnow.com/ " target="_blank"><img alt="Organize and Decorate Everything" border="0" height="150" mce_src="http://organizeyourstuffnow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/SS852700.jpg" src="http://organizeyourstuffnow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/SS852700.jpg" width="150" /></a></center>Chanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10526226771820833741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514290118617138.post-59540153223203917522012-03-20T01:00:00.000-04:002012-03-20T01:00:05.467-04:00A Day at The Farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now that the weather is getting warmer, and my babies are getting bigger, I've been looking for different places we can visit that are educational and fun. One of the awesome things about living where we do is that if we travel in one direction we can visit big cities and museums; then head in the other direction to visit farms and small towns. We live in a city, but this farm is only like 15 minutes from our house and it was totally free!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'B' thought all the animals were just so funny</td></tr>
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The farm had chickens just running around and B loved it while A was scared. As long at they stayed at a safe distance from her she was fine, but as soon as one got too close she would freak out.<br />
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Another really cool thing about this farm is how close we were able to get to the animals. We could of literally touched them. We didn't, lol, but we could of. I've never been so close to a cow before in my life. It was awesome. I think the hubs and I had just as much fun as the kids.<br />
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I love taking pictures! And if you follow me on twitter <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(which you should, just click the button with the bird to the right) </span>Then you know that I just got a new 1-hour battery charger for my camera. Usually it takes my camera battery 5 hours to charge! So if I don't prepare ahead of time there is no way I'm getting to take any pictures. </div>
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In light of this new camera charger coming I decided to make a neck strap for my camera. The little wrist strap that came with it just doesn't cut it for me. If we're out and I'm chasing down a kid, or pushing someone on a swing, I can't have my camera on my wrist. But a neck strap is perfect for me!</div>
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I don't know about you but when I'm sewing, and pulling out pins, I struggle to stick the pin in my pin cushion. I end up having to stop and hold the pin cushion still, which is frustrating. Now maybe that only happens to me, but either way, I decided to make myself a pin cushion bracelet! You can make this in basically any shape you want but this tutorial is for the heart shaped one. I used fabric scraps that I had in my stash to make this, so if you have scraps this is a great way to use them up. Here's how I did it.</div>
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To start I folded a piece of fabric in half and pinned it so it wouldn't shift. Then I outlined half of a heart onto the fold of it.</div>
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Next I cut the heart out. Then I lined it up on another portion of the fabric (still on the fold), pinned it, and cut it.</div>
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I decided I wanted to add a decorative pocket so I took another fabric I had and started it out the same as I did for the other pieces. But instead of cutting out the whole shape I stopped short and cut across.</div>
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After that I stitched the elastic closed. You can use a thinner elastic, elastic in a fabric casing, or even use fabric with velcro closures to make these. I just liked the look of the thick white elastic.</div>
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I saw this when I was looking around on Pinterest and just knew I had to make it. All the tutorials I saw for this required that the sling be bolted to the wall. Like this one I found at <a href="http://penny%20carnival/" target="_blank">Penny Carnival</a>, which is what I based my sling portion off of. But we rent and can't really do much to change how our place looks. So I figured out a way to put the sling up, without messing up the walls. </div>
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To start you need to gather your supplies. For the sling you need fabric, wooden dowels, thread, and pins. For mounting it to the wall you need two double rod brackets, some sort of wall safe adhesive, and wood to act as a buffer. I used Oval Rossette fittings. </div>
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For the sling portion I just took some fabric sewed it up right sides together, snipped the corners (to reduce bulk), turned it right side out, and top stitched the opening closed. here are some pictures to help you see what I did. </div>
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Next I measured the space where I wanted to put the sling and "glued" the wood with the brackets to the wall. I ended up with a great storage solution and a cute addition to my girls' play space! </div>
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I don't know about you, but around here I'm constantly needing a to refresh something. Whether it's our couch, carpet, or curtains. With two kids things get messy and start to not smell so fresh. It's normal in our house to keep a bottle of fabric refresher spray on hand. But to be honest I don't like the smell of them. Or spending the money on them. So I decided to create my own! </div>
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Since the weather is getting warmer we figured it was time to get our girls some new shoes to run around in. After all who wants to be wearing boots in 60 degree weather? So we found these sneakers at walmart for $5. I couldn't resist! But I know my kid. White sneakers for a 3 year old, bad idea. So I decided I would just dye them! </div>
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Once I got both of the sneakers cleaned I started the dye process. We decided to dye them denim blue, because she wears denim skirts 95% of the time when out playing. </div>
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To start I cut a piece of material, on the fold, to the length that I wanted it. In this case to my ankle, about 38-40" from just above my hips. I then measured around where I would be wearing it. For me that is just above my hips, so it wouldn't be my usual waist measurements. We'll call this measurement A. Next I measured out half of "A" across the top of my fabric. I began slowly cutting on a diagonal at the end of "A", until I met with the end of the fabric. </div>
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Then I cut out a rectangular piece, on the fold, 10" wide and half the length of "A". Next I sewed up the edge of my long skirt piece and the edge of my waist band, with a straight stitch. </div>
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A few days ago I shared with you all the colors and silhouettes that I am loving this spring. But I didn't tell you about the fabric I am most obsessing over. SEERSUCKER! I love love love this stuff. You can make super cute dresses, skirts, pants, or shorts out of it and look casual yet very put together. Or you can look totally classy and dressed up. It's such a nice lightweight versatile fabric that is just perfect for spring and summer.</div>
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The fabric junky in me was a little curious about the history of seersucker so I did a quick google search and found this on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seersucker" target="_blank">wikipedia</a>:</div>
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<i><b>Seersucker</b> is a thin, puckered, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped or checkered, used to make clothing for spring and summer wear. The word came into English from Hindustani (Urdu and Hindi), which originates from the Persian words "shir o shakkar", meaning "milk and sugar", probably from the resemblance of its smooth and rough stripes to the smooth texture of milk and the bumpy texture of sugar. Seersucker is woven in such a way that some threads bunch together, giving the fabric a wrinkled appearance in places. This feature causes the fabric to be mostly held away from the skin when worn, facilitating heat dissipation and air circulation. It also means that pressing is not necessary.</i></div>
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<i>During the British colonial period seersucker was a popular material in Britain's warm weather colonies. When Seersucker was first introduced in the United States it was used for a broad array of clothing items. For suits the material was considered a mainstay of the summer wardrobe of gentlemen, especially in the South, who favored the light fabric in the high heat and humidity of the summer, especially prior to the arrival of air conditioning.</i></div>
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<i>The fabric was originally worn by the poor in the U.S. until undergraduate students in the 1920s, in an air of reverse snobbery, began to wear the fabric. Damon Runyon wrote that his new habit for wearing seersucker was "causing much confusion among my friends. They cannot decide whether I am broke or just setting a new vogue."</i></div>
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Of course being that I got this from wikipedia it may not be 100% accurate but it's really interesting and satisfied my curiosity. As for a project I haven't decided if I'm going to make myself a skirt, or a dress but I've ordered this lovely blue seersucker from fabric.com</div>
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But I'm also loving this mango orange seersucker from fashionfabricclubs.com</div>
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What about you, are you loving seersucker for your spring and summer wardrobe? or do you have a different favorite fabric? Leave a comment and let me know.</div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">My husband had this </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">lavender</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> dress shirt he wasn't wearing and our newly </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">painted</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> living room needed some color. So I figured a refashion was in order :o)</span></div>
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I started by cutting the top and bottom off of the shirt. If you want a taller pillow you could cut it closer under the arms. But that's not the look I was going for.</div>
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Then I just turned the shirt inside out and sewed up the sides, leaving an opening so I could stuff it. I also sewed the button portion closed. While the shirt is inside out you'll be able to see where the two sides meet. You don't want the seam to show, you just want it to look like a buttoned up shirt.</div>
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Next I turned it right side out, stuffed it, and sewed the opening shut. I used filling from an old pillow to stuff it. So I had to really fluff it once it was all stuffed, because it was really lumpy. If you buy stuffing for it then you'll get a much smother look.</div>
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I don't know about you all but I am so excited for spring (and summer)! I've been brain storming ideas for cute summer dresses and I've gotten some great inspiration around the web. For those that don't know, I don't wear pants. It's just my thing. I only where skirts and dresses, don't judge me lol. But until recently my summer attire has just consisted of denim skirts, fitted t-shirts, and flip flops. I'm on a mission to be MUCH cuter this summer! I'm loving all the cute dresses I'm seeing and I want to incorporate more dresses into my wardrobe. Of course that means I have to make them! So here are just some things that I'm seriously loving right now. Many of the dresses are from my new found obsession, Anthropologie. Can we say LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. I don't know what rock I've been under but they have some seriously amazing dresses, skirts, and tops!<br />
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Ok I love this dress. Like LOVE! But I am WAY too curvy for it. So I'm thinking of making it with cotton instead of knit so it would be way less clingy. What do you think good idea?<br /><br />
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Ok so now that you've seen what I am loving, and looking forward to, tell me what looks you're loving for this spring and summer! (Sidenote: even though I don't wear pants I sooo love the skinny jean cuffed capri look for spring!)Chanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10526226771820833741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514290118617138.post-64763984165264769612012-03-05T08:00:00.000-05:002012-03-05T08:00:09.841-05:00Small Space Solutions part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have a really small apartment. Like really small. My sewing and crafting has taken over our dinner table and I literally have nowhere to keep my things. So my very smart hubby came up with the idea of creating me a sewing space. We brain stormed on it and found some very lovely desks online. One of my favorites was this one:<br />
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But they were rather expensive so we're making a similar one that will fit our space, and our budget! Yay for me! So far we've gone from this:<br />
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I don't know what color I'm going to paint it yet and we still have soooo much to do. But I think it's coming along nicely!<br />
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I'm not sure where I got this pizza recipe from but I know that it is our go to recipe. I've tried tons and tons of pizza crust recipes and the most common problem I've run into is that the outside cooks up too quickly and the inside is too runny! But this recipe is perfect! </div>
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I did it! And I'm so stinking excited! I made a wearable dress! This was less of an on a whim type of thing. I saw a dress online that I liked and then I drew it out and broke it down in to pieces. My dress doesn't look like the original one because I used a totally different type of fabric, and I changed a few things, but it was a great starting point.<br />
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I used a knit fabric that I found at JoAnn's on red tag sale. I'm normally not an animal print type of gal, but, I thought I could make some really cute leggings for my girls. Once I went to get it cut there was only like 3 yards on the bolt so I just decided to buy it all. Yay for that decision because now I have a new dress!<br />
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To make this dress I used some of the same, successful, techniques that I used to make my first dress. I took my measurements and measured the the space between the dress collar and where I wanted the top piece to end. Then I took my hip and length measurements. Both pieces were rectangles cut to match my measurements. The sleeves were rectangles cut to the length I wanted and the width of my upper arm. To make the collar I folded my top rectangle in half and then cut out a piece.<br />
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As I've mentioned I'm sewing through Brett Bara's book <u>Sewing in a Straight Line</u>. In her book she has a very cute cardigan that is made from, you guessed it, a knit fabric. So I went out and I found a very nice knit fabric that went really well with the fabric I got for my one hour skirt.<br />
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Now that I've completed this project I'm actually a huge fan of knits! There are just some things that you have to do to make it successful:</div>
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I went fabric shopping the other day and I've been dying to get some things sewn up. But, we desperately needed to paint our living room. The wall was cracking and what ever kind of paint the landlord used originally rubbed off when ever I tried to clean it. So with two very little children you can only imagine how awful our walls looked. Now that all the painting is done I'm too sore to sew!<br />
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Somehow I ended up doing the bulk of the painting, which I didn't mind at all. My hubby was busy patching cracks and fixing spots before they turned into holes! I don't know why the walls in our living room were in such bad shape. But I think our building must be older than we thought it was.<br />
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Here is the process and our new beautiful walls:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see the difference in the colors? The new color is soooo much nicer!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished product (with toys back in place lol)</td></tr>
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I'm just really glad we decided to go through with it. Our living room looks a thousand times better. Now if I can just keep little hands with crayons away from the walls everything will be great.Chanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10526226771820833741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514290118617138.post-60385419447551075602012-02-24T05:17:00.000-05:002012-02-24T05:17:31.492-05:00My First Dress....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So I finished my on a whim dress. It actually didn't come out so great. But for it being my very first one, and my not using a pattern, I think it turned out well. I used an old sheet, and some fabric that I purchased to practice on. Now that I've gone through the whole process I feel confident that I can make a great dress the next time. So here are my mistakes and successes.</div>
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I started out by tracing a shirt that fits well. This was mistake one, because the shirt was stretchy and I didn't take my measurements. </div>
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Next I cut it out. At this point I was supper excited and I started sewing. But this whole portion was a bust. I couldn't get things to line up properly and the top was way too small. So I decided to scrap this idea. What I ended up doing was cutting the top portion off of this piece.</div>
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Armed with a much better idea and new confidence I took a piece of fabric I had and folded it in half then in half again. I then traced a t-shirt on the fold. I added extra room for my measurements. </div>
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Next I made facing for the neckline. Again I made a mistake here by not adding an inch or two to the length of the facing. But what I did right was measure the neck line and cut out a piece to fill it. </div>
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Then I added the facing, hemmed the sleeves and the skirt hem. I had originally added cap sleeves to the dress but it wasn't working and the top was falling in a good position so I took them off and just hemmed it. I ran some elastic through the facing because it wouldn't lay down properly, which actually looked very cute. I also added a bow to the shoulder. I really didn't like how the dress was hanging so I repeated the steps for the facing and added it to the middle portion as a band. When all that was done the dress was too short so I added some material to the bottom to make it longer. </div>
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This is the original zipper and as you can see it was ripped and so I couldn't zip this skirt all the way up.<br />
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I took a seem ripper and just started to slowly pick at the seams to loosen and remove the zipper.</div>
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I then took the new zipper, unzipped it, and pinned it into the skirt. I was careful to make sure that I put it in with as much showing as the one I took out. </div>
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Then I sewed it in removing the pins as I went. I lined up my zipper foot with the zipper teeth to make sure that I wasn't sewing too close to, or too far away from, the teeth. Because sewing too close would prevent the zipper from zipping, and too far away would make it too loose. </div>
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And that's it. It's that simple. Now I have a wearable skirt again! </div>
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I don't have any food allergies. But growing up my little brother was allergic to pretty much everything. For awhile all he ate was meat and french fries. Then slowly he started to eat vegetables. Now (at 18) he can eat most things, but he still can't have any dairy, eggs, seafood, or certain nuts. My mom used to have to cook two dinners. One for him and one for everyone else. I never thought this was weird growing up, it was just our life. Some things were C's food and the other things were all of ours.<br />
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Never did I imagine that watching my mom deal with my little brother's allergies would help me deal with my own child's allergies. Our youngest daughter, B, has mild food allergies. I say mild because my brother's allergies landed him in the hospital a few times, but B's allergies just need a dose of Benadryl. So far we know that she is allergic to dairy, peaches, and bananas. Thankfully those things are easy to avoid and making food for her is easy. The hard part is getting her to keep her hands out of everyone else's plate!<br />
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Our current plan of action is to just always keep Benadryl on hand and just be very careful. But, I'm still nervous every time she tries a new food or when I'm baking things at the same time. I used to read labels but now I HAVE to read labels. Having a child with allergies totally changes things and makes life more interesting, and scary. In the grand scheme of things though I'd rather deal with mild allergies than any of the other millions of things that could be wrong.<br />
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Do any of you have children with allergies? How do you deal with them? Are they mild or severe?<br />
Leave a comment and let me know.Chanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10526226771820833741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514290118617138.post-51850510985545423562012-02-21T08:00:00.000-05:002012-03-01T18:41:05.489-05:00Super Quick Skirt!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This tutorial is a project from Brett Bara's book <u>Sewing in a Straight Line</u>. This is her One Hour Skirt, although I don't think it actually took me an hour. It's a pretty straight forward elastic waist skirt. </div>
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First you need to take your measurements and cut your fabric. For this type of skirt you really just need your hip measurements and your measurements for length. In the book the skirt length is above the knee, but I wanted a longer skirt so I cut my fabric a little longer. Your hip measurements will be how wide you need to cut your fabric. </div>
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Once you cut out your pieces you'll stitch them together at the sides using a <a href="http://www.mycolorsplash.com/2012/02/sewing-skills-sunday.html" target="_blank">French Seam</a>. </div>
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After you have both sides finished it's time to make your elastic casing and hem your skirt. To make an elastic casing you fold your fabric over 1/4" press then fold again 1/2" (or however much space you will need for your elastic) and top stitch it, leaving a space to thread your elastic. To hem your skirt you just repeat the process but don't leave an opening. </div>
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That's it! Now you have a super cute (and comfy) skirt. </div>
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<i>If you want to see a video of the dress being made <a href="http://www.brettbara.com/how-to/book-video-how-to-sew-a-one-hour-skirt/" target="_blank">HERE</a> is a link of Brett Bara making this project.</i></div>
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<br />Chanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10526226771820833741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514290118617138.post-73010070989345545742012-02-19T03:24:00.000-05:002012-02-19T03:24:45.169-05:00Sewing Skills SundayToday I want to share with you all a quick and basic tutorial for getting a more professional looking finish to your projects. Today's sewing skill is... French Seams!<br />
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To start out you need to have your two pieces of fabric with the wrong sides together. Like this:<br />
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Next you need to sew the pieces together with about a 1/4" seam allowance. </div>
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Once you have sewn this seam you need to cut the extra fabric (the small side) down to about 1/8". Be VERY careful not to actually cut the seam. </div>
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Now that you've cut the seam allowance down you need to fold the fabric so that the right sides are facing each other, and press them. Next you will stitch your project together being careful not to sew on top of the excess seam allowance material on the inside.</div>
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Now you're all done! You should have clean lines and no raw edges showing. </div>
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