Made By Lex

Heart Felt Headbands- A Valentines Gift

This year for Valentines Day I wanted to do something for Isabel’s classmates that they could actually use, but that wouldn’t take much time or money. There are only 12 kids in her class, 3 girls and 9 boys! So I decided to do “heart-felt” (get it?) headbands for the girls. They are easy enough to do for a big class, too.

Start out by cutting some heart shaped felt.

Here are some of the colors I chose.

Get a strip of felt, about 1.5×3.

Begin glueing your hearts on the strip of felt.

You can layer them however you like.

Here’s how mine came out.

I did these three color palettes.

Now, hot glue the strip in to the headband. (Got a 5 pack at the dollar tree!)

And you’re pretty much all done!

Aren’t they lovely?!

They even look cute on a little baldy!

I just added a little tag with the girls’ initial and you’re all set!

Easy, cheap, fast and fun! And it doesn’t include a sugar rush!!

Stay tuned for the boys felt Valentine’s tutorial coming soon!!

Ways to Cover Stained Shirts

It’s a big flower in a silvery/white fabric. It’s sort of like my Marjorie top!

A simple silk bow.

Brown on brown jersey ruffles.

And, finally, a dusty pink draping neckline with a little jersey bow.
Now they’re good as new!!

How to Make a Bubble Skirt

There was a lot o interest on the bubble skirt so I’d love to share my way of doing one with you. You can use any fabric you have, but I used a men’s shirt for this one. You can also use a pillowcase!

Cut off the ends of the shirt so you have it in a nice sized square. At this point, if you don’t want the pocket there, you can remove it with a seam ripper.

Now bring the two side ends together.

Do a basting stitch to keep it in place before attaching the waistband.

String your elastic through. The do a zig-zag stitch to attach the elastic, and close the open spot of the wasitband.

Voila!

Perfect for the holidays!

Fall for Isabel

Isabel needed some new fall clothes outside of her school uniform. She refuses to wear pants so I decided to make her some warm skirts. The first one I made was a light, soft mauve courduroy.
I did it bubble style and lined the inside with a pink flannel.

I like the subtle volume of it.
I found this amazing multi-colored tweed at Harts.

I made a box pleated skirt from it.

I absolutely love the look of this fabric and the pleats.

And so does Bel

Then I made this eggplant colored tunic top with this beautiful butterfly fabric as the trim..
It has a pleated front at the center of the neck.

And a pleat at the back with a button back closure.

Here’s the full back view.

Here she is, staring off at the TV.(my bribe to let me take her picture)

I really like this style top. I have coordinating ones for all three of the girls on my to do list!

Now, if only it would stop being 80 here we could get some use out of this stuff!!

It’s ready!

My Valentina Dress pattern is finally ready for sale! The winners were Jen and Rachel. Thank you to ALL who entered!

It will be $12, but for the ext 24 hours it is only $10. It’s available in my Etsy store HERE.