"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 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!

DIY Painted Chairs

My post with the perfect chairs is finally happening. My hubby told me the other day that he thought it was funny that I was so excited about getting those chairs and I haven't done anything with them. Well... To show him, I got all the paint and tools and things I needed to start my project a few days later. I followed the post from Kristy Swain at Hyphen Interiors. I would explain it to you but she does it really well.
BEFORE:

Supplies:

Textile medium

Acrylic paint

Latex paint

Brushes

"stirring sticks" from the dollar store

Paint cups from the dollar store

Spray bottles also form the dollar store

First cup of paint!

 I painted the front first.

Here is the cushion

After the first coat. On Kristy's blog she says it'll look worse before better. SO TRUE!! 

 This is after the second coat. Not too shabby!

Now with the cushion on... All I have left is the last coat with the acrylic paint.

Well That is pretty much all it looked like. It's a little more grey but I love it. Still some crunch to the sitting but it's getting better. I made these back in May. Ah!!!! Sorry for not blogging it sooner.

DIY Workout Shirt Tutorial

So I got this Idea from Pinterest. Of course. Haha. So here is my tutorial.

1. Get a t-shirt, any t-shirt, that you really don't wear very often but you'd like to wear more often.

 2. Cut around the collar on the inside of the seam. Try to stay as close to the stitch as possible.

3. Cut a deeper neck line. (about 1.5 inches in.) DO THIS! I made one without going that far and it is way too tight on my neck. Try to make the sides match too. I cut one side, flipped it over and cut the other side so they were pretty even.

4. Now cut the sleeves off. Just like you cut around the collar.

5. Cut about an inch inside the new edge to create the more tank top look.

6. Use the extra sleeve material and cut about a 2" wide x about 8" long strip. Pull the ends so the fabric curls.

7. Flip the shirt inside out and tie a double knot around the back.

8. Finished! I like it. It's pretty comfy and will be great for working out.

Thanks for reading. :) Good luck on your t-shirt makeover!

DIY Painted Vases Tutorial: Part II

Here is part two! It's not very exciting, I did however need to turn them right side up about two hours after I painted the first coat because they weren't drying properly. Then I just gave them all a second coat. :) Haha.

Before...

 And after...

 

This one looks a little like before but They were still pretty wet. once they dried they looked like the next one.

Thanks for checking this out! Good luck with your projects and if you have any cool ones let me know. I'd love to see what you have done!