Ruffle Scarf #2

And yet, another scarf tutorial!

This one is made from another ill-fitting, wonky, too small, long-sleeved shirt that I hate, but is soooo soft.

 Start with a shirt

 Trace several paper plate circles on it. I did 2 on the front, 2 on the back

 Cut out each circle. Then cut them into a spiral. It doesn't have to perfect by any means, just make sure you don't cut it very thin. I have about 1.5" thickness all the way around. After you have the spirals cut, stretch them all out. They will be very ruffly!

 Cut a little square. It doesn't have to be very big. I didn't measure.

 Take all your strips and wrap the little square around the middle of them {where the back of the scarf is...hope that makes sense} I hot glued, but you can use fabric glue if you want

 Then wear it! I just wrapped mine in a loop around my neck.

Hope you make one for yourself!

Of course if you use more than one shirt it will be thicker. Just do what you like!

Much Love~
Meredith

Crayon Garden

Have you seen all the melted crayon art like this one on Pinterest and around bloggyland??

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Ok I think they are AWESOME!!

However, I don't like the rainbow effect...maybe for a kids room or a playroom, but I need grown up art.

I also don't like the crayons glued on top...again, kinda juvenile.

Here's my spin on it and how I did it.

I used a bunch of random crayons that I stole, um, borrowed from the kid while she was at school {hey she prefers markers anyway} I taped them all to a velveeta box with painters tape.

 I rested the edge of the cardboard on the top edge of the canvas so my crayons hung over the top just a wee bit

 Then bust out the blow dryer and melt away! I'm not gonna lie...it's time consuming...lots of waiting...like watching grass grow...seriously

 I kinda made a mess

 And splattered some crayon on the wall...and maybe my carpet. But it's cool...I'm painting that wall next month and the floors are getting replaced in the spring.

 So here's where I stopped

I flipped it upside-down and added some paper flowers I made.

 And I have a grown up piece of crayon artwork!

I love!

Please protect your walls and floors better than I did if you attempt this :)

Much Love~

Meredith

Infinity T-shirt Scarf

Fall is the best time for scarves, don'tcha think??

Yeppers, I do!

So I made that purple ruffle scarf last week and I have 2 more scarves for you that you can make from a shirt or some scrap knit fabric.

I have several of these cheap-o shirts from Kohl's that I've had for years. They are ill-fitting, too short, and have wonky seams...but are sooooo soft. Perfect for an upcycle!

Here's what I started with

{warning: picture overload!}

 Cut off under armpit of shirt

 Cut body of shirt into strips around 1.5"

 Stretch all the strips. The edges will curl up

 Cut 2 squares to cover the side seams on the strips. I just used the cuff on my shirt.

 Line up all the side seams

 Wrap squares around the side seams. I hot glued it shut because it was quick, but you could use fabric glue if you plan on washing it.

 Ta-da!

 Wear it with the cover-up squares in the front

 Or in the back!

 Or wear it long! You pick :)

Go cut up an old soft shirt!

Look for another T-shirt scarf upcycle on Wednesday!

Much Love~

Meredith

Progress

How is crochet school at Craftyminx coming along?

Pretty good.

Not the best photo in the world, but whatevs

I think I'm getting the hang of it!

Much Love~
Meredith

A Halloween Costume

What kind of Halloween costume does this stack of materials make??

A Poodle Skirt of course!

The kiddo picked this as her costume this year. Thank goodness it was simple and SUPER easy to make!

the shadows are colors are kind weird right here...guess that's what I get for photographing at night! lol

I feel so relieved that I've got it done and I don't have to stress about a time crunch!

Next up, MY costume...

more on that to come...

Much Love~

Meredith

Shop Update

I opened an Etsy store at the beginning of the summer. I didn't have much to list, but I did it anyway. It's been a major fail. I've had no sales :( I'm actually kinda embarrassed to even write that. It has been a very discouraging summer for me. I can't say I'm completely surprised though. I didn't do much to promote it. I didn't add new items. I just put it out there and expected it to do it's thing...uh...what was I thinking? Then my busy time at work started and I just didn't have the time to devote to building my shop. Especially when I have been concentrating on building a blog. UGH! So much to do, so little time...story of my life. Well this has all been a nagging in the back of my mind that I'm stressing about. I'm in a position where I loathe my job almost every day (hope my boss doesn't read this) and I want to quit. But I can't do that financially. Mr Perfect is working on making some changes in his job situation, but until he does I'm stuck at my exhausting job. I would love nothing more than to be able to quit my job, but still help support our household through my blog and more specifically my shop. So I've been working my little tail off to revamp my shop! I took all new photos and listed more items. I have plans for some more items and different products to add here soon as well.

I would really appreciate some feedback from anyone that would be willing to take a look at the shop since I made the changes. Do you like it? Does everything look okay? Pricing okay? It's really great to have such wonderful support on my blog. I'm hoping to get some support for my shop as well. I've also thought about doing a giveaway on someone else's blog to get some exposure....email me if you are interested!!

Okay, so go check out the new, updated, hopefully more successful, shop!

Haute To Sew The Shop

Much Love~

Meredith

Crochet School

I stumbled upon Craftyminx today.
She's doing a crochet school on her blog for the month of October

AHHH!!

Look at all the awesome things I could make if I learned to crochet!

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Wanna learn to??

Go check it out!

  Much Love~Meredith