"F" is For Friday: Fashion (Infinity Scarf Tutorial)

Needed Materials
OLD Tee (mine were plain white Hanes from years and years ago)
Scissors

Optional Materials:
Rit Dye
Sewing Machine (if your shirts are too small, use two and sew together)

1. Take your old shirt and lay it flat. Cut the original hem off. Then cut as close to the arms as you would like.

2. (Optional. Scroll down to (5) if you are not sewing two pieces together) My shirts were too small for just one to go around like an infinity scarf so I used too. Cut the sides open of both pieces.

3 (Optional. Scroll down to (5) if you are not dying the scarf.) Use Rit Dye to dye the fabric in whatever color you want. I used Dark Brown liquid Rit Dye

4. NOT PICTURED (Optional. Scroll down to (5) if you are not sewing two pieces together) Use a zig-zag stitch and matching thread to sew the pieces together and make one long tube.

5. Stretch the fabric out by pulling it lengthwise.

6. Style and wear everyday this fall. :)

 Top: Target, Scarf: Me, Necklace: Urban Peach Boutique,

Jeans: American Eagle, Boots: Forever Young Shoes (Similar here)

Maternity Skinny Jeans Tutorial

I bought a pair of maternity jeans from Motherhood here in Orem but they were way to flare legged. I really wanted a pair of maternity skinny jeans and I haven't found the time to go get some at the Forever21 or H&M in Salt Lake so I just decided to DIY the jeans I never wear anyway. :)

So I found a pair of my favorite pre-pregnancy American Eagle skinnies ( They aren't like SUPER skinny so I know my future swollen legs will still fit into them) and laid them on top of the Motherhood jeans. I made sure the seems on the outside of the leg matched up all the way down. Then I straightened out the legs so they were all laying flat.

Once this was done I cut up the leg to about the middle-knee area ON THE INSIDE!!!!!

I turned them inside out 

and sewed with a straight stitch. (My machine already had black thread in it but I could have used blue. The jeans are dark enough that black doesn't show up.)

And here they are. :) They are looking great with boots and without.

Jeans: Motherhood, Cardi: me (tutorial here) Boots: Forever Young Shoes

Thanks for reading! Hope you had a great Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!!!

-Tayci 

Pencil Skirt from old T-shirts Tutorial

My cousin Ashley over at 678 degrees celsius did this with some of her old shirts and i loved it! It's taken me a long time to do my own but here it is!! :) I followed the tutorial from Cotton and Curls except I cut mine at 3.5 inches because my shirts were too small for 4 in pieces.

The left-over shirts. I've had these shirts since high school. WOW!! 

Once I was finished cutting them I just sewed the pieces together with a zig-zag stitch (no serger here unfortunately.) Then I ironed the seems toward the blue stripes so it wouldn't show through the white stripes. However, when I put it on it doesn't show through so I wasted my time. :) Haha! I was going to make it slimmer like she did but It is really snug anyway so I'm leaving it the way it is. The Red Sox shirt kinda just fits with it. :) I didn't even plan it.

The skirt is a little tight on my booty. :( I'll have to get used to that. But overall I think this project was a great success. I really like the skirt and I'm planning on making a few more.

DIY Maxi Dress

I'm just copying Katy at Sweet Verbena with this Boho Maxi Dress I found on pinterest. I loved it and the tutorial is so simple! I made mine in brown and I love that all you need is a belt and it make it such a cute dress. :)

DIY Cardi Tutorial

I love this idea. I got it from Leanne Barlow at Elle Apparel. Mine was from a cardigan that I wore a while ago. I knew it wouldn't be able to button up but I was okay with that.

I traced the old cardigan onto a pattern and cut out my pieces. 

 Sewing the "piping" on was super confusing! But I really love it!

DIY Maxi!!

I love this tutorial and skirt! Thanks so much to Leanne Barlow at Elle Apparel for posting this! Leanne has recently started selling the tutorial and her skirts in her shop http://www.leannebarlow.com. I am such a huge fan of her work and am always inspired by her. Here is my purple one. I made a sage green, and a grey one. I'm going to try a stripe one soon!

PILLOWS!!! (Bedroom Makeover: Part I)

I am making new pillows for our bedroom! Our bedroom colors are black, white, gray, turquoise, and dark purple. I'll take pictures of the bedroom before and after we get an actual bed. :) My brother-in-law is making it for us this week. YAY! So here is the purple ruffle pillow I made. The turquoise and lace one will be done soon (I hope).

What you need:

2 yards of fabric (of your choice)

Sewing machine

Pillow form

PATIENCE!!!

1. Cut 2 pieces of fabric to the length and width of your pillow form with a 1/2 in. seam allowance.

 2. Cut 6 1.5 in strips the WHOLE length of the fabric. (You'll cut them in half later to = 12 totally strips.) I did 12 ruffles cause I wanted ruffles the whole length of my pillow. You can cut however many you want.

3. Set your stitch length to the longest setting your machine has. (mine was 4)

4. You're going to need a simple straight stitch 

5. Take your 6 ruffle strips and sew down the middle as best you can. My strips weren't cut out straight so my lines were a little crooked.

6. When you are done leave a very long string before cutting it. (This will help you pull the stitch to cause the ruffling).

7. Here is where the patience comes in... I had my husband hold one end of the fabric while i felt and tugged (lightly) on either the top thread or bottom thread to start the ruffles. (each one was different and yours might be too) I had to re-stitch some because I was pulling too hard and the thread would break. I got so frustrated at them! But you just find a happy medium between lightly pulling and pulling hard.

When you do this ruffle a little section and then slide it on up to the end where it's connected and stable... (the end my husband was holding). Go through and continue to cause little ruffles and when it's all ruffled they should look like this pile here.

8. Lay the top piece of fabric down and start pinning a ruffle on in the middle. When it reaches the end, cut it off and pin the next one using the other half.

(two rows from one ruffle!)

9. Continue to pin until you run out of ruffles. 

10/ When they are all pinned on the fabric sew down the center of each ruffle using the . I started with my middle ruffle and worked my way out. That way if I needed to reposition any of the ruffles I could do so and still cover the whole piece of fabric.

(Another part of my patience was tested here. I got stuck with so many pins my fingers were bleeding. Make sure you're smarter than me and pay attention to which way the pins are pinging when you sew them.

(finished sewing them on...)

11. Lay both pieces of fabric on top of each other right sides in the way you would for a normal pillow. and pin around the edges, leaving enough room to stuff your pillow form in one end. 

12. I know it doesn't look much different but this is after I sewed them together and cute the fringes of ruffles off and cut my corners.

13. Then you shove that pillow in and ta-da!!!! Ruffle pillow. 

I haven't hand stitched up the end yet cause I'm not very good at it. I'll do it eventually. :)

There is the purple ruffle pillow. I will update this with the turquoise and lace one as soon as I make it. I hope you enjoyed it and wish you luck with your new project. 

(UPDATE!)

This is the turquoise and lace pillow. 

I didn't make a tutorial because it wasn't very hard.

Just sew the lace onto the fabric, then sew it all together. :)

Here it is in our bedroom with the purple ruffle pillow above.

Next on the list is to repaint the lamps and rover them with fabric, then make new curtains! :) I'm very excited to continue on with the bedroom makeover!!!