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Project: Bunched Fabric Ball Ornament
Bunched fabric ball ornament – time to make some holiday cheer! If you saw my post earlier this week on twine ornaments, then you know I’m on a mission to decorate our 12 foot tree in a festive and low cost way. These fabric ornaments are the perfect way to tie in the fabric I used on the fabric trees, too. This holiday is going awesome. Okay, let’s get started! What You Need 1 yard of fabric 20 foam balls or ball ornaments 30 feet…
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Project: Fabric Christmas Trees
Fabric Christmas trees – I’ve been wanting something like this on my mantel for a while and I finally decided to make it. This is the first year we’re decorating our mantel. Thus, time to get merry! The fabric is fun and not overly Christmasy, yet just farmhouse plaid enough. Plus, it’s soft and cozy. Okay, let’s get started. What You Need tree form 1/4-1/2 a yard of fabric glue gun glue sticks First – you’re going to want to make your tree form. I…
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Project: Twine Christmas Ornaments
Twine Christmas ornaments – this easy diy project is messy, but worth it. In all honesty, I’m not a big fan of spending a lot of money on Christmas ornaments. I don’t really see the value in a $12 ornament. We have a 12 foot tree and the rough analysis of how many ornaments we need is between 240 – 450 ornaments. So, let’s roughly say a low average price of $4 per ornament – that’s between $960 – $1800. Ah, no thank you. These…
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Sewing: Week Forty Seven: Stripped Sweatpants with Pockets
Stripped sweatpants with pockets – the perfect weekend uniform! Especially on this chilly snowy day. Put the fireplace on, have some pancakes and lounge around in your sweats. What could be better? Nothing. Okay, let’s get started. Last week we made 6 seam sweatpants and this tutorial takes that one to the next level by adding pockets and a ribbed waistband. What You Need sweatpants as template 1 1/2 yards of stripped fabric 1/2 a yard of matching ribbing serger machine matching thread scissors pins…
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Sewing: Week Forty Six: 6 Seam Sweatpants
Week forty six is an easy project – 6 seam sweatpants. This project took me about 45 minutes which included cutting the fabric all the way to the finishing touches. Just think how many you could make in an afternoon – probably 4. Okay, let’s get started on this sewing project. What You Need 1.5 yards of sweatshirt fleece a pair of sweatpants as a template serger matching thread 1 inch elastic (your waist measurement) pins scissors Okay, first, ensure your sweatshirt fleece is pre-washed.…
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Sewing: Week Forty Five: Plaid Flannel Mittens
Plaid flannel mittens are fun and easy to make. The project, beginning to end took me about 1 hour. That includes finding a pattern and then cutting it out. So, let’s get started on this sewing project! What You Need pattern plaid flannel (about 1/3 of a yard) warm fleece (about 1/3 of a yard) ribbing (about 1/3 of a yard) machine serger matching thread pins scissors First – this project is adapted from Beth’s ‘Smittens’ which are made out of sweaters. These are made…
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Sewing: Week Forty Four: Purse Pouches
Purse pouches – the greatest way to keep your purse organized. Between work, school and life my purse can sometimes get over run with stuff. These purse pouches are here to save me. I made two of them – one for personal stuff like lipgloss, tampons and meds. The other for work – pens, all of my work keys and zip drives. This way, when I need to grab something it’s far easier to be found. Okay, let’s get started! What You Need about a…
