Guest Posting!!

I know, I know...

I'm so lame I haven't posted on my own blog this week, but I'm posting on someone else's??

This one single blog post is literally the ONLY thing outside of work, the kiddo's activities, family get-togethers and what little sleep I get, that I've had time for.

I'm so sorry, please forgive me

AND

Go check out my SU-WEET tutorial on 

Oops, I Craft My Pants

Do it now!
You won't be sorry ;0)

And no worries, I WILL be posting on my own blog next week!
I already have things in the works
HOORAY!

Much Love~
Meredith

ANOTHER shirt refashion...

...seems that's all I'm doing lately

Well, here it is anyway

I got this shirt 3 years ago at a Royals game on a giveaway night

Totally didn't fit, go figure

see?

Awful

So I did what I do to all the shirts that don't fit on the sides and fixed it up!

If you want to know how to make a shirt fit your sides right go here

And voila!

Fits like a charm!

Much Love~

Meredith

RAWR Dinosaurs!

Does anyone follow see kate sew?

Well you should.

She's a fantastic seamstress

Anyway, she was looking for a few peeps to test out a pattern for her

Good thing I'm a slave to my phone and saw the email right away so I could volunteer!

The pattern we tested was a Dinosaur! RAWR!

So cute!

Here's how mine turned out

Isn't he marvelous???

My nephew will be receiving him for a birthday present in a couple weeks :)

So her pattern goes on sale today!

Go check it out

see kate sew

Much Love~

Meredith

To Quilt Or Not To Quilt???

I've been wanting to make a quilt for some time now

But quite frankly, it scares the crap out of me!

It looks like there's SO much work involved

All the cutting...

And sewing all the tiny pieces together...

And binding...

And whatever else you have to do

AHHHH!!!

Anyway, I have a childhood friend who's having a baby at the end of the year and I thought maybe I would start with a baby quilt for her. Then I might not feel so overwhelmed?? But still make a decision on whether I like quilting or not.

So I need some advice from my lovely readers...

Do you quilt?

Do you like it?

Is it easy?

Am I going to have to sell a kidney to support this hobby?

What's this about jelly rolls and charm packs??

What's your best resource for a first timer?

Should I buy a walking foot?

HELP ME PLEASE!!!

I would really love you for it :)

Much Love~

Meredith

Shirt Refashion Tutorial

So I recently refashioned one of my shirts for work

It was big and boxy and hideous

I refused to wear such an ill-fitting shirt

But my boss is being a stickler on the shirt thing this year, which I understand

So I had to fix them 

You can find my previous post here

I had a comment from this lovely girl Kalliemack

She suggested I do a tutorial

Well here it is....

Turn your shirt wrong side out and lay it out flat.

Make sure to line up all your seams on the hem and sleeves

yes I realize this photo is totally crappy :(

Next take a shirt that fits you well and lay it on top as a guide

Again, make sure your hem and sleeves match up perfectly

At this point I would use a water soluble marker and just draw an outline for sewing, 

but with a black shirt, it's better to use pins.

To keep things looking professional, measure the same amount on the sleeves and armpits to be cut off. This will keep your shirt from looking uneven or wonky.

Also try and make the sides as close to identical as possible.

So then you just sew where you drew your line, or put your pins.

I used a regular straight stitch.

I also backstitched several times and the hem and sleeves to give it extra strength and durability.

Last, use pinking sheers and cut off the extra fabric.

Turn right side out and marvel at your sewing abilities!

You can do this to just about any shirt that doesn't fit your form properly.

I did this on a previous refashion you can check out here

Now find all your boxy, frumpy shirts and make them new again!

Much Love~

Meredith

Chef Coat Tailoring

A friend of mine is the General Manager at an On The Border in my area

She asked me to turn her long sleeved chef coats into short sleeved ones.

Ok, no biggie.

I decided to use a double needle for this one

I've never used it before and I had to get out my manual to figure it out

I have to admit...I don't like it

Don't get me wrong, I think the end product looks fantastic and it definitely saves time

But I just didn't like threading both needles and winding multiple bobbins.

Yuck, just a pain.

Oh well, I conquered it

Here's what I started with

...sort of...

As you can see, I had already chopped off the sleeves of the other 2 before I remembered to take a picture

Ta Da!

See how nice the double needle stitching looks!

Much Love~

Meredith

VERY Late Pinterest Picks {Week 5}

I'm such a bad blogger

I don't feel like I've done anything on my blog this month

August has been a VERY busy month at our house

I just finished up ANOTHER 55 hour week

I was sick half the week too

UGH!!!

So here I am posting my Pinterest Picks for this week...

....2 days late.

Sorry people

So here goes

This week I'm sharing something FUN!

I love funny, witty sayings

These are all from my Words board

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Haha This is what I feel like when the weekend starts!

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I may be 29, but I still call my mom for all kinds of stupid things...do we ever stop doing that???

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You know, I'm kind of a big deal.

If the shoe fits!

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Who can relate to this one?!

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AMEN

So go check out the rest of my board Words

I promise I won't be a crappy blogger this week.

I already have posts lined up!

Hooray!!

Much Love~

Meredith