Skirts and Banners

Happy Birthday
Happy Halloween
Tinker bell Tutu

Rosetta Tutu

Black Witch pettiskirt

Halloween is here and I love to dress up! The black pettiskirt is my witch skirt :) I'm going to post final pics when the time comes. The green tutu is for Tinkerbell and the maroon is for Rosetta

The banner says: Happy Halloween..easy to make:

*1/4yd makes 2 triangles..so depending on what you are spelling and how many different fabrics you want to use: I used 7 different fabrics.

*about 4 yards of binding, twill tape, or ribbon

*about 1 yard 2 sided fusible facing (whatever thickness you desire..or you can just use heat n bond)

*about 1/2 yard material for cutting out letters: I traced chipboard letters onto fabric (you can print out your font and cut it out of chipboard)

*1/2 yard wonder under, heat n bond, fabric glue for letters

..sew along the edge of the triangle once the interfacing is ironed in and then sew on the binding: overlap each triangle corner just a little.

The triangles are 8in wide on top and 10 in long down the middle (fold your fabric in half, then cut out the triangle) The interfacing should be just smaller than the fabric.

Gifts

I've been having fun making gifts for birthday presents. We had a birthday for my little cousin Nolan, who turned 1. His room is blue and brown and I had a bunch of blue/ brown print fabrics laying around and I happened upon this site http://www.purlbee.com/ and it has tons of fun patterns. I found this ball pattern and figured , what 1 year old boy doesn't love balls. so I made it in about an hour and embroidered his name on it :) it was a lot of fun to make.

back view (tutu)

flower clip

front view (tutu)


We also got to go to a fun bday for my friends daughter who turned 3 and she loves dress up! I had some extra tulle and luckily it was pink! so I took some brown silk and made the elastic waist band. I measured my daughter, who happened to be about 23" so I doubled that and cut the silk fabric..so that there would be extra for ruffling. Then, I sewed the two wrong ends together. Then, I cut about 110" of the tulle, which had 4 layers (width can be whatever length you like) and I sewed it onto the silk waist and ruffled it as I sewed. Once that was done, which I forgot to mention, I created 2 button holes w/ bias tape for the elastic and satin ribbon. I then sewed where the elastic would go through and then pulled it through, then the ribbon.
For the shirt: I just got a plain white shirt and ruffled the tulled (sort of like a base stitch) and curled it into a rose and sewed it on to the shirt; starting from the middle and going around until you're on the outside. The sleeves were easy.. just ruffle on about a 1/2 " of the tulle, 2 layers thick around the sleeve.
The clip, was easy. I ruffled on about a 1/2 " of tulle onto a piece of brown satin ribbon and then curled it into a rose and then sewed around, like previous. then hot glued on the small ribbon and then the button and last the clip.. and there you have it.. once complete tutu outfit :)

Recycle!!

Pillow Case, Comforter, & Bed Skirt

Tutu & Bow

For the Comforter:

first, I measured the bed (twin size) and baught the twin size packed batting..I doubled it up for thickness. I measured the design and cut the pieces and pinned them. I started from the middle and worked out.. the corners were done at the very end and I marked from the corner to the end to make an even straight line, pinned them and sewed. I then sewed on an old sheet for the backing of the comforter..sewing them right sides together, leaving one side open, then inserted the batting. I flattened it all out and sewed along the seams already present to keep everything together and then sewed the end!

Pillow case:

same design as the comforter, yet smaller verson. then i just added purple silk, folded it in half to make about an inch ruffle. folded from the inside and right sides together, flipped it around and the corners, I just turned inside out and sewed along the edge and turned it back around.. (I hope this is making sense). Then, pretty much the same as the comforter..although the back side of the pillow case there's one side a little larger and one smaller to make a fold over insert for the pillow..made from an old sheet ..that's the recycle part..as well as the purple ribbon trim on the tutu bedskirt.. I had leftover from my wedding 6 years ago!

Bedskirt:

I used the existing bedskirt, cut off the sides and just sewed an old sheet panel on each side and then did a base stitch on double the length of the bed and ruffled it and sewed it on. Make sure you sew the ribbon trim on first thing!

The Bow and Tutu:

The bow.. can't really explain, but the Tutu.. fairly easy!

First, I did the belt.. I just wrapped 2 different ribbon around eachother..pinned them and sewed them. then I pinned on the old bedskirt fabric (from before the new tutu bedskirt!) and the tulle.. did a base stitch on the satin fabric lining and cut pieces of tulle and added them one by one, bunched them all together, pinned them and sewed them to the ribbon belt. then I added another strip of purple ribbon on the inside and sewed it on..for a finished look.

The bedding stuff was for my daughters birthday! and the Tutu and bow was made for my niece's birthday! I love making stuff for people :)