fancy fancy

Lindsay and I are on the same wavelength with the ties. I promise we didn't plan these two posts together.. But here is the tie I made for my little man. Daddy's graduating from college this week and of course our boy needs to look super sharp for the festivities. So. I cut out the basic tie shape (you can make it super skinny or fat - but beware, you have to turn it right side out and that can be tricky if it's too skinny). I ironed on some thicker interfacing to the back of one of the strips for the tie, just from about where you'd tie it to give it some substance.
Sorry I didn't take more pictures, but basically, I sewed around the edges right sides together(about 1/4- 1/2 inch seam). I turned it right side out and whip-stitched the edge closed where I turned it right side out. Then I ironed it flat and we're done! Oh, except I did stitch on a little fabric behind the front to hold the end of the tail (is it called that? who knows.)
Of course I had to get Brenan to tie it on our eleven-month-old. Maybe I should learn someday.

Button Earrings

I have been looking for fabric earring tutorials all over the internet lately and can't find one (if you know where one is.. let me know)!! I did come across this blog post, however, and thought it would be fun to try. Very cute, and Tanya explains so well how to do it!

Spring Tee

What to do with a white sheet I bought at DI?? Cut it into flowers and sew them onto a plain white tee shirt for a fresh spring look (and no more boring shirts I so often wear)!

Here's how I did it:

First, I cut out my shamrock-shaped flowers. I do have a pattern for these, but can't find the link to them (sorry!) You can just freehand it (that's what I did for the smaller size). Once you bunch them up (see below), you'll never notice imperfections. I double layered the fabric when I cut so I could stitch around the edge. The edges will fray a bit when I wash it, but I think it will look cute like that.

Next, I took my stitched-together flower and bunched up the 'petals.'

Then, I stitched together the base of the flower to give it the puckered look.

Finally, I sewed each flower onto the shirt.

I sewed a lot of big ones together to make the large flower, then smaller ones ascending the side of the collar.

Happy spring!