I'm Just So Biased~

So lately I have been very busy, so I haven't had too much sewing time. 

So I have been focusing on little bedsores and the building blocks of my sewing supply. Namely bias tape. 

Maybe if I pose with it it will look like more of an accomplishment...

I'm new to making bias tape, and I'll tell you there is a learning curve!
But once you get the hang of it it's super easy. 

I like to cut continuous bias tape. 

And to store my homemade bias tape I have a little trick! 

I take the cardboard insert on the inside of the fat quarters and fold it in half.

I cut out a rectangle on the middle and two on the sides like so. 

And I do not use fabric scissors!! 

Then you slip your bias tape into the hole in the center, fold the cardboard in half again and wrap your tape onto your holder. 

Once it's all wrapped up it should look like this~ 

I like to make three sets of continuous bias tape at once.
And then I wind up with little families. 

Nifty and organized! 

Do you have any fun tricks that you use bias tape for?
Do you have any favorite Bias related projects?

I would love to hear from you crafty cats.

10 Reasons to Love This Romper

This is my go to summer outfit,

when parried with a thrift store stretchy belt I feel like I can take on the frigging world. 

See that seat, take it. 

And let me show you 10 reasons why I love this Romper,

First off,

It's good for long-boarding, adventuring and just chilling with my friends! 

Here is some photo evidence that I do indeed have friends to chill with,

bonus points for the long-boarding shot.

Secondly, it's sentimental.

This lining is an up-cycled tunic from Jesus Christ Superstar.

It was worn on stage by a good friend and personal Hero of mine named Bob.

Bob is awesome.

 And third, It looks so lonely when it's not on my body :(

Just looking at it all sad and empty makes me want to fill it and dance around...

I made this romper before I knew about interfacing. So I dropped the ball on the flap part here.

 But let's all focus on the nice hand stitching! 

It took like an hour and I can't remember why I was so determined...

But it looks cute! 

(which is the fourth reason I love it) 

Oh and did I mention? 

This pattern was self drafted~ 

Which is numbers five through nine of why it is so great.

Is it perfect? No.

There is some gaping in the neckline and I didn't put in any pockets :/ 

But I practically live in it!

And number ten, I spent no money making it!

the snaps were found laying around in my sewing chest,

I drafted the pattern,

and this fabric was lovingly donated by my stash busting neighbor. 

thanks Dawn!

And....Even more good news,

 I still have some left! 

Any ideas on what this should be? 

Leave your suggestions below and I'll see if any of them strikes chord :) 

In lieu of Flowers

Have I mentioned my significant other? 

Well he gets me roses quite a bit. 

And I love them so much that they wind up drying up before I'm willing to even consider throw them out.

So pretty, but so dead.

And I'm sentimental so throwing my surplus dried roses away just feels wrong to me

Also I feel the need to somehow thank my boyfriend for the lovely bouquet. So I decided to make rose petal sugar scrub.

It's actually pretty nice.

I used 

~half a cup of sugar 

~three table spoons coconut oil

~a tablespoon (ish) of olive oil

I mixed two batches, one with less olive oil and one with more. 

I took the picture below to compare the recipes.

On the left is the batch where I used only the a half tablespoon. It has the consistency of snow. 

On the right is a more moisturizing, soupy scrub. 

This one I kept for myself 

(dry skin and all that...) 

And then the fun part! 

I ripped about six petals each off of a rose and I just missed the whole petals in with a spoon. They were really dry so the petals broke up and mixed in well. 

So since I found something I could do with the flowers I wanted to do something with the stems.

 So I gave them to my bunny. 

Mr. Darcy approved! 

So I saved all of the stems and leaves in a bag for for him to snack on later. 

What shall I make with these flowers next~

Pants and failure

I grew out of most of my pants when I joined cheer

Three years ago...

And I only just started addressing the issue. 

So I found some scrap fabric and sims old skinny jeans and went to work! 

The outside seams were unpicked and I left the hem. 

Because I'm lazy~ 

This is what I had after unpicking the outer seams on both legs and laying it out flat. 

Then I took my DREAMY scrap fabric, courtesy of my sister, and made panels the length of my legs.

And since my pants were already hemmed I hemmed my panels as well.

Look at how nice that hem is!

I stiched them in and felt a hunger to do more! So I decided to try to add pocket depth! 

It was confusing and a pain in the butt. I made a little pouch and I stitched that into the existing pouch. 

Unfortunately this wasn't as simple of a project as I thought it would be. 

And they certainly didn't turn out like I hoped they would!

They are baggy in places now...and the butt aria is still too small. It should be a smidge longer to fit over my buns.

 But the pocket was a success! 

I guess I can fix this but right now I'm suuuper tired. 

Till next time crafty cats.

I've got magic to do

Just for you~

My lovely friend Paula invited me out to see pippin and I knew just what I was going to wear! 

I just had to fix it first! 

This sweater is from goodwill, another lovely friend saw it and thought of me. 

Well... She thought of my rabbit 

As much as I ADORE this sweater I never really wear it. It's just so...pizzazzey. 

Don't  get me wrong I love a grand finale as much as the next guy. 

But I wasn't ready to take the leap with all this glitz. 

I've already found my corner of the sky~

(punny Gif)

So I unpicked the stitches on half the gems 

Such {glory!!} ;) 

So far that's 4 pippin references ;) 

It was a Great show! And I wore a great sweater.

And just in case you haven't seen the show, or caught my puns~

 ~here's just the opening number.