tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87777716355332662582024-03-15T03:13:24.296-05:00Haute To SewMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722164658622080355noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777771635533266258.post-73570346253562681462013-02-18T06:00:00.000-06:002013-02-18T06:00:04.880-06:00Silhouette Mustaches<div style="text-align: center;">
Do you remember last May when I got a Silhouette Cameo for my birthday?</div>
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I am ashamed to admit I haven't really used it much since I got it. Most of that is due to the fact that my laptop crashed last summer and my desktop can't handle the program. But now that I have my new fancy laptop, I've started to figure out how this bad boy works!<br />
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First project I worked on is cutting a vinyl phrase to put on the wall at work. It look me a super long time to figure out how to do this and I definitely made some mistakes, but my photo manager got the saying she wanted and she's happy with it.<br />
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Super awesome cell phone picture too! The hardest part was cutting out the little Mary Poppins!<br />
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Even though that saying didn't work out all nice and perfect, it gave me the motivation (and extra vinyl paid for by my boss) to create something I've been wanting to put in my house for a long time....<br />
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I love it! It's right above my closet in the entry hall. We have vaulted ceilings and that huge empty space was screaming for some attention!<br />
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And then last weekend, after a little vodka, I felt silly and made these...<br />
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I mean really, who doesn't need a mustache on their outlets?!?! I seriously walked around my house and put them on random outlets. They make me giggle every time I see one. I made some for my friend at work and my sister, who's totally obssessed with the stach!<br />
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For those of you who have a Silhouette, here's a tip for you....<br />
The mustaches and the fancy scroll thingy besides my last name are both fonts. Go to dafont.com and look under the wingdings section. You can find TONS of cool shapes and things to use on your machine without having to pay for the graphics. Just download and install with your regular fonts and type away!<br />
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Now that I'm getting the hang of how this machine works, I might just start putting vinyl on everything! Haha<br />
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Hope you are having a great week!<br />
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I've watched probably every episode of Extreme Couponing and it just fascinates me. I know some episodes and people they have featured have been cases of coupon fraud....but for those that are legit, it blows me away! I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm cheap, so this works for me.<br />
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I learned a little from a friend of mine, and from reading other blogs of couponers. Now I'm teaching a few other friends, and my sister. <br />
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Here's a few of the shopping trips I've had this last 5 weeks.....<br />
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Do you see on the Walmart receipt where they PAID me $0.18?!?! Yep! You should have seen the confusion on the cashiers face when her register said that hahaha. She was so clueless.<br />
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Approximate retail value of all that stuff is $710. I've paid approx $169!!<br />
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If you want to see what I do every week, head on over to my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/HauteToSew" target="_blank">facebook page</a> and check it out! Feel free to ask questions too!<br />
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What do you do to save money??<br />
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There is an explanation.... one that you will see here soon through some posts I WILL write :)<br />
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This may be long overdue, and since there is no threat of spoiling my sisters' Christmas present anymore, I'm sharing with you the T Shirt Quilt I made her.<br />
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My sister has always been a very skinny person, but in the past year or two she has (sis forgive me) put on some "happy/beer" weight. As a result, she has had to part with all her beloved clothes. She brings bags of clothes to me to go through before we donate them. I gotta admit, she's got some great stuff! She had no clue I had been holding onto all the t shirts she's parted with. She is a yoga pant, t shirt kinda gal, so I know it was hard for her to get rid of her fun shirts. So for Christmas I decided to make her a t shirt quilt.<br />
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I've debated on making a quilt before, but just never gave it a go. After doing this quilt, I may have to throw in the towel and never make another one again. SO MUCH WORK! And math too....geez I hate math...<br />
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Not the best picture in the world...<br />
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She loved it! The back is a soft fleece. It is a black base, with brightly colored flowers all over it. I was actually surprised that the binding was as easy as it was. I expected it to be much harder! I also did NOT use any batting. I figured with the fleece backing, it would be thick enough and warm enough without it. Plus, I'm cheap and batting is not!<br />
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In the end I was happy that she was happy! This project definitely put my patience to the test, but I loved out it turned out!<br />
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So here we are in 2013. I don't neccesarily make resolutions, but there are a few things I need to work on personally this year. Also some goals I would like to accomplish. I had some rough times in 2012 and I'm hoping this year turns out to be better. <br />
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Since I've been absent from my blog for the last 6 months I thought I would catch you up my life through the eyes of Instagram. Here's what I've been doing....<br />
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I took a girls trip with my mom and sister to the lake. It was a really good weekend :)</div>
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Yep, I read all these books....and then started the Crossfire novels, which are along the same lines. Loved them all!</div>
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We went to more ball games this year than I can count.</div>
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Us, on the right, with my sis and her boo at a ball game.</div>
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And another ball game....told you we went to a lot of games!</div>
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I changed my hair color from the navy blue that it was, to this turquoise color.</div>
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Spent some time with the family at the water park.</div>
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Went to KC Irish Fest in the heaviest downpour ever! </div>
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Fell in a hole at my bff's house at her bachelorette party. Sprained ankle. Super fun to walk down the aisle in heels at her wedding! Took 2 months for this to heal :(</div>
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For 3 years we have not had a working overhead light in the kitchen. Don't ask me why it took us so long to just get a new light, but we finally did! What a difference that has made around here</div>
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Enjoyed a Vetereans Day celebration at the kiddo's school. My dad was invited to be honored. It was a special day, and I was happy to be able to go.</div>
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My sweet baby in the leaves. I mean seriously, the cuteness!</div>
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Little baby got a yellow pea coat to wear in the cold. She has next to no hair and comes from NC. </div>
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Christmas!</div>
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Played a very competitive game of electronic Monopoly with the family.</div>
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Made super cute little tote bags to hold gifts for the nieces for Christmas</div>
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Really? Little dog is lucky old dog is so nice...</div>
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Had a dinner date with my kiddo. Finally convinced her to get something other than a gross cheeseburger at the mexican place we like to go to. Those tacos are the best!</div>
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Thanks to mom and dad for the new laptop for Christmas!!! Now I can blog again ;)</div>
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It snowed several inches yesterday. I thought it was just darling that these two were watching it together. Best friend love.</div>
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Hope you enjoyed some of the better things that have happened in the last 6 months. There was also some bad, lots of bad, but I won't get into that here. Hope everyone is enjoying the new year! I will be back very soon to show you some of the projects I have been working on around here :)</div>
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HELLO!!! My poor little blog I have ignored for oh, 6 months :( My laptop died in July. I've been stuck using my super slow, ancient desktop. So basically I only use it for paying my bills and...yeah that's pretty much it. BUT, mom and dad save the day! New, amazing laptop for Christmas. Yup, I love it. So now I can blog again :)<br />
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Is anyone still out there? Anyone?? I love you forever if you are....<br />
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Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722164658622080355noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777771635533266258.post-91094078473737840272012-07-15T15:12:00.000-05:002012-07-15T15:12:02.865-05:00GrrrSo my laptop is on the fritz....permanently. I went out of town last weekend with my mom and sis for a girls weekend and when I came back the laptop was D.E.A.D. I'm so frustrated. Everything is on that computer. My parents can pull all the files off, no problem. But I'm losing all my software, photo editing programs, everything. Not sure what I'm going to do. Nothing right now, I'm going out of town again this week. In the meantime, I suppose I won't be blogging much. With all my trips this month and now this, I haven't had time for anything. <br />
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I'm writing this post from my desktop. Unfortunately, it is older than my laptop and doesn't have the capability to do much past internet and word processing. So forgive me for not blogging lately. Don't leave me friends. I will get this all sorted out, eventually.<br />
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In other news, I'm guest judging on <a href="http://thecsiproject.com/" target="_blank">The CSI Project</a> this week. I'm pretty excited about it! Her theme this week is refashions and you all know how I love a good refashion!<br />
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The winner, chosen at random, of the pattern to this super cute bag by <a href="http://www.handmadebymrsh.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">At Home with Mrs. H</a> is.......<br />
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Off to the lake for girls weekend with my mom and sis! Have a great weekend!</div>
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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!! Whether you are spending today with friends or family, having a bbq or swimming, I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!!!<br />
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Aren't fireworks the BEST?????? LOVE them!!!!!<br />
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Me and my sweet Zoey snuggling next to the fire pit.<br />
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Isn't this what summer is all about????<br />
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Correction.....Isn't <i>this</i> what summer is all about???? <br />
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Just me!<br />
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Party supplies for the kiddo's 11th birthday! Love me some dollar tree. See those cupcake liners? And see the darling flags that came with them?? The kids loved them!<br />
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Cupcakes....ready for the girls to decorate<br />
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Decorated! Don't they look great?? They were thrilled that I let them each have 2 and load them up with sprinkles and sugar! Then they had a race to see who could eat both of theirs the fastest --- hilarious!<br />
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This right here is what makes me the best step-mom ever :) It almost made me cry.<br />
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The girls did a craft too. I made salt dough and they all made it into whatever they wanted and painted their creations. They had a blast doing it.<br />
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Mr. Perfect is on a softball league. It was unbearably hot out, like 100 at 2pm. Ugh. Good news was the other team didn't show, so we won by default and didn't even have to play. Yay!<br />
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We were at the the game long enough for me to put this down. I'm not gonna lie, it was delicious.<br />
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After the game we took our pool over to our friends driveway where they have their pool and we had a little whitetrash party. It was awesome!<br />
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My mom bought this ring for me a couple weeks ago on her trip to Branson. I think it's pretty sweet!<br />
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My sweet baby will put her head on the edge of the couch and leave it there until you let her get up. It's the most precious thing ever! She's just so stinkin cute!!<br />
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And really......it's only June. BUT, I will not complain very much about this because I despise winter with all my being. I would take this 3 digit number over a single digit number every day of the year --- hands down!<br />
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Whew! You made it through my SUPER long post. Pat yourself on the back :) <br />
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We are going out of town tomorrow to visit some family. I'm really excited about it. I have the next 11 days off work!! One trip this weekend and part of next week. Then another trip next weekend with my mom and sis to the lake!! So I apologize in advance for the lack of posts next week. If I was a super cool blogger I would have done some posts in advance, but sadly, I am not that cool.<br />
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Have a great weekend friends!!<br />
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See this trunk....<br />
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Let me give you a little back story on this thing. When I was around 13ish I needed one of these trunks to take to girl scout camp. My parents bought this trunk and let me decorate it. They were both trying to convince me to stain it so I could use it after camp and wouldn't ruin the wood. Did I listen to them? HA! Does any 13 year old listen to their parents??? Not me. I wanted to paint it. So they let me. {Love my artistic skills? lol}<br />
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Fast forward 10 years or so -------> The trunk now lives, abandoned, in my parents basement......where their cat goes to puke. See where this is going?? Yeah, she puked on the lid. Right under the "M" towards the front edge. My dad did his best to clean it off, but there was still a slight stain. Um, gross.<br />
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Fast forward another 6 or 7 years ------> Dad brings this trunk to my house because he doesn't want it in his basement anymore. Great, just what I need. A child painted, puke stained trunk sitting in my spare bedroom.<br />
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And there is sat for months. I've been wanting to turn it into a little table. It's been on my project list for a long time, but it just seemed like such a pain. Plus I wasn't really sure how to add table legs to something. Anywho, I went for it anyway. First I had to sand all that paint off. Thank goodness we have an orbital sander!! I would not have made it through the sanding without it. Here it is all sanded down. Looking much better!<br />
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After I sanded it down I stained it with some stain my dad gave me.
Lucky for me, the stain wiped right off the hardware so I didn't have to
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Then I added these cheap 6 inch table legs I bought at Home Depot.<br />
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Here is where my project went down the crapper in a hurry! I should have googled how to do this before I started. I must have lost my mind that day! I'm going to spare you all the details, but warn you to google this, or ask an experienced man or something before trying to attach table legs to anything!! Seriously.<br />
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{Insert pity party for 1}<br />
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Figured it out/rigged it to work my way. And now I have this cute little table to set in my front window with my chairs. So happy :)<br />
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Slowly but surely this room is coming together. Now if only I could remember to water that plant....<br />
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And if you are new here, here's some other projects in this picture you may have missed:<br />
<a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2012/06/diy-faux-nail-head-trim.html" target="_blank">DIY Faux Nail Head Trim</a><br />
<a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-pinteresting-13.html" target="_blank">Bow and Flower Pillows</a><br />
<a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2012/06/tea-dyed-curtains.html" target="_blank">Tea Dyed Curtains</a><br />
I thought I had blogged about that little magazine bowl, but I can't seem to find the post...hmmm...<br />
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Have a great hump day!!<br />
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On top of work, the kiddo had her 11th birthday last weekend. Talk about exhausting. Shopping for presents, food for the sleepover, planning the sleepover, entertaining the girls, cleaning the house, it seriously stressed me out. I'm SO glad we are done with the party. The only thing I still have looming over my head is her family party....which may never happen. We cancelled the family portion last weekend because 3 of her cousins have chicken pox and 3 more of them are in contagious stages. Seriously bad timing for that. But now that it's all over, I took the kiddo over to share lollypops with them yesterday. 2 weeks from now, we should be seeing spots. She's not thrilled about it at all. I'm not thrilled either, but we figure it would be best for her to get over it now when she's 11 and she won't miss any school for it. Can we just fast forward to like, September????<br />
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I'm sure you are tired of my ranting, so I will stop. <br />
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I don't have any wonderful sewing tip this week. BUT I do have a little sewing project to share with you AND a fabulous giveaway at the end. Woo Hoo!!<br />
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A couple weeks ago I replied to a request for pattern testers at <a href="http://www.handmadebymrsh.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">At Home With Mrs H</a>. Samantha was wanting people to test her pattern for a bow pleated bag. It's super cute!<br />
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Here is how mine turned out!<br />
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Ignore my chipping polish {yuck}.<br />
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Cute right?!?!<br />
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Her pattern is super easy to use. It has options for a fixed strap, as opposed to the adjustable one on mine. And it has an option for a slip pocket inside instead of a zippered one. <br />
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Wanna make your own?!?!?!? Samantha is letting me giveaway one of her patterns to one of you lucky ducks! All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me what color you would make your bag if you won!! :)<br />
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For a bonus entry, like me on <a href="http://facebook.com/hautetosew" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. Then leave a separate comment telling me you did so. If you already like me, leave a separate comment saying you already follow :)<br />
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Last giveaway I did a couple weeks ago only had ONE person enter, so your chances are pretty good at winning if you enter. Just sayin'<br />
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Giveaway closes next Monday (7/2) at 11:59pm. Winner chosen by random and announced Tuesday July 3rd.<br />
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BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE ---------> If you don't win and still want a pattern, Samantha is offering my friends 15% off the pattern in her etsy store!!!! WOOT!!! <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/102466194/the-bow-pleat-handbag-purse-bag-pdf" target="_blank">Click here to visit her etsy store</a>. Enter the code BOWPLEAT15 for the discount!<br />
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Go enter people!!<br />
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I know I didn't have some genius tip to share last week. And I don't have one to share this week either. BUT, I do have a little tutorial and it involves sewing so that counts, right? I think so!<br />
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I made this comfy tank about a month ago and have been wanting to share it with you, but I every time I've worn this shirt I forgot to take pics. Call me lazy or whatever, but I finally got around to pics of it on.<br />
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I started with this $3.00 shirt I picked up from Walmart on clearance. I loved the stripes and I love gray.<br />
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So first thing I did was cut the collar out of it. I knew I was going to cut the sleeves off and I didn't feel like that banded collar would work without the sleeves. After I cut off the collar I folded the edge down and top stitched it with a double line.<br />
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Next I used a racer tank that I already had to draw out where I wanted to cut the sleeves off at. Cut them out and hem the arm holes with the same double stitching.<br />
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Now you have made a basic racer back tank from a long sleeved shirt. You could stop here, but I decided to add some ruffles on the back. Make it a little spicy!<br />
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I didn't really measure this part. I just cut some strips of fabric from the sleeves and gathered them. Then pinned them on the back of my tank, matching up the stripes as best I could.<br />
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The top stripe I sewed upside down first, then flipped it down and top stitched it. I did this so the unfinished edge wouldn't show up by my neck. The other 2 ruffles are partially hidden from the ruffle above it so it didn't really matter. But you can do what you feel looks best.<br />
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That's it! Put it on and strut your stuff!<br />
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I'm not entirely sold on the ruffles on the back, but I haven't heard anyone say anything negative yet, so I'm going with it for now. The only I thing I would change is that I wish I had known about <a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2012/06/sewing-tip-tuesday-14.html" target="_blank">this tip about sewing with knits</a> before I had made this shirt. I feel like my seams are a little wavy and had I known how to fix that I would be happier. But, next time I will know. Overall, I'm still excited about it :)<br />
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Guess what else I'm excited about??? I received a national award for my photography at work!!!! This is the second time I have won one of these awards. Although I'm in a category with higher standards this time because of my experience with the company. Anyway, it's still nice to be recognized for your work once in a while. Yay!<br />
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So I had my blood drawn {for what feels like the millionth time} and as I was walking out of the room, I felt this odd warm feeling on my arm. Yeah, blood --- all the way down to my wrist!! It was sick. The little cotton ball slipped when she taped it to my arm and I bled out. So I got the hefty purple wrap to keep it in place. I think I'll be ok if that NEVER happens again in my life.<br />
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Where Mr. Perfect works. It's high security.<br />
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If you missed it yesterday, <a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-pinteresting-14.html" target="_blank">these are the shirts we wore to the washers tournament last weekend.</a> Check out yesterdays post if you want to see how I made them :)<br />
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These guys have a little blue grass band and they played some really hilarious music for us after the tournament.<br />
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Catching some sun. I have a really hard time making a straight face and I feel like I look like a doofus. But he doesn't have a problem with it, does he? He looks like that most of the time fyi<br />
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The sky was so dreamy ------ahhhhhhh<br />
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That face just makes my day. She's such a sweetheart.<br />
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Um yeah, this is what my day came to on Tuesday. Stress, hormones, the kiddo, it all just pushed my last button. I'm not gonna lie, this wasn't my only shot.<br />
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You might have seen this picture on <a href="http://facebook.com/hautetosew" target="_blank">facebook if you follow me there.</a> I've never used RIT Dye in my life --- until this week. I'm in love with the stuff now. I've been thinking of all kinds of things I can dye besides this skirt. Doesn't this picture look so ethereal? Like a ghost or something is going to appear any second!<br />
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Where I live there are miles and miles and miles and miles of trails like this. They wind all through the county in and behind neighborhoods. Part of it runs right by us, so we took the pups for a super long walk. I wore flip flops {FAIL} and now I have a couple lovely blisters. But the walk was gorgeous and the pups needed the exercise.<br />
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Whenever the dogs ears end up flipped the wrong way we refer to it as them "wearing their barrettes" {haha}. So I couldn't resist this picture of the two of them on our walk with one barrette in. Too cute!<br />
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Are you sick of seeing pictures of my dogs each week??? No? Good, then I'll continue. I don't have a cute baby to take pictures of, so the fur babies it is.<br />
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I'm excited to show you this weeks <a href="http://pinterest.com/hautetosew" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> project! It's where you get to see the team name we went with for the washers tournament I talked about last week<br />
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First let me show you the inspiration..... This one comes from <a href="http://www.crafterhoursblog.com/2011/08/tee-to-tank-tutorial-by-jen-from.html" target="_blank">Crafterhours</a>. She has a cute way of refashioning those old tshirts you don't want to wear, but can't bear to throw out.<br />
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Last Saturday we were in a washers tournament. If you don't know what that is, check out my post from <a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2011/06/weekend-washers-tourney.html" target="_blank">last year and the sweet shirts I made for us.</a> We decided to rock a different team name this year, which means new shirts. I already had a couple men's large white tshirts laying around from the <a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2012/05/freezer-paper-stenciling-tutorial.html" target="_blank">anniversary shirts I made last month.</a><br />
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I used my new Silhouette to cut out freezer paper stencils and painted our new name on these shirts. So Mr. Perfect's shirt was good to go after that. Mine needed some tweaking. I'm not gonna wear a men's large tshirt out of this house. So I took in the sides to make it my size, then followed the tutorial on Crafterhours. It's super simple and doesn't take much skill at all. Here's what I came up with......<br />
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Ignore the bra straps please, and thank you.<br />
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I was pleased with how it turned out. And for a shirt I was only going to wear once, it's better to make something quick and easy.<br />
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I bet you are dying to see how they looked after I painted our team name on.....and what is our team name???<br />
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It's offensive, but hilarious :)<br />
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We didn't win this year, but we still had a good time. More picture to follow tomorrow on <a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2012/06/insta-friday.html" target="_blank">Insta Friday</a>.<br />
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Remember last week I showed you my <a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-pinteresting-13.html" target="_blank">new pillows for the living room chairs? </a><br />
And I asked you if you saw any other DIY projects involving these chairs??? Do you see it yet???<br />
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I put a little faux nail head trim on them!<br />
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We bought these chairs on craigslist about 6 months ago. I've been thinking they needed a little pizzazz....something to spice them up. So I was walking through my favorite Dollar Tree one day and the silver thumb tacks caught my eye and my genius light bulb went off! Nail head trim was what they needed. Only I don't know anything about nail head trim or where to buy it....so thumb tacks it is!<br />
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Buy cheap thumb tacks from the dollar store.....I used 2 boxes<br />
Press in with thumb to get each one started<br />
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My lines aren't perfectly straight. I had the occasional tack that bent that I had to remove with a staple puller. And my thumb was killing me so I did this a little bit at a time. But overall, I think it spiced up the chairs just enough!! I thought about doing it across that section under the cushion, but Mr. Perfect thought it would be too much.<br />
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Moral of the story......$2 {the cost of 2 packs of thumb tacks} can make a huge impact. Don't overlook dollar store finds :)<br />
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But, good news....the winner is <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/05857711562597839692" target="_blank">AMY!!!</a><br />
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And I'm happy about that because I {heart} her<br />
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Amy, I'll email you :)<br />
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Have a great Monday friends!!<br />
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Hi friends!! I have a special treat for you today! I am doing a blog swap with Megan from Crafty Meggy! She's super sweet and has a great tutorial for you, so be sure to hop on over to her blog and show her some love! Take it away Megan......<br />
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Hi to all of you Haute to Sew readers! I'm Megan from, <a href="http://preparednesswithmegs.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Crafty Meggy</a>, and I am so excited to be guest posting here at Haute to Sew today!! I found Meredith's blog at a link party where she pinned her <a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-pinteresting-12.html" target="_blank">pinterest inspired coffee table</a>. I took a look around and really liked what I saw and contacted her. So here I am today!
I thought I should introduce myself and then I'll share a tutorial for a cute twirly skirt that I made. First off, I am a mom to 3 wild boys, ages 7, 5, & 22 months. They keep me on my toes and busy all day long.... as long as I'm not working on a project! :) Now that school is out for the summer I'm going crazy trying to find things for them to do all day so that I can still continue my craftiness. My husband and I have been married for 9 years and are also partners in a photography business. He's the graphic designer and I'm the photographer. The perfect match!
I have always been crafty and into doing crafty things. I started out paper scrapbooking in high school and continued it until I had kids. That's when I discovered digital scrapbooking. Have you ever tried it? Well, you need to because it is Amazing!! You can have your "mess" on the computer and not worry about the baby running away with the scissors.
This past fall I got into making hair bows, even though I don't have any girls. I just needed to do something crafty and I have tons of friends who have girls and have been making bows for years, so I finally gave in. And I didn't stop there! My wonderful husband bought me a Silhouette Cameo for Christmas and I've been using it non-stop for projects and all sorts of things. My husband was yet again wonderful and got me the exact sewing machine that I wanted for my birthday in April! I've been enjoying it non-stop since.
I recently signed up for my local Artisan Market (it's like the Farmers Market, but with mostly crafty booths) and I'm trying to build up my inventory for that. I'm mainly making girls dresses, skirts, baby bibs & burp cloths, and hair bows. I'm really excited about this new adventure and hope it will be a good experience!<br />
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Today, I wanted to share an easy tutorial for a skirt I made recently. I'm a beginner in sewing and this skirt was easy for me to make so if I can do it, you can too!:) I started out with some left over fabric from a <a href="http://preparednesswithmegs.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/whatever-wednesday-4th-of-july-dress/" target="_blank">dress</a> I created for the 4th of July (you can buy it in my Etsy Shop<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/101431574/3t-4th-of-july-ruffle-dress-for-toddlers" target="_blank"> here</a>):
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I made my skirt a size 2T. The measurements for that size are below. If you want it bigger you'll have to figure that out based on the measurements you get from your model:)
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1/4 yard patterned fabric
1/8 yard contrast fabric
elastic (about 20" will be good. I cut off 37" and had about 12" left over.) I used 1/4" thick elastic. I found this tutorial on <a href="http://www.naptimecrafters.com/2012/03/simple-twirly-skirt.html" target="_blank">Nap Time Crafters</a> blog and she didn't give a width or amount so I used what I had on hand.
Ok, once you have your fabric picked out, cut out 2 pieces of the main fabric to be 9x22. For the trim cut 2 strips measuring 1.5x36.<br />
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Now you need to make the casing for the top of the skirt. fold down the
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Sew as close to the edge as you can to make the casing. Leave an inch to feed the elastic through.<br />
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I put a bobby pin in the end of my elastic to feed it through.<br />
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After you feed it through sew the two ends of elastic together and then close up the opening.<br />
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So that the elastic doesn't move while wearing it I picked an inconspicuous spot and stitched it in place.<br />
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Voila! You have the main part done!<br />
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Gather your trim fabric and then stretch it to fit the bottom of the skirt.<br />
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Once you have it the right size pin it to the dress with right sides together and sew it on. I had to adjust mine as I sewed.
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And you're done!! Doesn't it look CUTE??!! It was so easy and fun I think I might just make more of them. I have this one for sale in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/101519092/4th-of-july-twirly-skirt-2t" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> if you want to look at it there.
The hardest part for me was adding the trim. In the tutorial at Nap Time Crafter she said to top stitch the seam line to help the trim lay flat. I didn't do that because I pressed the seam line the other way. I just thought it worked better like that, but I can totally see what she means now. Maybe I'll go back and press it up the other way.
Thanks for coming by to see my fun twirly skirt tutorial! I hope you'll come visit me over at my <a href="http://preparednesswithmegs.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">blog</a>. Let me know what you think of the skirt. Also, if you have any sewing tips or ideas for me, since I'm totally new to this, I would love to hear them!!
Thanks for swapping posts with me today, Meredith! It was a lot of fun and a different experience for me. This is my first blog guest post! Could you tell?:) I hope you have a great day!
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BIG thanks to Megan for swapping with me today!! Hope you all enjoyed her tutorial. Such a cute skirt!<br />
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Do you see that hair??? Take a wild guess what part of the body it came off of.......the hubs EYEBROW!!! Seriously dude, use those trimmers!<br />
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I'm still in love with her cuteness. Tired of hearing me say that yet?<br />
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That's right, I put a pool on our patio. It rocks!<br />
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I cut out a stencil with my Cameo! It was so much fun!<br />
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Red Glitter Paint!! Team shirts for the washers tournament we are in tomorrow. You'll see full pics of the shirts next week. They are awesome!<br />
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You would think her neck hurts, but she was snoring. Zzzzzzz.......<br />
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Red Velvet ice cream is my new love. But, I made the mistake of looking at the nutritional facts....15g of sugar per half cup! HALF CUP!! So unless I want to go into a sugar coma and have a bigger butt in the morning, I have to limit myself to one lonely scoop. Boo<br />
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Just enjoying some nightly snuggles with my Zoey while watching old episodes of Project Runway :)<br />
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Don't forget to enter the <a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2012/06/eclosbeauty-review-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Eclos Beauty Giveaway!!</a><br />
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Ever so slowly I've been decorating my living room. I'm pleased with the progress and I'm super excited about the ideas I have for some upcoming projects in that room! So, obviously this week's <a href="http://pinterest.com/hautetosew" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> project is something in my living room, duh! Here's the inspiration:<br />
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I pinned this picture of these super cute bow pillows from <a href="http://raegunwear.blogspot.com/2012/01/tutorial-big-bow-pillow-cases.html" target="_blank">Rae Gun Ramblings</a>. Aren't they just so adorable??<br />
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I have these three really cool chairs I picked up on craigslist in my living room. They are a little boring without any pillows so I spiced them up!<br />
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Pillow #1 got the bow treatment<br />
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Pillow #2 I made a little appliqued flower<br />
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Pillow #3 is a basic pillow made with this beautiful fabric I picked up at Joann's<br />
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They all kinda perked up the room just enough. The room is slowly coming together :)<br />
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See if you can spot my other DIY project on these chairs..... if you follow me on Instagram (meredith_hautetosew) you may already know what it is. I'll share it with you next week! Stayed tuned peeps!<br />
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The other day I got a comment that I felt was rude. I have deleted it from my blog. I'm not going to say what it said, or who said it, but it was just one sentence that put down my project. And this person doesn't have their email address activated so I couldn't respond to resolve this....hence, the reason for this post. I like to keep my blog as an upbeat place. Everyone has struggles and stress that exist in their private lives, and I am no exception to that. So my blog is my happy place. It's my place to share my projects and encourage other people to be creative and do what they love. I feel like there is a little community surrounding blogging and that community is generally very supportive and uplifting. So from here on out, let's live by the golden rule, shall we?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all!!!</span><br />
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That concludes my rant. Sorry if that made you uncomfortable. Hopefully I won't have to do it again :)<br />
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Moving on to something more exciting...<br />
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I started a <a href="http://facebook.com/hautetosew" target="_blank">Facebook fan page for my blog</a> about 6 weeks ago or so. I don't post on there all day long, but I keep it pretty updated. I hadn't really done anything to make it look pretty or be very welcoming, until now. Things are looking a little nicer over there. Won't you go check it out and like me, you know, if you want to???<br />
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You can <a href="http://facebook.com/hautetosew" target="_blank">click this link</a> or follow me through the button on my sidebar.<br />
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Love you all bunches and bunches!! Have a great hump day!<br />
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This is going to be the MOST useful tip for anyone that sews on knit. It blew my mind when I saw it. Seriously. This will change the way I feel about refashioning some of my clothes, as in, BRING IT ON!<br />
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This tip comes from <a href="http://www.mesewcrazy.com/2012/05/end-knit-wavy-seam-syndrome.html" target="_blank">Jessica at Me Sew Crazy</a>. Isn't her blog name just hilarious?? I love it. Ok so check it out, she says to keep your knit seams from stretching out and looking all wavy, but tissue paper under your piece as you send it through your machine. <br />
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How brilliant is that??? Guess I've got some refashioning to catch up on this week :)<br />
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Go give <a href="http://www.mesewcrazy.com/2012/05/end-knit-wavy-seam-syndrome.html" target="_blank">Jessica</a> some love for such an awesome tip!<br />
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Today we are going to talk curtains. My living room curtains to be exact. If you remember, or if you are new here, let me refresh you with what curtains I made last winter.....<br />
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In December I had just painted my living room white with an orange accent wall and an orange alcove around my bay window. Then I got the idea to paint ombre striped curtains for the window. It didn't turn out the way I wanted but the hubs wouldn't let me take them down because I had "worked so hard on them". Whatevs. I've pretty much hated them all along. <a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2011/12/painted-curtains.html" target="_blank">Here's what they looked like....</a><br />
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Ok, not the worst in the world, but they haven't grown on me. They now reside in my fabric closet with other fallen projects.<br />
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To replace them I thought something simple would be better. Something crisp and clean. I thought about plain white, but with the white walls around that little alcove and all the trim being white I just couldn't go ALL white. I needed a little contrast. So I tried something new that I haven't done before and I dig it. Tea dyeing! Here's how the window looks now...<br />
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You'll see better pics in a sec. They didn't turn out quite as long as I wanted because I hemmed about an inch too much, but seriously, once you've done all the work, who would change it? Not this chick! Besides I have a pair of chairs that sit in front of that window that I moved for these pictures.<br />
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So, how do you tea dye? It's pretty simple, so if you don't already know I'll give you a quick run down of what I did.<br />
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I started with a bedsheet from Kmart. They're cheap and big and the sides are already hemmed {bonus!}. I think I used a queen sheet for this window. <br />
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Now on the the dyeing....<br />
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Step 1: Boil water in a large pot {This is about all I can do in the kitchen btw lol}<br />
Step 2: Add about 20 tea bags<br />
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Step 3: Let the bags stoop for about 20 minutes<br />
Step 4: Remove bags, well, the ones that didn't fall in<br />
Step 5: Put whatever fabric, or portion of fabric, you want into the pot<br />
Step 6: Let it sit for, I don't know, about 20 minutes<br />
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Step 7: Remove sheet from pot and let air dry<br />
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I don't really have that many crazy weeds in my yard. I did in this picture, but things have changed in that area recently, so don't judge.<br />
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Whatcha think? Oh and go back at look at the old picture again......notice anything else different? The wall color maybe? I just wasn't loving the first orange color I painted, so I changed it up. This new orange is a little darker and not so "don't shoot me in the woods" orange.<br />
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I seriously can NOT get over how stinkin cute she is!!! She melts my heart every day. I <3 her<br />
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Mr. Perfect makes the most DELISH bacon, egg and cheese biscuits!! MMMMMM<br />
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I have this old rose bush we dug up and put in a pot. It blooms about 1 flower a year. I think this one's a winner!<br />
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Me and my girly Zoey, chillin on the patio<br />
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The whole family took the fur babies to the dog park. They loved it! We have a HUGE off leash dog park not far from us. It even has a "dog only" beach for them to get in and swim. Neither one of my dogs really like to swim, but they like to get their feet wet and drink the nasty water<br />
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Here they are, pooped out from the dog park. Big dog panting and drooling. Little dog passed out on the floor.<br />
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Mr. Perfect recently discovered that I am 30 years old and have never purchased a lottery ticket of any kind. So we pull up to the gas station, he hands me $40 and tells me to go in, but a powerball ticket, a couple scratchers and put the rest on our pump. I felt like such an idiot. First of all I had no idea which scratchers to get. Second, there was a language barrier between me and the cashier. It sucked. I got 2 of these crossword type scratchers. This one was a bust. The other one gave me a free ticket, and that ticket was a bust. So $4 down the tubes....exactly why I don't buy these things.<br />
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Next weekend we are participating in a washers tournament at a friends house. It's kindof a big deal around here. So we had to practice up! Check out our <a href="http://hautetosew.blogspot.com/2011/06/weekend-washers-tourney.html" target="_blank">super awesome shirts from last year!</a> We are trying to decide if we are going to stick with the same team name or come up with something different for this year. Your thoughts??<br />
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I <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/4081455881797235/" target="_blank">pinned this amazing desk</a> covered in PENNIES from <a href="http://www.epbot.com/2010/09/money-money-money.html" target="_blank">Epbot</a><br />
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Gorgeous! They're final piece is to die for!Around blogland I've seen other people cover small walls, floors, and countertops with pennies. So one day I was sitting watching tv and the little project light bulb went off in my head and said "put pennies under the glass on your coffee table". Woot! That's what happens when you have a mind that never shuts off and constantly thinks of more projects to do :)<br />
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Lucky for me, my dad throws all his change in these giant jugs and cashes them in like once every 10 years. My sis and I once took $40 in silver to buy a video game and he didn't even notice, if that tells you how much he has. So he brought over 11 pounds of pennies for me and I got to work.<br />
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Some of the lines got a little jacked up, but oh well. If it drives me that crazy I'll pick up the glass and redo it. They aren't glued down so they can be removed if I decide I don't want it anymore. It definitely takes a brown coffee table from boring to fabulous! Dad approves, and because he's a little math oriented he figured out how many pennies I used......1860. Not the cheapest project I've done, but not too shabby either. I dig it.<br />
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