Week 5 Inspiration

My inspiration for Week#5 are these heart sweaters that are showing up everywhere. They look cute for Valentine's Day.

Project 5

This project was inspired by the photos I showed previously. Additionally, with a trip to the mall recently I noticed sweatshirts painted with hearts and cut up. They were cute, but decidedly a bit too young for me.

I searched for a white shirt to use for this project, but didn't find on to my liking. I decided to go for black instead. I debated about using iron-on crystals, but was not sure to how well they hold up with washing. I found this sparkly sheer black fabric and decided an applique was the way to go. Unfortunately, the picture does not show up as well as I would like.

The total project cost was a little over twenty dollars. The fabric for the applique was normally three dollars a yard. The store has a half yard minimum, but I took the whole piece that was already cut (1and 1/2 yards) for three dollars. There is plenty of fabric for another project.

Project4

I referred to a tutorial in my inspiration for this project. They said to use a magazine for the size(pattern). This seemed to narrow in width, so I went a little wider;however, I still think I should have added more width. I cut the leopard fur about an inch shorter and the plush fur about thee inched longer, so that it would wrap around to the outside.

Week Four Inspiration

Sew Fake Fur (and Make a Muff!) – Sewing Projects BurdaStyle.com

I thought I would keep this week simple and complete another project to go with last weeks project. I'm planning a few tweaks from the instructions listed on the above link...

Creative Excursion #4

I had a little time to make it to the fabric store on Saturday after work. I found this great fabric. It was on clearance for $3.95 a yard, so I bought more than I had planed to. I'm not sure what I am going to do with it yet, but I love it!

Project3

Project 3 is almost done. I must finish hand stitching the lining to the collar and add a hook and eye closure. I will add another picture when it is finished.

Project 2

Project 2 is finally done! I took a silk, cowl necked sweater I've only worn once. First I cut off the neck. Then I cut the sweater down the center. I found this flower fabric and cut it into strips, then added two flowers between each one and sewed the strip around the neckline. Then I cut the cowl in half at lengthened the sleeves with it.

The flower fabric was about $16 per yard. I bought half a yard and have enough left for another project. So the final project cost me about $4 to make. (I don't remember how much I originally spent on the sweater, but I got it at a discount store...so it was a good price).

Sweater before