tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48953354607004801032024-03-13T03:03:36.721-07:00Very HomemadeAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11461254938021249668noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4895335460700480103.post-83164620248946465432014-10-27T12:59:00.001-07:002014-10-31T16:22:49.404-07:00Anna's Coronation Dress with How To. <div>
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So when my daughter mentioned she wanted to be be Anna for Halloween, I was thrilled at the thought of trying to recreate Ann'a Coronation look. When I watched Frozen, I fell in love with Anna's dress. I loved the way it moved and I loved that it wasn't a traditional frilly princess dress. Making it was very time intensive, but not difficult at all. The little one LOVES it and wants to wear it all day, erry day. And so do I honestly. I may just have to make one for myself next. ; )</div>
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I'll run through a quick and dirty how to. If you have questions let me know. This is roughly how I tackled creating this dress. I opted to use fabric with wonder-under on it for all the designs on the bodice and skirt. It took SO. MUCH. TIME. to draw and cut out. But, I don't have an embroiderer, and I was afraid of using paint, so wonder-under it was. I suggest getting the strongest wonder-under available. There are a few pieces that have come off of my daughters dress. It's not a big deal, I just have to cut and iron on a new piece, but you can avoid that by using a strong wonder-under. </div>
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Let's start with the bodice shall we? I drafted the pattern using one of my daughters well fitting dresses as a guide. It is fully lined, as I can't stand unfinished edges. : ) The bodice is simply a sleeveless heart shaped top with some added sleeves. </div>
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For the bodice, I used 1/2 a yard of black cotton velveteen found <a href="https://www.fabric.com/buy/do-135/kaufman-toscana-velveteen-black" target="_blank">here</a>. For the gold trim, I made some bias tape from a greenish-gold taffeta found at Joann's. Looking back, I would have done something different for the trim, perhaps some pretty gold ribbon instead. The taffeta was difficult to work with around the rounded front and I wasn't able to get it as smooth as I would have liked. For the back closure, I opted to use buttons.<br />
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The sleeves I made with a green satin and white lace. I simply cut a rectangle out of the green satin, hemmed one side, and added lace to the other, then I gathered the rectangle where it would attach to the bodice, and sewed it on. The design, as mentioned above was cut out of fabric backed with wonder-under. It was time intensive, but it turned out pretty well. </div>
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Next up is the skirt. <a href="http://cupcakecosplay.tumblr.com/post/74082081532/because-of-the-flood-of-questions-about-annas" target="_blank">Cupcake Cosplay</a> has a quick snippet of how she constructed the skirt. It was so very helpful. The skirt is a box pleated. It appears to be A-line when stationary, but with the added panels of the box pleating, the skirt is really shaped like circle skirt. You can see that it is a circle skirt when my daughter twirls. </div>
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I purchased 2 yards of Robert Kauffman kona cotton olive green fabric found <a href="https://www.fabric.com/buy/ef-322/kona-cotton-olive" target="_blank">here</a> and 1.5 yards white Kona Cotton. For the hunter green fabric, I used a stiff rodeo fabric to give the skirt a bit more body. </div>
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Constructing the skirt was my favorite part. I took my daughters waist measurement and decided that I wanted 8 panels of the olive green and white. So I took my daughters waist measurement and divided by 8. This should be the finished the width of the top of each panel. </div>
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So the finished width of the top of each of the 8 panels would be 3 inches. I then had to divide the finished width into the different color sections (white and green). <span style="text-align: left;">I knew that I wanted the olive green to be 2 inches wide at the top to make room for the design. So that left 1/2'' for the two white sections. Then I decided that I wanted the finished width of the bottom of each panel to be 8 inches total, so I divided the bottom into green and white sections. The white sections I decided would be 2 inches wide a the bottom and the green would be 4 inches wide. Now that I had my width measurements, I measured my daughter from waist to feet to get the length of the panels. I drew a trapezoid that looked like this (your measurements will vary depending on your sizing needs):</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I then cut out what will become the three sections of each panel, and traced it onto another piece of drafting paper with added 1/2'' seam allowances. Clear as mud, right? Email me with questions. Then I could cut out my fabric. I needed 8 of the olive green middle section and 16 of the white side sections. I then sewed all the white side sections to the green sections creating 8 panels that look like the above rendering. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Next we will cut out the hunter green panels using the same pattern pieces. You will need 8 total hunter green panels, each panel is divided into three pieces just as you did before. I then sewed the 8 hunter green middle pieces to the 16 hunter green side pieces to create the 8 hunter green panels. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Now it is time to sew the hunter green panels to the green and white panels. When you are all done, you should have something that is close to a circle skirt. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I did not want to have any hem showing on the skirt, so I created a lining for the skirt that would both hem the skirt and add some weight to the skirt. I used a black sheet and traced and cut out a lining that was the same shape and size as the pieced skirt. I then pinned the black sheet to the bottom of the pieced skirt with right sides together and sewed along the bottom edge. I then turned the fabric right side out and iron the lining up. </span></div>
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Next I folded the skirt like a box pleat, with the hunter green folded inside of the olive green panels. After it was folded, I sewed the skirt to the bodice. After all the sewing was done, I ironed the designs onto the skirt. And that is roughly how I created the dress. Clear as mud, right? ; ) </div>
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Here are a few close ups, sans ironing. : )</div>
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Soooo Halloween is coming. It's been a non-stop-sew-fest at my house the past few weeks getting ready for Halloween 2014. And it shows. The dishes are taking over the sink, the laundry is piling up, and my kids have eaten cereal for just about every meal. But if nothing else, my kids will have a costume this year gosh darn it. </div>
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I must admit, messy house aside, it feels really good to get back to sewing projects. Since it's been almost a year since I've sewed something for my little ones, I thought I'd kick off a few project sharing with some gems from Halloween 2013. </div>
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First up is our little Southun' Belle.<br />
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For the gown I used 5 yards of floral chiffon, a queen sized sheet for the lining, and a velveteen fabric for the sash. I made a hoop skirt out of an old garden hose, duct tape, and a lot of cursing. : ) Over the hoop skirt I made a tulle pettiskirt to add additional fullness. It was a TON of work, but seeing how happy it made the little one, it was all worth it.<br />
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The dress was simply divine on her. <br />
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I'm disappointed that I didn't take more photos of her in the dress; but this one in my empty dining room was my favorite. Of all time.<br />
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Next up, I have my Wittle Wumber Jack. The little one managed to collect the most candy last year. I think it was that beard. And the smile. Aaaand the super tight skinnies he borrowed from his sister (yikes!). Either way, it worked out in his favor. </div>
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The beard was made with yarn attached to a piece of felt. Pretty simple.</div>
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Hopefully I'll share this years Halloween pics sometime before 2015, but no promises. ; )<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They look just like real rocks, but break it open and out pops a little treasure. Fill the rocks with money, bouncy balls, plastic animals, really anything! My son</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> was so excited to pass these out to his classmates. Let's hope they love them as much as he does. : )</span></div>
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Remember this little <a href="http://www.veryhomemade.blogspot.com/2013/01/valentines-duds.html" target="_blank">Valentine's Day frock</a>? My little one has worn this dress 6 out of the 7 days that the dress has existed. She absolutely LOVES it (which I cannot say that about everything I sew for her). Because of that I'm thrilled, thrilled, thrilled! This dress is feminine, without being overly so, and oh so fun for the little one to twirl in. It's perfect for parties or play alike. </div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Piece of newspaper, typing paper, etc to draft a bodice piece</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">A ready to wear dress that fits your little one well</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Sewing supplies: sewing machine, matching thread, hand needle, scissors, and an iron</li>
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First things first, let's draft a pattern for the bodice. To do that you will need a shirt that fits your little one well. </div>
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A. Using your little one's ready to wear dress, measure from shoulder to shoulder. Undercut that number just a tad, by like 1/2 of an inch or so so the dress won't fall off your little one's shoulders. : ) Jot that number down. This will be referred to as the shoulder to shoulder length from here on out. </div>
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B. Next, decide how deep you want the neckline to be. I wanted my finished neckline to start 3 inches from the shoulder. This measurement will be referred to as the the<i> starting measurement</i>.<br />
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C. You will also want to decide how thick you want the bodice of the dress to be. (Just for clarification, when I say bodice, I'm referring to the the narrow squared neckline of the Valentine's Frock, see below.)<br />
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I decided I wanted my finished bodice to be 1 inch wide (I wanted a narrow bodice- feel free to make the bodice thicker if you prefer). This measurement will be referred to as the <i>bodice width</i>. <br />
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D. Add the <i>bodice width measurement </i>(from step C) to the<i> starting measurement </i>(from step B). Jot that number down. This will be referred to as the <i>neckline length measurement</i><br />
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E. Time to draw out your bodice pattern piece. This is where a clear ruler comes in handy! Take your shoulder to shoulder measurement and mark that on the top of your paper. </div>
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Now, take your <i>neckline length measurement</i> (from step D) and continue your line. </div>
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Since this dress doesn't have buttons or zippers, it should fit right over your little one's head without falling off her shoulders. I strongly suggest you trace the small rectangle onto two sheets of paper and cut it out to make a mock neckline out of paper. Tape the shoulder seams using 1/2 inch "seam allowance" and see if it will easily slip over your little one's head without falling off her shoulders. If the paper one fits nicely.. continue on.. If the neckline is too low, or too high or the shoulders are too narrow or too wide, take note and adjust where needed. I skipped this step and ended up having to make some less-than-ideal alterations after the dress was completed. You, my friend can avoid all this! </div>
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F. Now it's time to add seam allowances. Draw a rectangle 5/8 of an inch smaller than the inside of your neckline. </div>
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<b>Skirt Width: </b>Take your shoulder to shoulder measurement from above and multiply that by 2.5 or 3. If you have a <i>very</i> lightweight fabric (which I did) I would multiply it by 3; if not, go with 2.5. </div>
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<b>Skirt Length: </b>Decide how long you want your dress. I used my ready to wear dress as a guide and measured it's length. I started to measure an inch below the neckline and a few inches above the underarm seam. Don't forget to add an extra 1 1/2 inch for the hemline! Honestly, you really don't have to be too precise. When in doubt, add a few extra inches just to be sure you don't make the dress too short. : ) My length measurement was 21 inches for anyone interested. </div>
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H. Now, let's draft a sleeve. Sorry I'm not going to be too precise on this; if you get the basic shape, then you're sleeve should turn out just fine! Your sleeve pattern should be shaped somewhat like the photo below. <br />
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Bodice: Cut 4 from your fabric and 2 from your iron on interfacing. </div>
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2. Before you start sewing, you will need to cut out the arm holes from the skirt piece. With your skirt pieces folded over width wise, cut out a small 1/4 of a circle on your skirt piece. The arm hole does not need to be as large as a normal arm hole, because the bodice will serve as a portion of the arm hole as well (Not sure if that makes sense, email if you have questions!!). You can use a bowl or something else round as a reference. Again, I just winged it on dimensions and it came out great. ; ) </div>
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4. Now, sew your two sides of your skirt pieces together. For a clean finish, use a <a href="http://www.sewneau.com/how.to/french.seam.html" target="_blank">french seam </a>to hide all the ugly raw edges. </div>
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5. Next, we'll gather your skirt. Before you start to gather, mark the mid point of both the front and back of your skirt, this will be a useful guide later. Using a long machine stitch gather your skirt. For great tips on how to gather, check out<a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/2011/10/technique-gathering-fabric-the-proper-way-and-the-cheating-way.html" target="_blank"> Dana from Made's instructions. </a> I used the cheating method. </div>
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9. Next, we'll gather the sleeve. Mark the mid point of the sleeve. Starting and ending about an inch away from your underarm seam, sew a gathering stitch along the curved edge of your sleeve using 5/8'' seam allowance. </div>
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10. Now, we will pin the sleeve to your dress and gather it to fit. To do this, turn your dress<i> inside out</i> and turn your sleeve <i>right side out</i>. Place your sleeve inside your dress so that right sides are together and raw edges are lined up. To ensure that the sleeve will be gathered evenly, you will want to pin (with right sides together) the underarm seam of the sleeve to the side seam of the dress. Next, pin the midpoint of your sleeve (which you marked earlier) to the shoulder seam of your dress. Finally, Pull the gathering strings on the sleeve to fit the arm hole. Now pin the heck out of this!</div>
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12. Now it's time to sew in the lining to the dress along the neckline. Remember that second bodice piece we sewed the shoulder seams on a while back? We will use this now for the lining. </div>
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13. With right sides together, pin the inner edge of the lining piece to the dress bodice along the neckline, lining up all raw edges and shoulder seams. Sew the lining to the dress along the neckline using a 5/8'' seam allowance (see the black lines below), turning the dress at the corners for a sharp edge. </div>
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Trim the seam allowances, clip the corners and iron the lining towards the inside of the dress. Pin the lining down. </div>
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14. Here's where ironing the seam allowance of your lining piece comes in handy...using a needle and thread, hand sew the lining to the inside of the dress using a <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Blind-Stitch" target="_blank">blind stitch.</a> This will close up your lining and make your dress look all purty. </div>
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15. Now hem the bottom of your dress and you are DONE! </div>
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This step is optional, but I added two buttons to the front and two buttons to the back for a little added detail. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week's challenge over at Project Run and Play is to create an outfit inspired by Valentine's Day. I love Valentine's Day. I mean I LOOOOVE it. So</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I just didn't want to pass this opportunity up. For my look, I created a spring coat and a simple flutter sleeved dress that is </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">perfect for a chilly Valentine's Day party. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I picked up the blue plaid suiting fabric at the clearance section at Joann's months ago. I thought it was a perfect subtle nod to the red of Valentine's Day.... so to the sewing table it went. The coat ended up with an exaggerated collar, heart lined hidden side pockets, gathered waist, and two gold buttons. I hate to admit this, but looking at the coat the lyrics to "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore kept running through my head (the clean version of course! ; )). Sing it with me..."I'll wear your grandad's clothes. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll look incredible. I got this big ole coat from the thrift store down the road." Yes, I'm aware t</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he coat boarder-lines grandad's clothes. But I kinda love that about it. What do you think? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The dress I sewed was something I wanted to make for a long time it's simple, flowy, and ultra feminine. It's the PERFECT play dress or dress up dress in my opinion. I love it's understated simplicity. The dress was made from a pair of old lightweight cotton curtains that has a lovely drape, so it was perfect for the gathered neckline and it was FREE. My daughter has not taken this dress off since I finished it two days ago. Needless to say, I will make a million more of these. : ) If you love it as much as I do, I have a tutorial for a version of this dress coming soon.. so stay tuned! : )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Put it all together now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As an added bonus, here's how Babes would style the ensemble. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Clothes pin earrings. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pink princess bag </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The girl's got style. </span><br />
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Why hello! It's been a while. I've missed posting on this little blog. </div>
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Life is finally settling down in our little household. Thankfully. </div>
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And what that means is I have some free time to whittle away at my fabric stash. : ) Project Run and Play has started up again and I plan on sewing along for a few of the challenges. </div>
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This week's challenge is to remix Lindsey of the Cottage Home's <a href="http://thecottagehome.blogspot.com/2011/01/party-dress-printable-pattern-and.html" target="_blank">The Party Dress Pattern</a>. </div>
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This is a GREAT basic pattern. With a little creativity you can do so much with a basic pattern like this. I almost sewed up a plaid coat with the pattern but opted to go for this Brocade dress instead (Winters just aren't long enough in Texas!), and my oh my I'm so glad that I did. I'll get to that coat soon enough... maybe.</div>
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The fabric is a brocade-type purchased from Joann's (purchased for around $10 with a coupon). It has a lovely aqua blue hue with gorgeous gold running through it. It is a little itchy so I opted to line the whole thing with a light weight cotton. I must admit, when I purchased this fabric from Joann's a few months ago, I told the lady at the cutting counter I was making a dress for my Little One. She looked at me and then looked at the fabric and said, "I hope it will be a costume." I quickly and ashamedly lied and said it was indeed for a costume of sorts (no judging! haha!). I did doubt my fabric choice for a while so in my fabric stash this sat for quite a while. : )</div>
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The truth was as soon as I laid eyes on that fabric I knew it was destined for a short and sweet party dress. So when PR&P had this challenge it gave me a great chance to sew the design I had in mind and to use that darn fabric. I love the finished product and so does the Little One. </div>
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For those of you who care, I have detailed the changes I did to Lindsey's pattern to make this sweet little number.</div>
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I wanted a shorter waistline and a lower neckline then what Lindsey's pattern called for so I just shortened the bodice pieces and used a bowl to trace a larger neckline. <br />
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Lindsey's dress pattern is a sleeveless pattern, but I felt this design really needed short sleeves. So I drafted some sleeves and sew that to the bodice pieces. <br />
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Because the fabric is so busy and ornate, I wanted a very simple narrow sash in the front that would widen to make a nice bow in the back. I also attached the sash to the front of the bodice. It was a pretty simple change from Lindsey's original pattern.<br />
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The only other change was that on all my seams I used flat felled seams which gave this dress a professional finish from the inside out. </div>
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That's it. : ) A party dress for the Little One, thank you to Lindsey from the Cottage Home, you rock!</div>
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I'm still alive.. but ever so busy. Sadly, I've had to put sewing on the back burner, with the exception of Halloween. Here are all the juicy details of our costumes.. </div>
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Last minute, I scraped Baby Wills' dragon costume and threw together this lil' owl. The pipe cleaner glasses make the costume.</div>
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Little Rapunzel. The dress I made a month before Halloween, so she could not wait to wear it. Total cost to make the dress was $14. I can't lie, with all that tulle (10 yards) makes me want to try it on myself. ; ) The perfectly matching braid was my greatest find. After countless hours searching online, five visits to wig shops, and a failed yarn wig later, I found this perfectly matching braid that reached her toes for just $4.99. It was perfection. </div>
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This little Knight, was store bought. Making costumes is some times WAY overrated; wouldn't you agree? </div>
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I was ever so excited to sew something for my Wittle Wovie, Baby Wills. : ) Boys clothes are so very underrated, don't you think?</div>
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I <i>barely</i> squeaked this look out; as in I just started and finished the button down shirt and tie this morning. Every single one of us (at different times this week) was blessed with a stomach bug that had <strike>us</strike> me scrubbing toilets and washing sheets for four days straight. YUCK.</div>
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For boys it's all about seperates, separates, separates. And so separates I sewed. I decked baby Will's in some green skinnies, a cardigan, a white button down shirt, and a black skinny tie. </div>
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The green skinnies were made using a pair of Baby Will's ready to wear jeans as a guide. I followed <a href="http://malepatternboldness.blogspot.com/search/label/Jeans%20Sew-Along" target="_blank">Male Pattern Boldness's Jeans Sew Along found here</a> (Peter is an angel, I tell you!). I learned how to sew a flat felled seam thanks to Peter and I'm hooked! Seriously, why didn't I try this technique before? Regretfully, I didn't get many pictures of this, but the jeans have a coin pocket and some super adorable pockets in the back, perfect for stashing his treasures. I adore the jeans; the hubby hates them. Who's side are you on?? Or maybe you shouldn't answer that. ; )</div>
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The white button up shirt was made by looking at one of Baby Will's shirts as a guide. I am honestly jumping up and down that I was able to sew this without a pattern. I had some serious doubts that it was going to be done. : ) Just as a note, I used the rest of the white sheet from the white sheet challenge. Hooray! I decided to add some black piping to the pocket to tie the look together. I can't figure out if I made the shirt look too much like a Mormon missionary with a black name tag. haha! What do you think? </div>
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I had so many ideas for this week's challenge over at Project Run and Play. My mind was bouncing in a million directions; I may or may not have cut out three different dress patterns (all my own patterns) before I eventually decided on this little number. But I'll never admit that. : )</div>
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I decided to make my white sheet totally unrecognizable (the anti-white sheet). With some fabric paint, freezer paper, a hole punch, and an embarrassing amount of time later that white sheet became a thing of the past. ; ). I'm well aware that the same effect could have been achieved by dying my fabric and reversing the hole punch, but my curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to see how painting the majority of the fabric would work out. Much to my pleasure, it worked quite well. The fabric is stiffer then what I normally work with. It ended up being similar to canvas or duck fabric. And it surprisingly washes just fine. </div>
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What I love about this technique is that it opens up a world of possibilities. Because I'm a little lazy and the fabric wrinkles very easily, I'm pretty sure I won't use this technique again for such a large article of clothing, but this would be perfect for a quirky pillow or a little <a href="http://www.veryhomemade.blogspot.com/2010/02/okay-so-heres-tutorial-on-how-to-make.html" target="_blank">boys tie (tutorial here</a>). </div>
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Because the fabric was so bold, I opted for a traditional and simple silhouette with white accents (all from my white sheet). I added some gold buttons to dress this up a bit and I called it good. </div>
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If you use acrylic paint and a fabric paint medium, use more medium then the manufacturer recommends. The medium I used said to put 2 parts acrylic paint to 1 part medium. The fabric ended up being waaaay too stiff (like unusable stiff). The next trial I used 1 part medium to 1 part acrylic paint. The fabric is still stiff but usable. So I thinned it out more with more fabric paint medium until I was happy. I recommend playing around with the ratio until you get it right. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I chose Katharine Hepburn as my fashion icon because she represents a strong, powerful woman who isn't afraid to take risks (she wore pants when women just didn't wear pants). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This little Vintage Sugar Sack costume was used for my little lady's first Halloween, some three years ago, but it is still one of my favorite things I've sewn of all time. Since I didn't get very many photos of my little lady wearing it, I put it on my little man and snapped a few photos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Leave it as is (for those living in the hot south) or pair it with a white long sleeve tee and some white tights and you're good to go. It's the perfect costume for a boy or a girl.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crewcuts, you kill me. This top is perfection... I'm have a major crush on glitter, sequins, paillettes, or anything shiny at the moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week's challenge was a pattern remix of Katy of No Big Dill's <a href="http://www.nobigdill.com/2010/09/its-okay-to-be-biased.html" target="_blank">Very Biased Skirt</a>. Which is adorable, yeah? It think she is brilliant for coming up with this technique. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I made a promise to myself I'd only use fabric from my own stash for these challenges, so I sifted through my two GIANT bins of fabric and found a tan polka dot print. The tan fabric color was just too, well tan and because of that it sat in my bin for </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">years.</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> For this Very Biased Skirt I envisioned layers of a peach and cream, but the tan was just not cutting it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I bleached it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tan Fabric + Bleach =Peachy Pink Perfection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With this little discovery of bleach, I now look at my stash of fabric in a whole new light. Oh the possibilities!</span><br />
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For details on how to make the flutter sleeved shirt you can check out my tutorial by c<a href="http://www.veryhomemade.blogspot.com/2012/09/flutter-sleeve-shirt.html" target="_blank">licking here.</a> </div>
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2. Next, cut out 1 inch bias strips from your fabric (lots of them!). The longer the better. For instructions on how to cut a bias strip, check out <a href="http://www.nobigdill.com/2010/09/its-okay-to-be-biased.html" target="_blank">No Big Dill</a><br />
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3. Beginning at the bottom of your skirt begin pinning a bias strip in any interesting pattern you want. I curved mine up to start with. Sew the bias strip onto the skirt leaving raw edges as they are. </div>
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4. Repeat pinning and sewing. </div>
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5. When I got board of the curve, I layered my bias strips onto each other like this..</div>
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When I was done sewing my bias strips, my skirt looked like this..</div>
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Now here's how I like to sew a waistband.<br />
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6. First let's cut out your waistband pieces. For the waistband pieces, you will cut two rectangles on the bias one will be longer then the other.<br />
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Here's how you get get the width measurement:<br />
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I used a 1 inch wide elastic for my skirt so the width of my waistband would end up being just a hair over 1 inch wide. You can figure out the width of your waistband pieces by taking e (width of your elastic) and doubling, then add 1.25 inches to that.<br />
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2e + 1.25= Width of waistband pieces. </div>
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For the length of the waistband pieces, use the same measurements you used for the skirt panel pieces. <br />
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Cut your two waistband pieces on the bias. </div>
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7. On the wrong side of the fabric, iron iron-on interfacing to the front waistband piece. </div>
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8. Fold the two long edges of your waist band in 1/2 of an inch; iron in place. </div>
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9. Fold the waistband in half length wise. </div>
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11. Unfold the front and back waistband pieces and put them right sides together. Sew both short ends of the waistband pieces together. Iron the seam down. You should now have a circular waistband. </div>
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You should now have a circular waistband.
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12. With right sides together, pin your waistband to your skirt, lining up all raw edges and side seams. Be sure the front of the waistband with the interfacing is pinned to the front of your skirt!<br />
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13. Sew the waistband on using the 1/2 inch fold line as a guide.<br />
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14. Fold the waistband up and press. On the inside of your waistband, pin one side of the elastic just a tiny bit above the sewing line you just sewed and just a tiny bit to past the waistband side seam. Note, I prefer to cut my elastic to fit my child's waist in the next step. </div>
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15. Try the skirt on your little one and cut the elastic to fit. Pin and sew the other end of the elastic to your waistband as you did before, lining up the elastic with your side seam line and your waistband seam line.</div>
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16. Fold the waistband over (encasing the elastic as you do) and pin in place.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I decided to make a simple top for the little one myself. I picked up a fabulous white jersey knit, a zipper, and some bias tape and went to work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I must say that my little one LOVES this top and skirt apparent from her working-the-camera-super-model-poses. (No, not one of these poses were prompted. : )) I also made the skirt which I'll share more details on later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, I can't say she loves everything I make. She has quite a mind of her own so I never know if she will wear what I make. But this shirt she would wear everyday if I let her. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jersey Knit fabric, about1 yard for an adult or about 1/2 yard for a child (3 T). </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 inch single fold bias tape in a coordinating color.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coordinating metal zipper.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Small amount of iron on interfacing.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well fitted t-shirt to use as a guide.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fabric Marker.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pins.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thread and Sewing Machine.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the sleeves, cut a shape like the one below. The dimensions are for my 3 year old; you can make your sleeves longer or shorter, wider or more narrow, the only trick is be sure that the sleeve is longer then your armhole diameter. Also keep in mind, the longer the sleeve the more flutter it will have. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Time to pin your sleeve onto your shirt. Turn your shirt so that it is right side out. Turn your sleeve so that it is inside out. Line up the midpoint of your sleeve (you marked this in step #8) and the shoulder seam. Pin together. Now line up the underarm seam of your sleeve and the side seam of your shirt. Pin. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Baste the sleeve onto the armhole using 5/8 inches as a seam allowance. To avoid wonky gathers, when sewing the gathered part of the sleeve, gently smooth the gathers out with your hand as you go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15. Turn your shirt so that it is right side out. Find the mid point of the back of your shirt. Draw a line as long as your zipper down the center of your shirt. Iron the interfacing centered on that line. Remember you should be doing this on the right side of your shirt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">19. With your shirt on the right side. You will sew two lines around your zipper. The first should be 1/4 away from the zipper edge. The second should be as close to the zipper teeth as you can. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're DONE! The right side of the back of your shirt will look like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's already the end of August. YIKES! The holidays are on their way. Can you believe it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I feel as though I'm often scrambling to prepare everything. But not this year. Yes, this year I'm starting early.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> During the holidays, my go to neighbor gift is a CD of our favorite holiday tunes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This year I wanted to improve the presentation of our gift so I searched online but didn't find anything that I loved. So I headed to the craft store and came up with this... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;">This would make a really easy and amazing holiday gift, wedding party favor, or photographer packaging. Just slip a CD or DVD with anything your heart desires and you're good to go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Despite the lengthy tutorial, it is a quick and easy project that can be done in no time! </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bi-Fold Foam Board. I found mine at Michael's (photo below) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ruler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">X-acto Knife</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Piece of fabric cut into a 16 x 15 inch rectangle</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Small strip of coordinating fabric or ribbon (mine was 20 inches long)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1 paper CD Sleeve (found mine at target)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hot Glue Gun</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. With your X-acto knife, cut your bi-fold foam into a 5 1/2 inch square. Don't make the same mistake I did.. Be sure and cut your square so that include the folded edge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Get your 16 by 13 inch fabric piece. On the long side of your fabric piece, fold under one raw edge 1/2 of an inch. Hot glue the raw edge to the wrong side of your fabric piece. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. On the outside of your foam board, draw a line that is three inches above the bottom edge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. Next, it's time to begin hot gluing the fabric onto the foam board. To do this, take the long side of your fabric piece that still has the raw edge untouched. You will begin hot gluing with the foam board shut. Hot glue the fabric to the front of your foam board on that line that you just drew in step #3. Pull the fabric tight and smooth out as you glue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">****Be sure to leave some extra fabric (about 1 1/2 inches) on side of your foam board (see the extra fabric on the right in the photo below). You will need this fabric later to clean up the edges. : )*****</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Hot glue the fabric to the folded edge of your foam board. Smoothing out as you go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Finish hot gluing the fabric to the back of your foam board as you did in step #4. You should now have something that looks like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7. Wrap the fabric over the top of the foam board and glue along the top edge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do the same for the bottom edge of the foam board. Remember to pull the fabric tight for a clean finish. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. Hot glue the folded down edge of your fabric onto the front of your CD case. Be sure and cover all the raw edges. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> 9. Working on the edges of your foam board, wrap the one raw edge of your fabric like so and glue in place. (Not sure how to explain this, feel free to email with questions!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> 10. Fold down your other raw edge and tuck it into the little pocket. Carefully glue into place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">11. Get your coordinating fabric or ribbon trim and hot glue along the front of your CD cover covering the seams as you go. Be sure your CD case is closed when doing this. : )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12. Hot glue the CD Sleeve to the inside of your CD case. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Slip your CD or DVD into the sleeve, tie a bow and your all done!</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.350000381469727px;">Iron on Interfacing</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.350000381469727px;">A shirt, dress, or skirt ready for a style update</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.350000381469727px;">Scissors</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Sew 1/4 away on both sides of the center line. When you reach the bottom of your line, pivot and turn then sew 1/4 an inch and pivot and turn and sew </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. With your shirt on the right side. You will sew two lines around your zipper. The first should be 1/4 away from the zipper edge. The second should be as close to the zipper teeth as you can. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My little ones and I are off to enjoy the last few weeks of summer while we still can. So forgive me for taking a little break from the blog. : )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the mean time, I'll be doing a lot of this with my little ones.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're a photographer, I'm sure you've seen some those adorable newborn crowns. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a quick and easy way to make one.. no crocheting required. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Made larger, these would make adorable party favors for a big girl party or maybe even for yourself. : ) Oh.. the possibilities!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A strip of lace (For a newborn, I used about 2 1/2 -3 inches of lace) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fabric Paint and Paint Brush (This is optional. You will need it only if you want to change the color of the lace.) </span></li>
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As promised, I just finished up a tutorial on sewing the pleated bodice from my French Inspired Boat neck dress. You can add this simple detail to any shirt or any bodice of a dress; just do so before you sew the neckline. </div>
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*Note, the finished width of the detail will be about 2 3/4 inches. If you want it wider or narrower, it will take a bit of recalculating but it is very doable.*</div>
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1. Measure and cut out your fabric. Make your fabric as long as you need by 6 1/2 inches wide. </div>
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2. Next, you will mark some guides on your fabric. Draw a line that is 1 1/4 inch away from both of the raw edges of your fabric (length wise). Draw another line that is 1 inch away from the line you just marked. Do this for both the left and right sides. </div>
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3. Pinch your fabric together so that the first two lines you drew line up. Pin in place and sew down the line. (I had extra lines drawn here. Just ignore them.) Do this for both sides of your fabric. You should now have two pleats. Yeah! Iron so that the pleats fold towards the raw edge. (Clear as mud, right? Feel free to leave a commentwith any questions!) </div>
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4. After you have sewed the first two pleats, fold the fabric in half length wise.<br />
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5. With the fabric still folded in half, sew 1/4 of an inch away from the last stitching line. </div>
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6. Unfold your fabric. Flatten the top pleat down. Iron in place. </div>
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7. Now you will clean up the raw edges. Turn your fabric over to the wrong side. Along the length of your fabric, fold the raw edges down. Iron in place. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My little one is growing. And I mean <i>growing</i>. It seems like she has outgrown everything in her closet in a matter of days. So I sifted through my ever growing stash of fabric and went to work. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plus, completion of </span> t<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">his</span></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> dress coincides perfectly with Project Run and Play's season 5 auditions; so </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> w<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">ish</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> me luck! I would </span>lo</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">v</span><span style="line-height: 1.2em;">e <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">have</span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">opportunity to grow and improve. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I must say, I'm in love with this French-inspired play dress, and so is the Little One. The pattern is my own.. so I may just have make one my size. : ) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The black bodice detail is pleated and adds a bit of visual interest to the bodice. I love adding little details to a dress. (Tutorial on how to add a <a href="http://veryhomemade.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-sew-pleated-detail-onto-bodice.html" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://veryhomemade.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-sew-pleated-detail-onto-bodice.html" target="_blank">pleated detail here.</a>) The white and black <a href="http://www.veryhomemade.blogspot.com/2012/08/designing-your-own-fabric-print.html" target="_blank">fleur de lis fabric</a> was hand painted onto a white sheet that I purchased for sewing projects (<a href="http://veryhomemade.blogspot.com/2012/08/designing-your-own-fabric-print.html" target="_blank">tutorial here</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">So I have a confession; I'm a bit of a cheapskate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I blame it (lovingly) on my mother who required me to purchase my school clothes with my own money after I refused to touch the wardrobe of clothes she had purchased for me. (The clothes I picked were not much better, I assure you. : )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When my little lady was growing out of her clothes the cheapskate in me came out. I had a very specific idea for a dress that I wanted to make her but none of my fabric on hand fit the bill. So I went to work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A white sheet, fabric paint, freezer paper and hole punch later I had <i>the</i> perfect fabric, designed by yours truly. Oh happy day!</span></div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://pinterest.com/addow/"><img src="http://passets-cdn.pinterest.com/images/pinterest-button.png" width="78" height="26" alt="Follow Me on Pinterest" /></a></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11461254938021249668noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4895335460700480103.post-80656782356341725252012-06-18T12:42:00.002-07:002013-02-14T12:05:12.255-08:0020 Minute Midi Skirt<span style="font-size: large;">It seems it's the summer of skirts here in my neck of the woods. Hope you haven't tired of them yet, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">because I just can't get enough of them. : )</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a very quick and easy skirt that will be finished in no time; I promise! It is made from a oh so comfy knit hounds tooth fabric I had on hand (love when I find treasures in my stash). The knit fabric makes this skirt as comfy as my favorite sweats. Love, love, love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't hesitate to change the length of the skirt to fit your style. Go short, midi, or go maxi length, you just can't go wrong. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Close up of the folded over waistband:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's what you will need:</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">About 1- 1 1/2 yards of knit fabric. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">A high waisted skirt that fits you well (preferably knit but not necessary)</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Step 1:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Take a skirt that fits you well and place on top of your folded fabric. Trace around the skirt, adding 1/2 an inch of seam allowances on both sides. I wanted my skirt to be much longer than the gray skirt I was using as a pattern, so I cut the skirt pieces about 10 inches longer than my gray skirt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Step 2:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Next let's cut out the waistband. Measure your waist. Add 1 inch to that measurement. This will the be length of your waistband. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cut out a rectangle that is the following dimension:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> your waist measurement + 1 inch by 10 inches </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check to make sure that the waistband (when folded in half) and the top of the skirt pieces are about the same width. If not, alter the skirt pieces by tapering it to fit the waistband. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> With rights sides together, sew the two side seams of your skirt pieces together. To give it a nice clean finish you can serge or overlock the seams. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Try it on to check the fit. If you need to the take the skirt in or let it out, do so now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fold the waistband in half width wise. With right sides together, sew along the dotted line below using 1/2 an inch seam allowance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Step 6:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Check that the top of your skirt piece and your waistband are again about the same width. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fold the waistband in half, length wise, and pin to the the skirt; all raw edges should line up at the top. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sew the waistband to the skirt using a 1 inch seam allowance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After you sew the waistband on, serge, overlock, or zigzag the raw edges to give it a nice clean finish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fold the waistband up and press in place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my official go to summer skirt this season. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the simple high waistband coupled with the curved opening pockets and a partially exposed brass zipper. I just love it. Pair it with a tee and some flats for the day or some pumps and a fitted blouse for a dressier ensemble. Either way, you can't go wrong. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Measure your waist at it's smallest point. You will use this waist measurement as the width of each skirt panel. So, let's say that your waist is 30 inches. Your front panel piece will be 30 inches wide and your back panel piece will be 30 inches wide. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the length of your skirt panels, decide how long you want your skirt to be and add three inches to that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cut out two rectangles using the dimensions above from both the main fabric and the lining fabric. You should now have four rectangles that are the same size, two rectangles cut from the main fabric and two rectangles cut from the lining fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For your waistband, you will cutout one long rectangle from your main fabric piece. Here is how you get the measurements for your waistband piece:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the length of the waistband, take your waist measurement and add 2 inches to that. </span><span style="font-size: large;">So if I had a 30 inch waist, my waistband length would be 32 inches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the width of the waistband, decide how wide you want your finished waistband to be. (I made my finished waistband 1.5 inches wide.) Double the desired waistband width and add one inch. </span><span style="font-size: large;">For example, if I wanted waistband that was 1.5 inches wide, my waistband piece would be 4 inches wide (1.5 *2 + 1 = 4 inches)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For a clean, no fraying finish, serge, zig zag, or overlock down the length of all four of your skirt panels. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Next, time to gather both your main fabric skirt piece and lining skirt piece. To gather, set your sewing machine to the longest stitch possible. Get your main fabric skirt piece. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> Sew two lines along the top of your skirt. For the first line, sew along the top of your skirt piece using a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Now sew the second line along the top of your skirt using 1/2 inch seam allowance. Gather your main skirt to match your waist measurement by gently pulling both thread lines gently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Turn your main fabric skirt piece inside out. Find the middle point of the back of that skirt piece. Mark that spot with a pin or a fabric marker. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With right sides together, start pinning the waist band 1/2 inch before the middle point of your skirt. Be sure all raw edges are lined up (My waist band did not line up so just pretend all the raw edges lined up perfectly in the photo below ; ) ). The waistband should end 1/2 inch past the mid point of the back of the skirt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Turn your lining skirt piece inside out. With your main fabric skirt piece still turned inside out, pin the lining skirt piece to the waistband and the main fabric piece just as you did before . Line up the side seams of the main fabric and the lining. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">5. Now let's sew that waistband on. Turn your skirt right side out (the wrong side of the waistband should be facing up) and sew along the 1/2 inch fold line on your waistband. Here's a quick tip to keep from having wonky gathers, every now and then gently smooth the skirt pieces down as you sew to make sure they are being sewn in straight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">13. Change your stitch length so that you are no longer using a basting stitch. Starting at the top of your skirt, sew a line 1/4 of an inch away from the middle line of your stay fabric. When you reach the end of the line, keep your needle down and pivot the fabric; sew across the bottom line, pivot and turn and sew up to the top of the skirt keeping the seam consistently 1/4 of an inch from the middle line. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">17. Turn your skirt inside out. Carefully pin the zipper to the <b>stay fabric only</b>. This will give you a clean finish with no visible seams around the zipper. I used quite a few pins to make sure the zipper would be sewn on straight. You could also use fusible web or iron on hem tape to keep the zipper in place before you sew. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a bit difficult to explain, so I'll do my best. To sew the zipper just to your stay fabric, open up your stay fabric and push the entire skirt to the opposite side. (See the photo below.) If this doesn't make sense, don't hesitate to ask me. I'm having a hard time explaining this. : )</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using a zipper foot, sew about 1/8 of an inch away from the zipper. Sew down one side, then across the bottom, and then up the other. Pivot the foot with the needle down as you turn. Keep the bulk of the skirt away from your stay fabric as you sew so you don't accidentally sew your skirt fabric into the zipper. Also, be careful not to sew the metal teeth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that's it. You're done! Here's the zipper from the inside (prior to ironing or clean up).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a tutorial on how to sew a perfect curved pocket. Unlike the hidden pocket tutorial found <a href="http://www.veryhomemade.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-to-add-hidden-slit-side-pocket.html" target="_blank">here</a>, this pocket is ideal for pants, or any form of skirt (fitted or full). It is a bit more labor intensive then the side pocket, but the finished product adds some visual interest, which I just love. : )</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ps. Stay tuned for the entire tutorial on sewing this striped skirt above!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">On the lining fabric, trace a rectangle that is 2-3 inches wider then your front skirt panel curve. The length of your pocket depends on how deep you want your pocket to be. I made mine 5 inches long. Cut the rectangle out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Next you will cut out the two back pocket pieces from your main fabric. Simply cut two rectangles that is the same width and length as the front pocket piece. Do not cut the curve into your back pocket piece. Also, be sure to match up the patterns or stripes with your front skirt panel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Time to piece the pocket onto your skirt panel. Line up the curve in your pockets with the curve in your front skirt panel. Pin the front pocket piece to your skirt panel. (Do not pin the back pocket piece)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Measure the length of the pocket curve. You can either make your own bias strips (instructions below) or t</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">o save some time, you can use store bought bias strips that are 1.5 or 2 inches wide. You just press the store bought bias strips open then fold down the middle (lengthwise). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Bias strips are just long rectangles cut on the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_(textile)" target="_blank"> bias of the fabric</a>. To cut your own bias strips, simply cut two long rectangles that are the same length as the pocket's curve and 1.5 inches wide. Be sure to cut the long rectangles <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_(textile)" target="_blank">on the bias</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Pin the folded bias strip to both the front pocket piece and the skirt panel. All raw edges should be lined up. Be sure that you are pinning to the wrong side of your skirt. </span></div>
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