Sewing With Dee! Part II

So Miss Dee came over yesterday to give sewing a try and I think she liked it.

We started off by learning how to wind the bobbin,

 then moved on to threading the machine properly (which she did excellent at both!),

 then we moved on to doing some straight stitches and following lines.

 By the end of all of the basic "how-to" stuff, she was ready to go!

By the end of the day she had sewen a reversible purse!! I was totally and completely impressed by her.

Learning to thread the machine

Pulling the bobbin thread up through the top

Look at her go!

Doing some basic stitches

Playing around with the different settings, getting a feel for the machine

I think she was enjoying herself

Working on her purse 

Almost finished

Finishing touches

TA-DA

(outside)

TA-DA

(inside)

I did really enjoy myself and I'm hoping that we can do it again soon!

Happy "Hump"-day Everyone!

Sewing with Dee! Part I

Today in just a couple of hours I will have a house full of kiddos running around. On top of my two there will be three others (all under the age of 10)! "Am I insane" I keep asking myself, it's quite possible, but I digress...

Today I will be teaching the oldest of the five kids how to sew! I'm super excited about this.

         - A little back story -

For Christmas we gave Dee a bracelet/necklace making kit, which she has absolutly fallen in LOVE with. So we were over at their house the other day for the youngest's first birthday. And since it's summer break for the kids I invited them over. And I made a comment about Dee learning to sew or craft to which she informed me "We will be there at 10!!".

Anyways.... They will be coming over today and I will be teaching her how to sew, which Im very excited about and I think she is too.

If her mom gives the okay I will post pics with her, however if she doesn't I will post photos of the things she makes.

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Button Up Refashion

 

Okay, so over the weekend I was pondering what I wanted to do. I came across an old button up of my husbands that he NEVER wears, and I decided I would "fix" it up. So I did.

BTW this tutorial is VERY photo heavy, I personally learn best when I see how to do, I may have gone a little over-board :) sorry!

The items you will need for this project will be:

-Over sized button up shirt

-Scissors

-Sewing machine/Serger (if you have one, if not you can do it with out)

-Pins

-Iron

-A tank top or other shirt to use as a size reference (if you want)

-Pen or other marking tool (fabric pen, pencil, chalk, etc)

Okay, so lets get started!

Cut collar off

Ta-da!

Take the sleeves and hack those off too.

Now we begin with the fun stuff!

Go ahead and if your shirt looks like this (wrinkles and all), iron it.

Haha! Yeah right

Now button the shirt, turn it inside out, and slip it on.

Figure out how much you need to take it in*

*Important note here - make sure you take it in the same amount on both sides

Mark it

(sorry about the weird lighting)

Pin the shirt together. At least on the inside of the marked line*

*Make sure when cutting to give yourself a seam allowance!

Cut down the line.

Leave pins on the inside of the cut.

Now you're going to sew the sides*

*Make sure to sew from the arm holes down

Now time for the arm part.

Figure out where you want the sleeve to be, mark and cut, if its like mine I had the back of the shirt more like a razor back shirt. So the back was different than the front.

For the collar - cut it where you would like it.

Fold over edges and sew.

Do this for the collar, arm holes, and bottom of shirt.

I dont know why I dont have a pic of the bottom but, cut it off where you would like the length to be.

All done!

Turn right-side out and wear it!

Welcome Message

Okay.. So I'm new to this whole blogging thing..

Let me take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Lindsay, I live in the middle of no-where. I am married to the love of my life, and we have two adorable children (Abigail Lily b. 8/3/10 and Nathan Michael b. 2/29/12).

I love, love, LOVE to sew, craft, paint - mostly D.I.Y. ideas I have found around the internet, I will be blogging about my adventures in sewing, and crafting and I hope to inspire some of you to do the same... It doesnt matter if you think you can or can't do something, how will you know unless you try. I hope you like what you see, and if you have any questions of comments please feel free to leave them and I will respond to you :)

I am also a student, taking classes online so that I can be a stay-at-home mom to my two little ones. I am taking classes to get my wedding planner certification. I am almost half way done and I have only been doing it less than a month!

I hope you like what you see. I should have some D.I.Y. stuff up on here soon (I hope) :)