Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Shirt Replica

I go into Charlotte Russe and I fall in love. With this:
A cute navy blue tank with ruffled collar. Now over the course of the year I seriously packed on some unwanted pounds so finding a shirt that looked good on me is a serious plus now. The shirt cost $22.50. I know i know, thats nothing. You need to understand though, I am SERIOUSLY cheap. $20.00 is the most i EVER spend on a piece of clothing. I just cant fathom spending more. BUT I know I can't sew so I sucked up my pride and bought it. As I'm standing at the register I look at my shopping companion and said "This kills me because I know I can make it!" I then proceeded to show her how the ruffles were simple circles of material folded into fourths and sewed on. SEEEE...
When sewed all together you get a gorgeous ruffle. 

After getting home I decided to give it a go anyway, pretty much just to prove I could. So I gathered my supplies. A black wife beater that I already had:
And tulle circles I found in the wedding section of the dollar store. I got them in purple and white. Then i cut them up into like 3456789 tinier circles. Note my work surface is the arm of a chair. I'm so classy.

I then doubled the circles up (one lavender and one white), folded em into fourths and started sewing. 

Here is my finished product.
 Look a little circusy. BUT here is it on:








I think this would look so cute with a little jacket over top! Also take notice of the GORGEOUS key necklace my AMAZING boyfriend bought me. He's so sweet.

So, like I said, I SUCK a sewing. If this came undone tomorrow I would NOT be shocked, BUT I did it! Which is exactly what I wanted to prove to myself.   WHALA!



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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Stuffed Animals

Back in the 8th grade I took home economics. There, they "taught" us how to sew. For a 14 year old I was alright, but the fact was, i could do it. Why now i am so sewing illiterate is beyond me. Before I lost my skill though I did sew 3 stuffed animals. 2 kind of sucked, and one turned out pretty awesome.

I tried to get pics of all 3 but one is totally M.I.A. My dogs most likely hid it somewhere.
Here are the other two though.

The very first one I made. Bad choice of fabric because it frays. I don't even know what animal it is. It looks well, terrible.

Third one I made. MUCH BETTER. Although, I have no idea why it's rear is up in the air. ha. 

Side view. Check out the detail on the ear.