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I just wanted to give some wardrobe refashion *snaps* to Sherrie from Domestic Days for this awesome shoe makeover! I love pleating, and this was totally brilliant (and cheap! made with ribbon and 10 dollar strappy shoes).
This just took my breath away.
Thanks to Moonstitches for her amazing pictures of the Tokyo Great Quilt Show 2009
I used to belong to the “oh man, quilting is LAME” school of thought, but since I’ve been blizzarded in the house, I’ve begun to realize how cool it is to be able to use up otherwise-trash scraps of fabric to create something new. Here has been some of my quilting inspirations.
Awesome Paintbox inspired Quilt by Oh, Fransson! Tutorial and Quilt-along found here.
(pssst, her website is straight awesome)
Simplicity 2733!
Note: I hate patterns. I am much more of a “work it out” kind of sewer. This, of course, leads to a vicious cycle of making clothes: try, fail, try, fail, try, try harder, try extremely hard, throw it away. In an effort to knock this off and actually succeed in some of the garments I sew, i’m going to be (sigh) following instructions, well, sort of.
This was a terrible pattern to start with because:
1. It looks like its for tweens. Seriously, project runway, sell out some more, okay?
2. Very cute idea (shirt on the left minus the hideous sleeves) but the directions are ATROCIOUS! It is more confusing to read these instructions than than eat soup with a slotted spoon.
3. Apparently I bought the wrong sized pattern, we’ll see if I can work around it.
Anyway, pictures to come soon!
Baltimorons got hit in the face by over 20″ of snowballs this weekend! Ridiculous (ly awesome). More inches to come on tuesday, but the current status… is snowy.
okay. How breathtaking are these skirts? very breathtaking. That should be your answer. The pattern is the original brainchild of Dana Willard (PDF pattern available), it is also recreated by Leisel of Brown Paper Packages, who featured it on Wardrobe Refashion. I can’t wait to try this out with some chromatic scraps.
A little off topic, but important nonetheless, I am proud to announce that the backyard project, which began in May of 2009, has finally been completed! Oh, BBQs and Bonfires, I await thee with glee.
Before and after behind the click…
I know its a little late, but I just wanted to share with you the bag that I made an almost-sister this Christmas. Made with upholstery fabric and lined with satin, along with matching change purse. I think that I may have to churn out some more of these this summer – I had a lot of fun making it and LOVED the way it came out. Not to brag, but check out the matching handmade leather button. Okay, I bragged.
Okay, first and foremost: Dogs are not people. They don’t sleep in beds, they don’t eat chicken salad sandwiches, and, for all that is holy, they don’t wear clothes to look pretty. Now that that’s clear, let me tell you that Doctor, the dog, has a naked underbelly! Yes, naked! No fur! He gets so cold that his teeth chatter, especially with the winter that we’re having in Baltimore! As a good puppy parent, I couldn’t let this go unnoticed, so I refashioned an old zip up fleece of mine to fit him. *TUTORIAL COMING SOON!*
This is what the fleece looked like before, just your run of the mill, $6 fleece from Target:
And After:
So, seeing as our couch has been caving in for the past.. oh.. 2 years, it was time to upgrade. Unfortunately, this upgrade came with pillows that – while they didn’t quite burn your corneas – were definitely not my taste. Sewing to the rescue!
(If you look closely you will notice that the pillows actually sparkle – not kidding)
3 yards of beautiful ikea fabric and an hour later, and behold – zipperless pillow shams!
