tshirt scarves

 

(this one i made the other day off pinterest) 7/5/12)

 these tshirt scarves are everywhere- i was not interested at first- but- i had to say- yes- i have made one- so here it is- and i have to say- it was super fun to make- i might make more-

start with an old shirt

(crafting @ night= horrible lighting for pics)

http://zitzmanfam.blogspot.com/2012/01/pinteresting-saturday-t-shirt-scarves.html

orginal pin from hellogiggles

 i followed this tutorial- 

http://zitzmanfam.blogspot.com/2012/01/pinteresting-saturday-t-shirt-scarves.html

orginal pin from hellogiggles

she also has a video link to watch

 hello- yep- i like

so EASY- cute-fun and wearing it out tonight!

i want to add a little something to it- like a pin or... not sure yet- something will come to mind-

I am hosting bitch and stitch this month (tomorrow)

stay tuned for show and tell

have a great holiday weekend

-birdie

summer belt

i am telling you- all i want to do is sew now- the passion for the machine is on full force here- i picked up these great fabrics at the shop in fat quarters- cut them into small strips- and started sewing them together-

after i felt the strip was long enough i put some heavy interfacing and a pattern fabric for the back- stitched up the sides by turning the fabric under and used bias for the tie- which i love- it frays a little and looks super cute-

used a small piece of fabric on both ends to cover the stitching that came together at the ends-

 a few samples of how it looks

 i also wore the bias through my belt loops in the front-
 loved that look a lot

tons of compliments on this-
 i love to dress up my plain wardrobe with color

-birdie

the dress

so this is how the dress was made..

it started with a Amy Butler Pattern:

lotus-tunic and cami

 laying out the fabric with the pattern

 cutting

 and more cutting

 uff da! that was a whole lot of cutting

 

(total side note- jods, krissy- does this rug look familiar?) 

after all the cutting the sewing begins! 

a dress and a liner was sewn

dress-mom

liner- me 

sewing on my moms ancient singer...

my liner all finished

 i now give you a

dress

i love how it turned out- it is so much cuter than i had imagined

i love it on- super comfortable

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the sewtropolis grand opening was a hit by the way- 

here is a pic of all us employee gals

 (minus one & owner nikol is in the turquoise dress) in our "red dresses" and turquoise tights (store colors) of course- i made flip flops to match

 what a fun time- 

a million thanks to my wonderful-talented momma for all your help- 

it would not have been done with out you- xoxo

are you inspired to make a dress yet?

-birdie