2 months ago
Hats and Aprons for Kids
How to's @ creatingbycami.blogspot.com
That blog post will lead you to other blogs which have the apron tutorial and the chefs hat tutorial. Pretty cute, thinking i should do this for my littles. Read more...
Ruffle Foot?
>> Thursday, May 10, 2012
So the machine i'm using is an old Sears Kenmore, you know really heavy, green metal monster machines. It's my mother in-laws machine. I've heard they are awesome. My friend said she had one just like it and it could sew jeans, which is amazing to me! Of course to have a machine work properly you have to know all about running it, which i don't... i don't know anything about setting the tension or any of that. I did figure out how to use the CAMs that was with it.
Well today i was looking through a blog and found a post about a 'ruffler foot' for your sewing machine. I watched a few youtube videos and the sucker looks awesome... sure would save me from doing it all by hand. I looked it up and found one for $20 on amazon.com and was about to add it to me kaboodle 'wish list' when i remembered there was a box that mom sent with it with a bunch of machine gadgets. I decided to look in the box just to see if there was a ruffler in there, but i didn't think there was.
Low and behold there was TWO of them in there. I'm soooo excited. I've watched a video on how to install it, i'm going to try it here in a few minutes. Tickled pink!
The box is full of things that i have no clue what they are. Most don't tell what they are but a couple do. One says 'Binder Patented' and the other says 'Edge Stitcher'. Of course i don't know what they do or how to use them. Back to youtube i go to see if there is anything about these gadgets too.
Kinda exciting, kinda scary cause i don't know what i'm doing and could do something all wrong. Haaa, i'm sure i can figure it out.... or at least i know i will try!
Thrift Store Finds
I bought some ugly purses and belt just for there buckles. All in all i paid $6 but would have spent far more then that if i bought them in a store or online. The online ones i was looking at were a $1-$2.50 a piece.
Then i found these music boxes. I was so excited! These have the turning mechanisms in them that i have seen used in several Steampunk crafts. YAY! One doesn't seem to be working so i will open it up, see if i can get it to work, if not i'll have some pieces to maybe make a cook ring or necklace out of :D
These are a couple curtain i picked up at the thrift store as well. I thought these could make some cool skirts or maybe the left one could even make some pants? I'll have to see :)
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Making Your Own Dress Form
>> Tuesday, May 08, 2012
I've been wanting a dress form since... forever. Couple things have stopped me. For one the price, even on major sale the cheapest i could find was $99 dollars, to much for me! The second issue is none of them were small enough for me :(
Then today i was looking up things on Steampunk Fashion (my new love) and found a video and some blog 'how to' posts on making your own dress form!
Thought i would share! Here is the video:
Also some helpful blog posts:
- makingitwell.blogspot.co.nz
- She goes in to a little more detail that i think was helpful.
- This blogger broke it down into 4 posts. This way of making a form looks way more involving and more pricey but i thought i would share in case someone wants to get really into it. Post 3 & 4 i think would be great for any form though, you should check it out.
- 1 of 4
- 2 of 4
- 3 of 4
- This post shows a neat way to make a stand for your form out of PVC piping which is fairly cheap. I like the idea of putting wheels in the bottom and maybe making it able to twist back and forth for easy use. I would probably want to spray paint it to make it look even better :)
- 4 of 4
- This post shows you how to make a pretty cover for your form to make it look professional. Me likey!
I'm thinking could you do something very similar using newspaper for the paper mache (like you would make a pinata?) probably would take longer and you might have to use more layers but i wonder if it would work... would be cheaper and since i am a couponer i always have tons of newspapers sitting around LOL Just a thought.
Might be more effective to just by the paper tape like they show, it's not very expensive and might hold up longer *shrugs*
I'm hoping i can talk my hubby into helping me make one of these, i'm so excited i don't know what to do with myself!!!!
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I'm hoping i can talk my hubby into helping me make one of these, i'm so excited i don't know what to do with myself!!!!
Christmas Ornament
There is no how to's on this one but i wanted to save this picture and try to use to make an ornament this year. Read more...
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