Homecoming and lace

My significant other invited me to homecoming and I didn't have a thing to wear!

Well I sorta did....

Oh hi mom

I had a swoonworthy skirt and a creme tank top. 

Not quite homecoming appropriate. 

I had a week and eight dollars.

so I decided on making a versatile overlay that I could wear to homecoming and with shorts in the summer. 

I picked up this lace at JoAnn's I used my handy dandy 50% off coupon and bought just a sliver

 (and used every scrap!)

I planned it out to be sleeveless and to drape over my shoulders with a head hole and two side seams. 

I layered my favorite tank top over the fabric with the folded end on the shoulder seam. 

Then I cut the lace ever so carefully and scalloped the neckline and straps

Like so~

Took forever! And boy was it terrifying... It felt like performing surgery.

But it was oh so rewarding~ 

I treated all of the scalloped edges with liquid stitch.

 It's a Latex fabric glue that's GREAT for treating edges and corners that seem weak to you. 

I highly recommend it.

All that I had to do was stitch up two seams!

Tucked in it's a classy overlay

Un-Tucked and it's got a killer Stevie Knicks vibe to it. 

Or maybe Stevie Knicks's grandma.

And it sparkles~

The best gift for the best sister.

My sister is a freak for organization

And lately I'm a freak for making bags. 

You see where this is going right? 

I made my staple box bag, a makeup brush roll, as well as a taller bag. 

The box bag is nothing new, but I must say I'm proud of this lining. 

And the pull tags. 

This makeup brush was something all new for me. 

I cut out a rectangle of my outer fabric, my lining fabric and of some felt. 

This did need some interfacing. 

I sandwiched them together and I finished the edges with bias tape. 

And that yellow strip to hold the brushes is fold over elastic. 

Which is by the way not iron safe...

And my tall bag was simply an experiment to use up the rest of my fabric. 

This is not interfaced as well, but it holds its shape nicely. 

~All in all this is a pretty swell gift set~

Christmas with the kiddos: lyndonna

The youngest of the munchkins is lyndonna.

No that's not her real name but all her siblings got cool nicknames so she gets one too. 

Lyndonna is a little tiny baby girl, only three months old. So I decided that I could just whip something up for her. I thought it would be easy.

I WAS WRONG. 

I downloaded this free pattern, myrtle the turtle.

I went digging in my fabric chest looking for anything green. All I found was a flannel flower power print fabric. And the only fabric that complimented was an old pink shirt of my moms (thanks mom)

Since it's a knit shirt and I'm pairing it with a woven I decided to interface the prices to a quilting fabric that I was never going to use. 

Look at it...mocking me....

This little sucker was so incredibly hard to sew.

My machine wouldn't sew through it...so I had to hand sew it. 

I don't have any progress photos but I have a finished picture. 

Those eyes were an after thought..

Am I incredibly proud? Not really. 

Is this a turtle for a baby who won't even notice the lumps and wrinkles? Yeah, it is. 

ce la vie~ 🐢

And Speaking of Pants...

Doesn't everyone have a favorite pair of pants? 

maybe they're well worn and fuzzy feeling on the outsides, or stretchy in all the right places.

interesting knee details or fun pockets perfect for your day to day life. 

I have a few favorite, and on my oddest pair the button ripped off...

I found this pair at goodwill fresh man year and fell head over heals in love.

I don't know what it is about those useless over decorated pockets and oddly placed seems that made me swoon~

But oh do they make me swoon!

This hole was a big one, so I needed to darn it before attaching any thing to it. 

Or risk the chance of making it worse.

and then all that was left to do was choose a button.

It was a harder choice than you would think..

But I finally made up my mind!

Only to discover that during the three months these pants were sitting in my project bin I grew two pants sizes.

Know anyone size six who wants over-detailed, low-rise, flare-legs?

Un-sweet sweeties.

My boyfriend's grandma is just the sweetest thing in the world.

And in a strange twist of irony she's diabetic. So my normal back up plan of buying candy wouldn't work. 

So I /of course/ made a bag. 

And filled it with non edible sweeties. 

Insta-dry nail polish and apple pie flavored lip balm. 

and the Youtube video I used for this bag is here~

The only change I made to The Crafty Gemini's tutorial is I did not interface.

My courdoroy fabric was very stable so I didn't really need it.

Also I didn't use her measurements. 

I just sorta eyeballed it.

~I'm quite proud~

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.

A Wonderfully Wicked Birthday

Out of all the modern Musical greats Wicked is by far the most well loved.

via GIPHY

And it's so clear why!
Oh I could talk for hours about this musical!

But I'll get to the point.

 My dear friend and fellow Musical theater lover Abby turned 18 I knew I had to blow her socks off!
and what better way than with a Wicked themed gift bag!

Here's everything I put together for her~

 She has an enthusiasm for motivational posters
also I wanted an excuse to water color
So I made this "card ish thing.

I think it's a card...

And I combed through Pintrest to find this tutorial.
buuut I used it more like a guideline.
Since I only needed a little bit.

and I added vanilla~

the main part of the gift though was a home made cosmetics bag!
This post and this video were super helpful!
 

I also cut out a cardboard bottom and glued my lining fabric to it.
Since I forgot to interface....

And of course I wrote a Wikked quote on it!

Also I happened to have some of my emergency flower hair clips laying around.

All in all its a pretty great gift bag, if I do say so myself!