The Flowery Skirt

Fiber brooch

Today's creation:

 

And I took some time to design my ne blog page. What do you think?

http://floweryskirt.blogspot.com/

To be honest, I'd like a clearer background...

Huuge achievement today

I made three headbands.

Yeah. Excuse the drunk look. Rosey cheeks and all. (Actually the photo looks pretty good. Blured but good. Taken randomly with the phone.)

Why do I look like that, you ask?

Well, I officially hate this time of the year. In addition to be allergic to something all year round there comes the time of a certain plant, I'm not even going to mention, that just runs over me like a train. This year it hit me particularly badly. Barely breathing. I got a ton of medicaments and ultimately an injection. If this one doesn't help there is no hope for you J said. :-)) Did that help? Well I can breathe much better BUT I'v got a rush, which means an allergic reaction (???) to the injection! I've been loughing at myself all day long. This is totally hilarious, ha! I'm not leaving the house. Indefinitely.

Now you know why I haven't been doing anything smart or creative lately. Last week I thought I would just lay down and fall asleep until mid October. Or rather die. If you happen to be heavily allergic to something that includes constricted breathing, you know what I mean.

Enough of that already, yes? I'm not really into rants.

So, the huuge achievement of the day. A whole three headbands. Might be a good start for the return of mojo and inspiration.

 

Made the flower, too.

September starts tomorrow. Including Self Stitched September. Hm..Right now I don't know if I'll be able to make it. Will try, though. With the remnants in my closet...And no real perspective of sewing something anytime soon. Or maybe I will. Who knows. I'm fast and effective. Yes I am. :-)

On the other hand of having trouble with one challenge I got me another. I joined CCS for the Thirty Days of Creating. Well, I find this a lot less challenging, though. You're supposed just to create every day. One little thing. Whatever suits you. Five or fifteen minutes. Only, every day. I felt inspired and empowered to do that after my tragic past weeks.

There are other side effects to the medicine I'm taking. Can't eat and can't sleep. And a curious one - I actually found words somewhere inside my brain to write an eloquent post! Well, you might not share my enthusiasm for this blogpost, but I find it to be my second big achievement of the day!

Ok, ok, going now...

Socks on the www

How about this?

There were patterns on the net!

resweater.blogspot.com/2010/01/recycled-wool-socks.html

Make sure to check Kris's blog!

www.instructables.com/id/Socks

www.thriftyfun.com/tf36786850.tip.html

www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=12356

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRxt1Bonwhk

Enjoy!

And go make some - floweryskirt.typepad.com/the_flowery_skirt/2010/02/blue-socks-tutorial-wr.html

White socks

The socks saga continues...

I tried three times. The first time I moved the heel seam upwards, and it didn't work. Threw them away. The second time I added 2 cm to the length of the foot piece. That was not enough and the socks turned out short again, but wearable.

The last time I added 5 more cm and they were too long, hehe. It was ok ,though, because I had room to shape the front to fit around the toes better. I've been wearing them all morning and find them comfortable. The seams do not bother me at all. 

So, we have a socks pattern now!

Yes, should have taken a photo of the pattern...

I recycled a tubular piece of light wool knit to make the socks.

Blue socks tutorial -WR

Hello, dear readers! How are you today?

It was ironing day around here and while I was at it I took this pair of old and worn out socks to throw away. Then the obvious caught my attention! Why not deconstruct them and get a pattern? And also actually sew a pair of socks with a heel?

Here's how I did it:

1. Cut an old cozy sock around the fold and at the heel seam.

2. Find a piece of knit to refashion/reuse/recycle.

You can see I also matched the hems of the sock and fabric. This one used to be a skirt.

3. I cut the fabric directly around the sock pieces (did not make a paper pattern first) with a margin of 5 mm to serge. Of course, you can hand sew or machine sew them.

4. Pin together the heel pieces right sides in and serge.
 

Here you can see a serged heel and one turned to the right side.

5.On the long upper part of the sock mark the position to match the heel seam on both sides. I snipped the fabric a bit (over the yellow pin head).

6. Pin the pieces together right sides in and serge.

7. Ups! This pattern seems to have a problem. The heel seam falls under my heel! Which means the old socks were actually too short. Will have to adjust the paper pattern a bit (when I make it) to resolve this little issue.

 

8. Otherwise, it's a nice little sock.

Ehm, socks! :-)

Quick and easy project. Takes 15 minutes to complete.

 

Hope you enjoyed this little tutorial!

Have a nice and cozy evening wearing your new socks!

Orange slippers - WR

Much cuter than the last pair ! Still have to work on them, though. The elastic is not keeping them up properly. I'll have to insert it in a different manner on the next pair.

 

Slippers? - WR

I think I just made the ugliest slippers (from scratch) in the world...

More about them when I make a prettier pair, OK? 

Maybe just - never use too bulky lining fabric! :-(

Gray ruffled scarves - WR

A quick and easy project. At least I succeeded doing this today. I ventured into making a pants muslin and managed to insert the zip the wrong way - twice. Ugh! Never mind...

Ok, I started with this:

 

A knit remnant from long time ago.

 

I cut the piece into four strips, then overlapped two and two.

 

Zigzagged two parallel seams and trimmed.

 

One was gathered in a zigzag fashion across the middle, and the other was gathered closer to the edges all around.

 

The finished scarves on Lilly:

 

 

The second is my favorite. Yours?

 

FO - Mittens - WR

With the remnants of fabric from this shirt:

 

 

These are going to be donated to a local charity organitation. Along with a bunch of other stuff. Therefore I found it appropriate to review the content of my closet. More posts coming soon!

The UFO pile is getting smaller! I also started a shirt refashion and need some fitting help. I tryed but cannot pin the shirt properly while wearing it.

Did you notice? We passed the 150th post! Yay! Which means it's tome for a giveaway!!! Stay tuned!!!

Earrings

I made these at J's house. Whenever I go to her place I come home with something new! And a girl can never have too many earrings. :-)

Yes, it is always better to create in company.