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Heart Felt Headbands- A Valentines Gift

Alexis — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:56:40 +0000

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

Alexis — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:26:00 +0000

I went through the girls shirts the other day so frustrated by all the stains! So here are some ideas of ways to cover them up!

I did a draping collar and added these silk rosettes on a removable pin.

While getting this one to photograph, Giselle dumped chocolate milk all over it. So here it is, stains and all!

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

Alexis — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:13:00 +0000

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.

Next, I took the front piece of the shirt and stitch the flap down on one side so it wouldn’t open.

Now take the front and back of your shirt and sew, right sides together.

After you sew that, take the end that you will be tucking under the skirt and gather the edges. You can do this by doing a basting stitch and hand pulling it, bu doing a running stitch by hand or my favorite way: set your tension to the tightest(the highest) number and the length to the longest.

Here’s how it will look now.

Now you’re going to get the lining piece. I’ve been using flannel for the winter, but I had this soft brown jersey so I’m using this. You want to cut it so it’s about 50% shorter than your main fabric and about 25% more narrow. It will look something like this.

Pin the gathered edge to the lining piece inside out, and sew together. Here’s how it will look now.

Now bring the two side ends together.

Pin them together.

Sew them together. It will now look like this.

Now pull the lining piece under the skirt. And pin it to the main fabric. The main fabric is bigger than the lining piece.

So make small little folds to meet the lining piece and pin in place.

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

Now for the waistband. I had some leftovers on the shirt so I used that, but you could use any other fabric if you don’t have any extra. Get one long piece, your desired length, and about 3- inches wide, depending on your elastic.

Sew the end together so you have one circle. Then fold the band over in half.

Attach it to your skirt and pin in place.

Sew it together leaving an opening for the elastic.

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

Voila!

I L-O-V-E how you can see the button strip at the bottom! I think it’s so neat!

I also did this one out of a garnet crinkled pillowcase.

It’s so textured and voluminous!

Perfect for the holidays!

Hope you enjoy the tutorial! And enjoy this beautiful day!

Fall for Isabel

Alexis — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:36:00 +0000

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!

Then, lastly, some warm flannel pj’s. I got this beautiful print at Harts.

The some sweet blue-bird jammies.

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

It’s ready!

Alexis — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:40:00 +0000

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.