With Goldy (I just decided that's the name of my Granny's Singer sewing machine because of it's sun-aged hue), I have become newly obsessed with altering my clothes. (Follow the jump to see pictures of my two first attempts!)
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Snip and Tuck: Alluring Alterations
Having a sewing machine has changed me.
Before, if I wanted to sew something, I would have to do it by hand and hope that no one noticed my horrible stitches. NOW I can go pedal to the metal on my machine and crank out a craft in no time (with considerably less embarrassment over my wobbly weavings)!
With Goldy (I just decided that's the name of my Granny's Singer sewing machine because of it's sun-aged hue), I have become newly obsessed with altering my clothes. (Follow the jump to see pictures of my two first attempts!)
With Goldy (I just decided that's the name of my Granny's Singer sewing machine because of it's sun-aged hue), I have become newly obsessed with altering my clothes. (Follow the jump to see pictures of my two first attempts!)
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Freezer Paper T-Shirt Stenciling: Hunger Games
On another recent Pinterest excursion, I happened upon the most lovely tutorial for painting t-shirts posted by Stay-at-Home Artist. The crafter used freezer paper to create a unique stencil for her design. Of course, I was doomed to love her tutorial because she included pictures of her own Harry Potter design (click the link above and go see it! It's pretty boss.)
My friends and I read the Hunger Games series and saw the movie last Friday. (It is a fantastic rendition of the book, btw!) My friend Sarah and I knew we wanted to make shirts to wear for when we went to watch the movie, so I bought some $0.30 t-shirts from the thrift store (SCORE!) and we got to work. It was time consuming and we both felt like hard-core rebels staying up past 10:00 on a Thursday night when we had work in the morning.
After much exacto knife cutting, ironing, and painting our shirts were done!
Sarah found some shirt paint that you can spray and made this awesome grungy (we said that word about 100 times that night) look. She chose the phrase, "Let the seventy-fourth Hunger Games begin".
I went with the phrase, "May the odds be ever in your favor," which was WAY over-used in the movie, but looks great on my t-shirt! The gold paint has some very nice sparkles in it once it's dry. :)
My friends and I read the Hunger Games series and saw the movie last Friday. (It is a fantastic rendition of the book, btw!) My friend Sarah and I knew we wanted to make shirts to wear for when we went to watch the movie, so I bought some $0.30 t-shirts from the thrift store (SCORE!) and we got to work. It was time consuming and we both felt like hard-core rebels staying up past 10:00 on a Thursday night when we had work in the morning.
After much exacto knife cutting, ironing, and painting our shirts were done!
What do you think? Let me know!
God Bless <3
DIY Bow Clutch
I found this tutorial from Elm Street Life on Pinterest, and since my Granny recently gave me her sewing machine I decided I HAD to give this a try! Take a look and then go try it yourself. :)
The lighting wasn't great inside, so I took the clutch to the sunshine.
Much better.
I love Spring. :)
The interior adds some zest to this simply sweet clutch.
Let me know what you think!
God bless. <3
Let me know what you think!
God bless. <3
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