What I Wore Sunday: Week 5

…52 weeks of shaking up the wardrobe…

The Rules:

1. Wear a different outfit every Sunday.

2. Incorporate at least one article of clothing or accessory that was either refashioned, sewn myself, or handmade.

3. Outfits can be worn more than once; just not the same way.

4. Think outside the box and be creative

Actually, I think I’ll call this one “What I Would Have Worn Sunday If I Wasn’t Home With Sick Kids.”  Sound good?  This is an outfit I wore to a Church meeting during the week.

I’m wearing the ruffle shirt that I refashioned here.

I bought the skirt off of the clearance rack at JC Penney for about $4.00.  It was a size 14.  I am not a size 14.  I am a size 8, so I took it in and refashioned the waistband .  I’d say the skirt counts for What I Wore Sunday, too!  ;)

What did you wear Sunday?

Fabulous Friday

Psst…It’s Nat’s birthday! Leave her some birthday love!
Sorry, last post was humdrum, I had a case of the mean reds. If you know what I mean (which movie) leave me a comment. We’ll be BFF for life! But, I took my girls to the DI that day, and while I didn’t get any huge inspiration, I did snap out of it, mostly! So, I’m working on several projects and posts, so yeah! But, onto the fun-ness that is Pinterest. Seriously, who could be uninspired from all the ideas? I think it’s probably just harder to come up with something original…Anyway, without further adieu…

This is actually in Etsy. But, man, that’s cute! Gives me some ideas! Plus, those cardis are cute too!

Um, I saw this on someone else’s board and kind of fell in love. I LOVE the colors. Shh, don’t tell the hubsters, I doubt he’d go for it. But, a girl can dream, right? From Better Homes & Gardens

Brought by the creative-ness of Kara Paslay, this pegboard is pretty funky. But I think it’s got some cool potential for a kid’s room or something. Pretty fun, eh?

I thought this was a cute, spring-y take on St. Patrick’s Day, from A Little Tipsy, via Tip Junkie. By the way, I’ve started a St. Patty’s board if you want to see other ideas! Like this shamrock stamp

Genius and why didn’t I think of that all in one! From Lestout
I had another one, but it’s not pulling up, so you’ll just have to wait until I recreate it, since it’s an inspiration idea! Hope you all have a fabulous weekend, and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAT!!!

Ruffle Refashion

Remember the ruffely shirt I wore here?

I promised you the tutorial, and here it is!  I actually got this idea from Ashlee.  She made her awesome pirate shirt that got the wheels in my head turning.  At our Grandpa’s funeral, one of her little ladies was wearing a shirt with a cute applique on it.  Ashlee said she put the applique on the shirt to cover a stain.  Hmmm…

I have a white ruffle shirt with a pizza stain on it.  Hmmm…

“Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering?”

“Uh, I think so, Brain, but me and Pippi Longstocking--I mean, what would our children look like?!”

Exactly what I was thinking!  That, and I could add more ruffles to my shirt to cover my stain.  See?  Ashlee does it to cover her kids’ stains.  I do it to cover my own.  White shirts and I don’t get along.  If you ever see me eyeballing a white shirt at the store, please stop me.  Just say, “Natalie, it isn’t worth it.  Put the shirt down and choose something that is more stain concealing…”  Mkay?!  Thanks!

So, on to the ruffle shirt--

You can do this refashion with any shirt, it doesn’t have to be one that already had ruffles on it.  Here’s my shirt.  I won’t point out the stain, but trust me, it’s there.

 

My MIL, whom we lovingly refer to as “The Queen,”  gave me this roll of knit ribbing a while ago.  I have found so many fun things to do with this bad boy!  :)

I cut a few strips of the ribbing to the size I wanted them.  If you don’t have the ribbing, you could do this with 1” strips of knit fabric.  You could even chop up an old tee shirt and do the same thing.  It doesn’t matter; as long as it is knit.

Sew a basting stitch down each strip.  (A basting stitch is a straight stitch with a longer stitch length.)

Pull on one of the threads to gather the fabric.

Pin the ruffles onto the shirt where you want them and sew them into place with a straight stitch.  Once the ruffles are on, remove your basting threads.

I think it’s easier to pull out the basting stitch when you use a different color of thread.  You can’t really tell from the picture, but these threads are light blue.  They were super easy to find against the white fabric of the tee shirt.

Here they are all sewn on.  Can’t see that stain now, can ya?!

…and this is what it looked like after I washed it.  I was worried about the spacing between the ruffles, but once I saw how it washed up, I wasn’t.  I love how it turned out.

It’s just so feminine and fun.  I’ll definitely do this to a shirt again.  It’s a great way to change things up.

Inspiration

That’s what I’m searching for. Sorry, this isn’t going to be an awesome project post. I’m in the middle of several projects, but I’ve lost the gusto to finish them. My dad has been in town this past week, so it’s been nice to hang out with him (he’s been working in another state for 6 months, so we don’t get to see him too often…he’s almost done though!). My oldest is on a rampage, and I’ve lost my patience several times…Oops. I’m trying hard, promise. My baby is sad, and has eczema really bad right now, so I’m trying to figure out if I should take her to a pediatrician or a dermatologist…We had to go up to our business we own this past weekend and check on things, so it was nice to see some friends up there (I brought down some of my craft supplies from the storage unit, happy day!). Oh, here’s a tip. You know chalkboard paint it so fun, right? In our business, I painted a long wall with chalkboard paint, but it kept getting smeared when people would walk by and rub their hands on it, and wasn’t worth the upkeep. Wanna know a cool product? It works on textured chalkboard walls too great.

Bistro Chalk Markers. They come in lots of colors, and I just got mine at a craft store (they’re also on Amazon, I heart them). They are liquid, erase with a wet rag, and work really well! So if you have something chalkboard in your house that you want to have last for awhile, go get a couple of these! If you want it to be more chalk-like, and a little more nice than kid’s chalk, use pastels. They come in lots of colors and look really nice on chalkboards. We use them on the high menu chalkboards at our business.
Anyway, sorry, it’s just been one of those weeks. Hopefully I’ll be back next time with something fun/awesome/whatever. In the meantime, let me ask you…What are you crafting/DIY/sewing questions? What would you most like to learn? leave some comments, and I can do some projects to answer those questions. I’m glad Nat did the hemming post yesterday, because I’ve been thinking of doing a whole sewing 101 series, but I want to know what you don’t know or want to learn (even if it's questions like what's a presser foot, or how do you sew a straight line)! Let me know, and help me get out of my funk!