Cobblestones & Ivy

Monday, November 7, 2011

ruffle shirt

I saw this tutorial for making a ruffle shirt and just fell in love with it. I don't have much experience with a sewing machine, but after making this ruffle bag I felt like I could handle a shirt. I can sew a straight line and that's really all this takes. I had two of the cap sleeve layering shirts from Shade in pink and one of them was pretty old and I didn't wear it anymore, so it was perfect for cutting up to make ruffles! This is how my shirt turned out:

I'm loving ruffle shirts under a cardigan right now, and I'm really happy with how this shirt turned out. Sachiko's tutorial is easy to follow and the whole thing only took a couple of hours to do. I also love using t-shirt fabric for ruffles because it doesn't fray so there's no hemming.

Here's Sachiko's shirt

She did 2 flowers and I only did 1, but other than that it's a pretty close match! If you want to a bunch of cute sewing ideas, definitely check out her blog!

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Under the Table and Dreaming

Thursday, November 3, 2011

pin cushion

I've been doing a lot of sewing lately and have been wanting a cute pin cusion. I saw this one on Make it and Love it and decided to make my own version! And love it :)

All I had to buy was the tin which was $2 at Michaels. I already had the fabric and batting left over from a quilt I made a few years ago.

I just wrapped the fabric around the batting to make a pouch, put some hot glue on the bottom of the tin, and stuffed the pouch inside. Easy, fast, and look how cute!

And I may or may not have bought new pins to match the fabric :) If it's going to be sitting out next to my sewing machine it might as well match, right?

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The Shabby Creek Cottage