(Originally posted 09/15/2011)
Lately I have been neglecting my house updates (sorry, Kyle) for a new-ish addiction.
Crafts. By this I mean just about any crafts. I have found so many amazing blogs that have given me the most amazing ideas...I have plans that could very well possibly take forever to complete.
It all started when I decided I was too cheap to buy a pattern to make a skirt. I found some helpful ladies online at different blogs and I sort of compiled their directions to make my own.
Once I was at their websites....wham....I was a goner. Ideas upon ideas...and now I can't seem to stop searching for more ideas...
Back to the skirt. I need a longer skirt for a wedding that I am attending in November...but I can NEVER find clothes that I like anymore (perhaps this is a "I am 26 so does that make me an adult? But I don't want to be an adult yet." tug of war whenever I shop....
Anyways..I found the directions for the circle skirt. SO EASY...I may make a dozen. Seriously. I started out with a fabric that I loved but I also knew it would A.) Go with a variety of clothing and B.) Not be my final "wedding attending skirt". It is a dark/light purple...thin sweater like material. If you have access to a sewing machine and are crafty in any way at all..you can make this...in an EVENING!
All you need is 2 yeards of lightweight fabric (unless you are very small...like size 5 and under, then you could probably get away with a thicker fabric). Fold it in half...and then in half again. Figure some math...cut a quarter circle...sew on some elastic, hem or add lace to the bottom hem and YOU ARE DONE.
This is the website that I mostly used: http://www.dana-made-it.com/2008/07/tutorial-circle-skirt.html
If you decide to go through with this...contact me and I will dive deeper into my edits and some helpful hints. I am not quite cool enough to have a crafting blog yet...maybe some day.
Some other things I am excited about...felt play food (birthday gift for a special little girl...and if her momma is reading this...act surprised at the party!), more clothing, pillowcases, "screen print" tees (If you can think of any funny sayings for men/women/kids please share...I fear I am not creative in that aspect), and everything Christmas!
Oh, yes. And my Stictin' Bitch book. I WILL learn to KNIT...although after paging through the book I am quite terrified.
So excited! And once I get the lace trim on the bottom of that skirt I will post a picture!
The doors and trim will paint themselves...right?
<3
Lately I have been neglecting my house updates (sorry, Kyle) for a new-ish addiction.
Crafts. By this I mean just about any crafts. I have found so many amazing blogs that have given me the most amazing ideas...I have plans that could very well possibly take forever to complete.
It all started when I decided I was too cheap to buy a pattern to make a skirt. I found some helpful ladies online at different blogs and I sort of compiled their directions to make my own.
Once I was at their websites....wham....I was a goner. Ideas upon ideas...and now I can't seem to stop searching for more ideas...
Back to the skirt. I need a longer skirt for a wedding that I am attending in November...but I can NEVER find clothes that I like anymore (perhaps this is a "I am 26 so does that make me an adult? But I don't want to be an adult yet." tug of war whenever I shop....
Anyways..I found the directions for the circle skirt. SO EASY...I may make a dozen. Seriously. I started out with a fabric that I loved but I also knew it would A.) Go with a variety of clothing and B.) Not be my final "wedding attending skirt". It is a dark/light purple...thin sweater like material. If you have access to a sewing machine and are crafty in any way at all..you can make this...in an EVENING!
All you need is 2 yeards of lightweight fabric (unless you are very small...like size 5 and under, then you could probably get away with a thicker fabric). Fold it in half...and then in half again. Figure some math...cut a quarter circle...sew on some elastic, hem or add lace to the bottom hem and YOU ARE DONE.
This is the website that I mostly used: http://www.dana-made-it.com/2008/07/tutorial-circle-skirt.html
If you decide to go through with this...contact me and I will dive deeper into my edits and some helpful hints. I am not quite cool enough to have a crafting blog yet...maybe some day.
Some other things I am excited about...felt play food (birthday gift for a special little girl...and if her momma is reading this...act surprised at the party!), more clothing, pillowcases, "screen print" tees (If you can think of any funny sayings for men/women/kids please share...I fear I am not creative in that aspect), and everything Christmas!
Oh, yes. And my Stictin' Bitch book. I WILL learn to KNIT...although after paging through the book I am quite terrified.
So excited! And once I get the lace trim on the bottom of that skirt I will post a picture!
The doors and trim will paint themselves...right?
<3
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