tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79520568119481512482024-02-18T19:39:16.737-08:00Thr3e of Ei8htUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952056811948151248.post-53223014484811756262012-06-09T19:40:00.000-07:002012-06-09T19:40:28.680-07:00Easy Infinity Scarf<div style="text-align: left;">
Today I want to show you how to make an adorable infinity scarf.</div>
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1/2 yard 60" wide knit fabric (1 yard if you want to make two at once like I did)</div>
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A serger (or a basic sewing machine, it really isn't a huge deal)</div>
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I started with a yard of this really neat bow fabric from Joann's</div>
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I decided I didn't need the whole yard for just one scarf... so I decided to cut it in half and make two!</div>
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Once you have a 1/2 yard x 60" piece of fabric, fold it in half lengthwise - right sides together - and pin.</div>
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Then, sew down the entire long side of the fabric. If you have a serger, serge down the edge... sergers work wonders on knit fabric. </div>
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At this point... you can just tie the scarf ends together and call it a day...</div>
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But, if you want to finish the ends so that it is a continuous loop... keep pressing on.</div>
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Pin about half of each end together - right sides together- and sew... it's a little hard to explain, but I hope the pictures help.</div>
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You need it to look like this when you're finished... sew as far as you can around the inside...</div>
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Now you need to close up that hole. Pin it shut...</div>
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and whipstitch over the opening.</div>
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Now you're ready to wear it!</div>
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Add buttons or bows for cute extra accents. =)</div>
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(P.S. the bow attachment is my favorite. And it can be detatchable!)</div>
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Hope you all enjoyed it! I seriously wear this thing all the time now... I hope you love yours as much as I love mine. =)</div>
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Today I wanted to do a tutorial on one of my favorite things to make...</div>
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A Capri Sun tote bag!</div>
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These little guys are perfect for carrying around all of your summer schmutz. You can even use them as lunch coolers because they're pretty well insulated. And, best yet - they're totally "green." Completely recycled. Yup.</div>
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Before I show you how to make them... I should show you my "Capri Sun" drawer...</div>
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I know... it's... a little sad... but I just couldn't stand to throw them all away! =P</div>
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So, first you actually have to drink them... and after that you're going to want to clean them. Here's the way that I have found to be easiest...</div>
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<strong>Step</strong> <strong>1.</strong> Remove all of the straws and the straw wrappers.</div>
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<strong>2.</strong> Fill your sink with nice hot, sudsy water.</div>
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<strong>3.</strong> Cut open the bottom of the pouch with a sharp knife. (being careful not to cut through the front/back of the pouch) This cut will not be seen on the finished bag... and it's way easier than trying to clean the leftover juice out through that tiny straw hole. (trust me on this... I know from experience) </div>
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<strong>4.</strong> Toss all your pouches into the nice sudsy water. and rinse thoroughly. You can even use a dishrag to scrub them out if you'd like. (especially if you've left them in a bag, unwashed, for a couple of months already... you should scrub them. heh.)</div>
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<strong>5.</strong> Set them on a towel to dry.</div>
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<strong>6.</strong> Once dry, you're going to clean that pesky little sticky square off the front. I use Goo Gone, (wonderful stuff) a kitchen scraper, and paper towels.</div>
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<strong>7.</strong> Spray Goo Gone on the sticky place on the front and scrape it until the goo is aaaaallllll gone. (see what I did there?)</div>
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You're going to need 22 Capri Sun pouches total for this project. (your choice of flavor/color) Cleaned and dried.</div>
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You're going to need 6 per front/back of the tote. 2 per side. 2 per handle. And 2 for the bottom.</div>
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Arrange them in whatever flavor pattern suits your fancy... you can see that I've laid mine out in sections for front/back, sides, handles, and bottom. You can use as many or as few different flavors/colors as you like. It's totally up to you. =)</div>
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Next: get some masking tape... yup... masking tape. It make it way easier to sew when all of your pieces are taped together (you can't pin because that would create holes in your pouches) or else they will slide around everywhere while you try to sew.</div>
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Flip the pouches over and begin taping them together on the back... overlapping about 1/4 of an inch.</div>
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Sew down all of the "seams" of the bag. Basically wherever you taped - sew. (see picture below)</div>
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I do a zig-zag stitch because I think it's more fun... and it tends to join and hold better... but do whatever you see fit.</div>
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And sew accross the entire top of the bag. (this looks better than just tacking the handles down... trust me)</div>
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Sew the bottom piece to one of the front/back pieces... wrong sides (silver sides) together.</div>
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"Fluff" the bag a bit... and there you go!</div>
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I find it charming... don't you?</div>
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I'm sorry there were so many pictures... I tried to consolidate... but it didn't work out so well... =P</div>
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<span id="goog_1669236819"></span><span id="goog_1669236820"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952056811948151248.post-26633146838047713372012-05-06T10:55:00.000-07:002012-05-06T10:57:24.874-07:00Oy!It's been weeks since I last posted... *sigh*... I need to make a point to keep up with this more, yes?<br />
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Well... for today's post I'm actually going to link you over to the blog of a friend of mine. Her name is Joanna... she is <strong>quite</strong> creative, fun, and quirky. <br />
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I got together with her a couple of weeks ago to sew a skirt for her... we did it all in one afternoon and had a lot of fun. So here's <a href="http://quirkywifelife.blogspot.com/2012/04/sew-spiffy.html" target="_blank"><strong>her post about the skirt sewing day</strong></a>. =) Enjoy!<br />
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Don't you just love her blog layout? It's incredibly spiffy... =)<br />
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Oh, and in case you ever had the notion to make a skirt like this... we used <a href="http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m5591-products-8202.php?page_id=113" target="_blank"><strong>this pattern</strong></a> and modified it a little... it's a great pattern to get started with... and it has pockets!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952056811948151248.post-11907672609409601522012-04-11T08:17:00.000-07:002012-04-11T08:25:55.267-07:00Pinatas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Today I want to show you some of my past creations... pinatas!</div>
These are all made completely out of newspaper, flour, water, and a little paint.<br />
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I have a lot of brothers... and therefore a lot of little-boy birthday parties happen at my house. So I started creating these pinatas for their parties every year. Making them saved us the money of purchasing one for every party... and this way, I could make the pinata fit any party theme that my brothers wanted. We definitely do DIY birthdays at my house. =)</div>
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(Oh, and I did change my blog header in case you were wondering... so now I may show up in your subscriptions as "Thr3e of Ei8gh"... do not be alarmed.)</div>
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I have finally completely a project of mine that has been in the works since September... </div>
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I received a Joann Fabrics gift card for my birthday and I immediately knew what I wanted to use it to make... A mushroom dress! ...or... a dress with mushrooms on it, rather.</div>
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I finally got around to making it this past weekend.</div>
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I fell in love with this fabric as soon as it came into our store...</div>
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I also picked out a pretty brown to accent it with... 'cause mushroom's everywhere might have been a little much. =P</div>
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And I knew I wanted the dress to have a scrunchie looking top... so I origianlly picked out this pattern...</div>
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I was planning on tweaking some things so that the dress didn't look so apron-like... But then - I came across this pattern when making a different dress for a friend...</div>
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(Dress A) It still had a scrunchie top... and I thought the waistband was more grown-up and slimming... so I decided to use this one instead.</div>
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So I began...</div>
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The top was a little bit low on me... so I raised it up 2 inches... </div>
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I assembled the bodice and waistband in brown...</div>
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I also decided I wanted a fuller skirt... so I added 4 inches to the edge of the skirt... then I just gathered in the extra fullness.</div>
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I attached the bodice to the skirt... now all I had to do was put in a zipper and hem it.</div>
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I adore HUGE hems... (I actually like to cut my patterns extra long so that I can do this) so I gave this dress a nice 4 inch hem... *angels singing*</div>
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And there you have it! Ain't it cute?</div>
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The brown fabric has some awesome texture to it... It makes me happy. =)</div>
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So there you have it... dress complete! Happy birthday to me... haha. =P</div>
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(pictures of me wearing it are soon to come... I just have to bribe an unwilling brother in to taking pictures of me in it... *sigh*)</div>
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Here are pictures of me in it! Thanks to my wonderful friend Maeve for putting up with my silliness. =)</div>
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Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about this blog... my computer crashed last week and so I haven't been able to do much in the way of blogging. =P</div>
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But! I have been working on projects! It's pretty cool how much you get done when your computer is dead.</div>
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And... there is one particular project I finished that I wanted to show you. =)</div>
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I'm thinking of doing a tutorial on how to make the mushroom applique... and maybe the tote bag... if people are interested. The bag is way bigger than I meant for it to be... I really just made it up as I went along. I think next time I'll do a smaller bag. =P </div>
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So: If you're interested in a tutorial, comment and let me know! I did these mushrooms on my embroidery machine... but I could show you how to do them on a normal machine too. =)</div>
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I cut the skirt into 6 different sections because I didn't want all of the stripes going in the same direction... that wasn't interesting enough for me...</div>
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(wrong sides together - the wrong side of this fabric was horrible... so I didn't want it to show... that's why I made it a double layer instead of just a single like most scarves)</div>
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Okay, now comes the fun part. I put a wing needle on my machine. This needle is big compared to normal sewing needles... it's called a wing needle because it has little 'wings' on the sides of it. This type of needle separates the fibers of the fabric so that you have a really cool 'holey' effect throughout your stitching.</div>
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Then I tried to fray the edges some... I feel like washing it should help make the edges fray... 'cause i wanted that effect on this scarf... and the stitching will keep it from unraveling all the way.</div>
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Finished product! Perfect for a rainy day like today...</div>
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(Sorry for the weird coloring... I tried to fix it, but I think I made it worse... oh well.)</div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I love re purposing things... and modifying things to make them epic... and I was happy to actually have time for it today. =)</span></div>
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For the past couple of years, my family has hosted a Valentines day dinner for our fellowship group... and I've always helped decorate for it.<br />
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First off... I wanted to do something fun with the napkins. I had seen this<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/13440498857764341/" target="_blank"> picture</a> on Pinterest a week or so ago and I thought I might try it... </div>
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The napkins I used were kinda large... so I just folded them to the right size...</div>
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Voila! A bow napkin. =)</div>
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(without the finishing touches... candles, petals, etc.)</div>
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We had to have a total of 3 tables... lots of people.</div>
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The fellowship was awesome too... good talks with great people. =)<br />
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Some people may find this silly... but I seriously enjoy taking pictures of objects. My jewlery just happend to fall in exactly this position last night... so I snapped a shot. Voila!</div>
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It is not really here for me to tell you "what I did today"... but, for me to <em>show</em> you - in various ways.<br />There may never be a real explanation for what I post on here... only know that it is in some way expressing my creativity. <br />
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I was very lazy this year with what I did (ie. no goal posts, cookie instead of cake, etc.) ... but I though I'd share anyway... 'cause I still love the idea. =) </div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Enjoy!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952056811948151248.post-30578368577552236182012-02-04T12:07:00.000-08:002012-02-04T12:07:21.017-08:00So here I am...<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've wanted to start a blog for a while now... it just seemed like a fun way to share what I'm up to, what I'm creating, what I'm learning, and anything else I want to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><em>So here I am...</em></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Finally here... very excited... already thinking of the hundereds of things that I'd like to post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But for now, this will have to do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Hello blog world.</strong> *waves*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">=)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0