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Summer White Tank Top

15 Wednesday Jun 2011

Posted by Young Wifey in Refashion, Sewing

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button, buttons, clothes, clothing, handmade, homemade, postaday2011, ruche, ruched, ruching, shirt, t shirt, tank top

I had this awful white shirt a horrible shape. I wanted to refashion it, but wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it. I cut  the shirt straight across, just below the armpit. I used the bottom hem as my new top hem. Next, I took in the sides and made and attached two straps. Then I ruched a few inches of the top in the center. The shape was loose and cool, perfect for the hot summer days. I don’t normally wear with and it looked too plain to me. That’s where I ran into trouble. I tried adding blue and green braided trim, then some blue and green fabric flowers, then ruffles… I wasn’t happy with the results. Finally,  I remembered that I had some cute buttons and decided to stitch them across the top of the tank. It was cute and I actually liked the result. Something was still missing and I decided that it needed asymmetry; I added buttons to the outside of  the left strap and at the bottom right corner. My new summer tank top was finally ready to wear.

Sumer White Tank Top

Sumer White Tank Top

Shapeless Shirt

Shapeless Shirt

Of course we had a week full of 90 and upper 80 degree weather, and yesterday when I decided to refashion this, the high was 70°F. Go figure…

Flirty Flower Headband 2

23 Saturday Apr 2011

Posted by Young Wifey in Creating, Kids, Sewing

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accessory, button, button accessory, craft, crafting, Easter, Easter basket, Easter flower, felt, felt craft, flirty, flower, gift, hair, hair accessory, hair band, headband, kids craft, party favor, postaday2011, present, seasonal, Spring

Pattern 2 test run… Three small flowers minus the buttons, my Easter flowers. Hubster recently revealed how much he likes purple on me… It’s not my favorite color, but it is one of my favorite to wear. 10 years ago I owned one purple sweater, 6 years ago I bought purple glasses and since then have incorporated more into my wardrobe. I have a few students who told me they like when I wear purple, because I look like Daphne from Scooby Doo… I think that’s a compliment.

Flirty Flower Headband 2

Flirty Flower Headband 2

Happy Easter everyone!

Flirty Flower Headband

20 Wednesday Apr 2011

Posted by Young Wifey in Creating, Sewing

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accessory, button, button accessory, craft, crafting, Easter, Easter basket, Easter flower, felt, felt craft, flirty, flower, gift, hair, hair accessory, hair band, headband, kids craft, party favor, postaday2011, present, seasonal, Spring

Flirty? Felt? Flower? Must be time for spring…
I’m working on a gift for a friend who liked my flirty fleece ear warmers (get tutorial here). I wanted to update the style for spring and summer wear. I did a test run for myself, before creating one for her… I’m still playing with the balance of it. I like the five layers I used on the flowers for the ear warmers, but the band was larger. With a simple headband elastic, fewer layers seem more balanced… or may that’s just me playing it safe. Maybe I’ll add another layer next time. These shades of blue and green are some of my favorite colors to wear (maybe because they brighten my reddish hair and make my green eyes pop). 

Flirty Flower Headband

Flirty Flower Headband

These would make great party favors or would be great peeking out of an Easter basket.

What do you think?

Button Art – Heart

13 Sunday Feb 2011

Posted by Young Wifey in Creating, Decorating

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art, button, button art, canvas, craft, home decor, interior design, paint, painting, postaday2011, Valentine, Valentine's Day

Happy Early Valentine’s Day Everyone!

Hubster & I always make homemade Valentine’s for one another. In lieu of a Valentine’s Day card for Hubster this year, I made a perpetual Valentine for our home. Now I just need to get him to hand it up…

Valentine's Button Art Heart

Valentine's Button Art Heart

I started by painting a base coat on a blank canvas and blended a few shades together. Then I used a darker paint and stenciled it over the base color. Last, I glue button on the canvas in a heart shape and I wrote him a special note on the back of the frame. The brown and blue match our bedroom decor well (colors are a bit off in the picture).

I’m also working on another button art panel for our living room (not a heart though)…

When is the last time you made or received a homemade Valentine?

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