Haiiroookami Skirt

I made this a little while back and just hadn't had the chance to get photos taken.
So to begin the name of the skirt.  While I was doing the bulk of this skirt I was listening to a podcast of snap judgement, and I really enjoyed the story on the 06 wolf.  (I highly recommend listening to it).  The name translates to grey wolf in Japanese. Put it into Google translate, it sounds just ever so cute in Japanese. 

It's a simple skirt with an invisible zipper and a few rows of elastic in the back. 

A little closer.  The elastic makes it very comfy to wear all day and since I made it based on my measures it hits right above the knee, which I prefer since I have such short legs.

My photographer was getting fed up of my fake smile.  I had a good laugh at that. 

And of course the (photogenic) beast had to be included.

 Hope you're having a great day!

My First Quilt

So a while back I saw this tutorial for a kids sleeping bag; I shared it as a WIP a couple months ago.  While I don't have a child, I do have a dog that is need of a new bed.  I also happened to have all of the materials on hand, and really wanted my first quilt to be stress free (i.e. if I mess up it won't matter, cuz well he's a dog).

It's not perfect but I think it's pretty cute.  It might be a little effeminate but again he's a dog and I like the colors quite a bit.  Like most minpins, the beast  loves to borrow so I thought a sleeping bag would be great.  For now I think it will stay a quilt cause it's terribly hot in Florida right now and the (lazy) beast loves to sprawl all over it.


Check out the back.

I choose to do sets of three lines in a square, getting wider and wider in the center.  

The (snuggly) beast seems to love it.  He plopped down on it as soon as I gave it to him and when I took it out for photos he wouldn't let me get a picture without him in it.  

35 FREE TOP / SHIRT TUTORIALS

Here are 35 FREE tutorials / patterns for tops/shirts. These are ones where you don’t need a shirt to trace.

I divided them into categories.

1.        Knits
2.        Wovens
3.        Cowl neck

1.     Knits

 1.   Ariadne Tunic   2.  Spring Blouse   3.  Dusty Rose tunic   4. Batwing top   

5.  Ombre lace shirt   6.  Draped jersey circle top   7.  Kimono t-shirt pattern   8.  Scoop top 

9. Sheer top   10.  Twist front top 11.   Wrap top   12.   Contrast shoulder slouch tee

13.   Make your own t-shirt   14.   Easy tee (with peter pan collar)
15.  Ladies Raglan Tunic   16.   Summer Tunic

2.     Wovens

16.   Poncho top   17.   Undaunted Top   18.   Spring angel top   19. Pillow sham top

20.  Francesca top   22.  Belted blouse   23. Draped poet’s blouse   24.  Ms. Eliza Bennet shirt

25. Dashiki Easy   26.  French inspired bow top   27.  Free Spirit Tunic Tutorial   28.  Sweet iced tea top 

 

 29.  Spring top pattern   30.  Spring ruffle top   31.  Eighty dollar serged top   32.  Haute top

3.     Cowl Neck Tops

33.   Another easy shirt   34.   Cowl-t   35.   3-in-1 blouse

#DIY #freepattern #tutorial #sewing

Day 128

Day 121

 

Spent the day working on my car with my dad.  Of course the (obnoxious) pup had to join us (my dad LOVES) dogs.  Luckily, I remembered his citronella bark collar

Free Tutorial Sewing Month

There a TON of free resources on the web to get sewing and to be quite frank.  While most of them are for children, there are still quite a few for the ladies (not so much for the men though).  So, for the next month (i.e. July) I will be using them (and only them) to do some “selfish” sewing (i.e. nothing for children)

My goals for this are:

1.       To use tutorials that either include a pattern or are based off of your own measurements.

2.       To blog more regularly and have more “substantial” posts.

3.       Make my fabric stash more reasonable.

4.       To have luggage to travel with. 

5.       Make 10 items (this will give me three days per item)

6.       Increase my handmade wardrobe.

7.       Decrease my store bought wardrobe.

8.       Get rid of the itch from not buying any clothes for the last 6 months (that resolution is SO hard to keep at times)

I have to make (at least):

1.       One men’s item

2.       One item with a self- dyed/stamped material

3.       One purse/clutch

4.       Two dresses

5.       Two traveling bags

6.       Three items with trimmings (i.e. foe, ric rac, etc.)

7.       Three items with knits

I cannot make more than:

1.       One tote bag

2.       One simple elastic waisted skirt

3.       Two circle skirts

4.       Four Bags in total

Some extra rules for myself:

1.       I can only keep an item if I get rid of one from my closet

2.       I will be limiting myself to my stash and thrifting for all fabrics.   (yikes!)

3.       If it’s not fun, find another project to work on.  Sewing should be fun!!!

Of course feel no obligation to use my rules.  Really the only reason that I have any rules laid out is so that I have to be accountable to stick to this.  (Even if no one reads this.)

With that in mind I will do a few round-ups of free tutorials so that you can take your pick and maybe follow along.   I’d love to see anything you’re working on. 

Day 122

 

In a celebratory mood so I got super gator-tastic nails