Lauren’s Birthday Apron
I heart aprons.
I may give aprons to every girl on my christmas list this year (providing I start early enough!)
So this was Lauren’s birthday present and she loves it 🙂
She is getting married in September & she has the most adorable baby boy, plus they just bought a house so an apron is a must!!
Cutest baby boy ever:
Score!
Some people moved out of my building yesterday & left a whole bunch of junk that they didn’t want. There wasn’t much good stuff, but there was a messenger style bag that was bleach stained on the front, but otherwise good. It had a ton of zips & I grabbed it.
Reclaimed zippers/hardware/etc. is right up my alley, so I brought it inside & started deconstructing it.
I got a 9in zipper, two 14in zippers, an 18in double zipper, a 35in zipper, a d-ring, two plastic buckles, a little clippy thing, the strap & two pieces of nice, durable black canvas.
Woo hoo!!!
Who knew trash could excite me so much?
Spring Cleaning
The urge to clean everything has swept over me today. I woke up this morning by nagging thoughts of cleaning my closets. Which then made me want to wash walls & whatnot. So even though it isn’t very sunny out (thankfully I’m not missing a gorgeous day for this!), I am in a spring cleaning mood.
I have to figure out some pleasing wall decoration for our bedroom. We have 2 huge blank walls & I’d love to do something fancy. Maybe fabric wall decals again, but I’d like something big.
Off to google search wall ideas & then I need to tackle the closet!
BurdaStyle Sewing Club
Click the picture above to view the 136 Sewing Clubs in the US.
I decided to be the leader of the Providence club, although it doesn’t seem like there are any interested parties, yet.
Would you like to join?
Go Go Power Ranger!
I picked up this Power Rangers sheet at Savers for 2 bucks. I wanted to make something wearable with it, but me & making clothes (for me) are having some issues.
My previous makeup bag was on it’s last leg anyway(and kind of small), so I made this awesome makeup bag. I am super happy with how it came out!
The lining is my Spoonflower fat quarter. I call it ‘Heidi Hearts’ because my best friend calls squiggily hearts ‘Heidi Hearts’.
Joe says he was “too old” for Power Rangers, even though I am one year older than him and I loved them!
Princess Jasmine Sundress
I just finished this adorable sundress for Tatyana, based on the aforementioned Hot Hot Heat dress I saw on BurdaStyle. I used a twin sized fitted sheet that used to be her Aunt Kristine’s. I am going to also make a similar dress for her baby doll. I still need to take pictures of the last baby doll dress I made. I also need to take pictures of Tatyana in this dress, which I will do on Saturday.
I couldn’t get good light in the house & it’s windy today, so the pictures do not do it justice.
The back has a full seperating zipper. Perfect for her, since she is picky(or lazy) and hates pulling on anything or pulling anything down over her head.
This is a close up of the bust detail. Obviously since she is only 8 there isn’t much ruching. I added cute flowery trim with lace & an orange heart button.
I love it!!
Spring Top Week
It’s Spring Top Week over at Made By Rae, which is perfect really, since I have been trying to make a top for about a week now with no sucess. First I tried to make a variation of this dress, and although the bust came out perfectly (following the how-to), the rest kind of just fell apart. I tried adding sleeves, which wasn’t so great. Straps are do-able, sleeves were not. It just didn’t look right. Then I tried to make a Spring Ruffle Top following this tutorial, and it came out super big on me (I followed the directions to a tee!) so I threw it in my “I’ll maybe fix this someday” pile & searched for a more figure flattering top that I could make in light fabrics & maybe be able to alter if I like it a lot, so I can make a lot of the same shirt.
Of course, this usually means buying a pattern. Free plus-size patterns are few and far between. So I headed on over to BurdaStyle, where I fell in love with the Shakira dress.
BurdaStyle
This dress can easily be altered into a tunic, and if I make it in nice airy fabrics, it will be the best spring top, ever!
My visit to the Original Sewing & Quilting Expo AND The Best T-Shirt Recon EVER!
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Orginal Sewing & Quilting Expo in Worcester, Massachusetts. I must say that I can not thank Joe’s mom enough for bringing me. I am so happy that I got to spend the day with her, chatting & learning all sorts of new things!
I was amazed at the amount of talent displayed at the Expo. The quilts were amazing, and made me even more intimitated to dive into quilting (or even dabble for that matter).
We went to a stage presentation called Sweatshirt Projects: Jackets and More
with Connie Spurlock of Sew Wonderful Dreams. This presentation inspired me and I am (eventually) going to try to make a sweatshirt jacket. Two awesome things about a sweatshirt jacket: All raw edges & you’d never even know it was a sweatshirt!
Bea Nugent, Thimble for Hire
I even got a free sweatshirt for signing up to be a Bone Marrow Donor at the show!
We also took a class called Fit To Be Tied with Jo Lee Tarbell of My Cozy Cottage. Instead of giving us a tie & a quilt block pattern like she usually does, she gave us a copy of her new book, also called Fit To Be Tied. It was really neat seeing all of the things you can do with ties!
I also got to briefly talk to Jennifer Stern, who is also a contributor to Craft Stylish, which is where I saw the best T-Shirt Recon EVER!
Who knew crocheting into fabric could be so easy.
Crafty Heidi 