My Go-to Resources For Underthings

If you follow me here at the classy savage  you know that I am a poor broke student, trying to hone my skills and shrink my foot print on the world. 

So I search high and low for resources that I can justify spending what could go toward tuition on fabrics and whatnot.
It's hard for me to find stores and resources that cater to broke
So I figured I would sing the praises of the stores that I love. 

As well as confessing just how much I pick up from wall-mart...

Fabric 

Well there's a great article that talks about the requirements for lingerie fabric. 

I find a good supply at my local Walmart 

Go figure

And if I can't find it at Walmart I make the journey to Joann's 

Findings 

I'll level with ya'll, I wish I could lie to you and say that I only use super pretty rose gold rings and sliders.
But honestly I pretty much just steal the rings and sliders off of old bras that bite the dust. 

But some day, I will go to black bird fabrics, and I will justify buying a whole handful of silver sliders and rings. 

But until that day, I shall remain a scavenger. 

Elastic 

Ok, so I saved the best for last. 

My favorite place for fold over elastic is bowtiqueemilee. They are fantastic. They have every color you could imagine, sold by the five yards for only $1.50!! If that's not a bargain then I don't know one. 

And this store has fancy elastic! But I haven't gotten around to ordering anything. I just scroll through and drool~ 

Most of the time braided elastic does the trick for me, I pick it up at Walmart, but I'm probably going to buy a roll of it since I use so much. 

Well those are all of my go to shops and what have you.

I'm not sure if this post is a humble brag about how much control I have on my spending, or a confession that will isolate me from the rest of the sewing community...

I'll let you decide...

I'm sure that all of you have a supply wish list as well. What items have you been drooling over? 

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.

Another excuse to buy candy.

In mid-project I decided to organize my ribbons.

It was a well needed 

I decided that I wanted to be able to easily browse my ribbons and notions.

I also wanted to buy gummy Sharks.

So I up-cycled the cardboard container for the gummy into a ribbon holder. 

So neat and tidy~ 

For this tutorial you'll need

~unruly ribbons~

~a candy box~

~scissors~

~and tape~

First you cut off the sides of your box 

Then you use some kind of straight edge to mark were your notches will  go.

I used the skinny side of the box. Even though there was a perfectly good ruler in the drawer next to me. 

 Oh well. 

via GIPHY

Cut your notches. 

Tape your ribbon to the card. It makes it easier to wrap it. 

Then you just wrap it and tie it off when you get to the end of the ribbon. 

Cerial boxes work just as well, but candy is more fun! 

How do you store your ribbons? I have seen lots of great methods.