Happy Halloween!!

 

For the first time ever I decided to DIY my very own Halloween costume.  A group of friends and I decided to go as General Mills mascots: The Honey Nut Cheerios Honey Bee, The Hamburger Helper Hand, Betty Crocker, Trix Rabbit, The Lucky Charms Leprechaun, and of course the Green Giant. 

 

I immediately jumped at the Green Giant costume because I could visualize exactly how I was going to make it.

 

Materials List: 2 yards of green felt,

green zipper, fabric chalk, green thread, scissors, sewing machine; Green Long sleeve shirt, green tights

 

 

 

 

Turn Right Side Out

Using the fabric chalk, free hand draw a leaf onto felt, cut; then use this leaf as a pattern for all leaves (in total I cut 26 leaves)

Use fabric chalk to draw veins into each leaf

 

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Pair with green tights and a green long sleeve shirt, and you have yourself a costume!

DIY Sew: Decorative Couch Pillow

This week's tutorial continues on last week's theme, revamping small elements in your apartment/home easily and on the cheap.

What better way to add some warmth to a room than to make colorful decorative pillows.

 

Here's what you'll need:

12 oz poly fil

fabric

12'' zipper

matching thread

seam ripper

scissors

sewing machine (optional)

 

 

 

 

sew zipper onto the seam (use zipper foot if you're using a sewing machine)

 

 

 

DIY Blanket Headboard

Recently I decided it was time to make some changes in my bedroom.  I wanted to create a focal point in the room and thought that a head board would be just the element I needed.  Wanting to create something that wasn't bulky or expensive I thought draping a throw blanket over a curtain rod would work perfectly.

 

Here's what you'll need to recreate your own:

Throw Blanket

Curtain Rod

Curtain rod brackets

Hammer

Nails

level

 

Step 1: Decide on placement of your curtain rod

Step 2: Nail in brackets

Step 3: Drape blanket over the curtain rod

Done!

 

 

 



DIY Sew: Neon Mesh Skirt

I know I'm months, even seasons behind on the neon trend; but hey style is personal right? I can wear what I want when I want.  A few weeks ago I set out to my favorite fabric store GEM and to my sad surprise the store was closing, the silver lining was the closeout sale.  I came across some neon mesh fabric, I think it was $2 a yard, I figured it was a bit unconventional but it would do the trick for the neon skirt I've been wanting to make.  Of course there are challenges with mesh... it's see through, ahh! I quickly realized it'd be easy to double up on the fabric and I could either create a lining, wear a slip, or in the case above slip on over a bodycon dress.

Here's how I made it:

 

 

 for more details on how to insert darts, see tutorial here

 

sew in zipper, then unzip zipper, use seam ripper to rip open seam under zipper

 

 

Hem (optional)