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Whose little girl would love a pink ruffle skirt?
**What about a FREE hair flower?**
I have a goal to make 6 skirts, to support my friend Stephanie's running in the Marathon for a Cure.
100% of the purchase price will go to Stephanie's fundraising for her run.
Over the rest of January, every purchase of the Pink For a Cure Ruffle Skirt will be entered into a **giveaway** for the hairflower seen on the model in the listing. Stephanie made it, and let me tell you, it's gorgeous!
The Pink For a Cure Ruffle Skirt is perfect for Valentine's Day, as well as this upcoming spring!
Thank you for your support!
My friend Stephanie's grandmother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. In her honor, Stephanie has decided to run in the Marathon For a Cure, and needs to raise $1,100.
I am trying to help her raise the needed funds with a fun, pink design! It's also (appropriately) Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, so I felt this was the right time to help her out! Stephanie's daughter Izzy, is my model for this listing.
100% of the list price of this skirt will be going to support Stephanie's running in her grandmother's honor - your generous support is appreciated!
So here it is:
Pink - For a Cure!
I have a lot of new things listed in my shop
as I look forward to the upcoming holiday season!
Here are a couple of fun examples:
candy trees
holly & ivy pillow cover
Lots more to be found in my Etsy Shop, both now and in the upcoming weeks!
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Also - I am giving away a $40 gift certificate
through my Facebook Fan Page,
head on over and Like it for all the details!
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a new, one of a kind listing...
apricot tart
and now I'm in the mood to make this!
(photo by Taste of Home)
Does it break your heart when you get small holes or stains on your favorite tees?
Or when your daughter gets a big hole in her jeans - the unfashionable, not-distressed-but-just-plain-ugly kind of hole?
My heart breaks, too.
But I came up with a fun way to upcycle these items into one wearable, unique garment, and the following tutorial is for those of you who would like to try it for yourselves!
1. Prepare the jeans. Cut the legs off of the jeans, and cut an even line across from hip to hip. Try to lay the waistline the way it would naturally fall before you cut, with the front a bit lower than the back.
The spot at the bottom of the center seams in front and back will probably look a bit warpy, due to the way the legs of jeans are cut, but don't worry, it will work out later.
Have your daughter try on the top of the jeans, and measure from the bottom cut edge to where you want the skirt to fall. Add 1" to this measurement for seam & hem allowances. This will be your cutting measurement for the next step. (I came up with 15" for this measurement for my 11 yr. old)
2. Prepare the tees. Pick out a few tees with colors that work together. Depending on the size skirt you are making, you may be able to make one skirt from just two or three good size tees. (By using about 7 tees, I was able to make 3 different skirts at once.)
Cut off the bottom band from the shirt, and then cut strips 4" wide going up the shirt until you reach an unusable portion. Using a rotary cutter and mat is the cleanest, easiest way to do this.
If you want to cut out stains or holes, you can strategically cut your strips around these unwanted places. I also made use of the usable back portion of tees that had button down collars or emblems in the front, by cutting the backs into additional strips.
Take the newly cut strips, and cut them into the predetermined length you found in Step 1 (in my case, for this example, 15" strips). If the shirt had side seams, cut around them.
Arrange the strips in the order you think you'd like them to be sewn together around the skirt, rearranging as necessary till you like the order they're in.
3. Start sewing. Sew the strips together using one of two techniques:
a. wrong sides together, use the rolled hem function on a serger, stretching as much as you can as you go, to create a lettuce edge as you attach the two strips together. (this may take a practice swatch to get the hang of - use some of your leftover tee scraps to get it worked out before you start.)
b. right sides together, serging or using a regular sewing machine with a stretch stitch to attach the two strips together - this will yield a different look, with more clean seams that will be hidden inside the garment, if that's what you prefer
When you have used up all of your strips sewing them together, you'll have one big rectangle of vertical strips sewn together at their sides. Finish it off by hemming it as desired (rolled hem w/ lettuce edge, serge & stitch, or a zig-zag w/ standard sewing machine), and then attaching the edges of the end strips to each other to create a tube out of the rectangle.
(This example was an experiment, with seams facing outward, sewn using a rolled hem on a serger but without lettuce edge stretching.)
4. Attach the skirt to the jeans. Turn the skirt tube inside-out, to be able to put it right side against the right side of the jeans. Place the raw edges of the skirt's top edge and the jeans bottom edge against each other, and pin all the way around.
I needed to pleat the skirt a bit where each group of two skirt strips met, all the way around, to ease the fullness of the skirt to the jeans - this actually is cute, and adds a bit of flare to the skirt portion when it's finished.
Sew with a straight stitch on a regular sewing machine, giving a 1/2" seam allowance. Serge (or overedge) to finish the seam. Turn the whole thing right side out, and topstitch the skirt down with the seam turned up toward the jeans.
Voila'!
(I have assumed that those trying this tutorial have a basic understanding of sewing directions. If you need further help, feel free to contact me!)
UPDATE: I'm so excited to have Craft Gossip include this tutorial on their site!
I'm loving this color combination,
makes me want to throw a party with lots of fruity drinks!
Find them in my etsy shop...
This is such a busy time of year for me, with Easter orders and lots of activities with the kids, plus I went to the women's conference at church last week (amazing!) and am still playing catch-up after being gone!
a pile of ruffles from sewing this week:
and a new listing I just put up on etsy:
Strawberry Lemonade
a couple new listings for spring...
this one is a limited edition, I can only remake it exactly the way it's shown one time, because it's vintage lace on the bodice:
bluebell hill
and the coordinating rosette bloomers:
My computer has been giving me fits, not wanting to stay booted up for more than three minutes at a time, so I'm not having much time to get things done before it shuts itself down!
I did manage to edit the photos for my new China Dolls Skirt and Tank, and then listed them with the assistance of my kind husband's computer...
Skirt ~and~ Tank
Here's what I've been working on today, a birthday present for my nephew:
This boy lives, eats, breathes, dreams trains.
There are lots of train toys out there, but not a lot of train graphic clothing -
enter handmade.
I also wanted to mention that I have created a Facebook page for Sunnybrook Farm Designs! If you want to follow me on Facebook, click here, then click "like"!
the final piece in my "woodland" line,
so happy to finally have this one listed!
it's a custom piece - available in sizes 12m through 8 yrs.
find it here...
I'm having a big sale in my shop this weekend only!
$10 off all tops
$20 off all Lacy Lola Jeans (first time for
these to be on sale!)
Plus $5 maximum shipping regardless of the size of your
order!
Prices and shipping discounts are already marked down,
but will return to regular prices on Sunday night.
I've entered one of my Woodland tops in the EtsyKids design challenge for October - Woodland (now isn't that handy?)
If you have a moment, would you mind voting for me? My entry is #14. It's easy to vote, you don't have to enter any information or anything, just make your selection & push the vote button at the bottom! Go here to vote.
There are a lot of cute entries this month, and voting is really close, so every vote will help! Thank you!!
enchanting sparrows...
acorns and falling leaves...
berries and lace...
this is
[ woodland ]
~ two tops from my new line ~
plus new Lacy Lola Jeans, with more to come this week -
