Fancy Cushion Cover

My friend said she couldn't find what she wanted for her cushions, so she asked me to make her two.  We went to Hancock's Fabrics and found something she wanted, and the best part? they were on SALE!!!!

Fabric and trim

First, I hemmed all the sides so that the side lay flat

 Now sewing the trim onto the hemmed sides

Onto the zipper

 First layer: hemmed side, Second layer: trim, Third layer: zipper

 then sewing the rest of the sides together with the trim

Very carefully sewing the corners

All done!!!! 

Upcycled Denim Cherry Bag

Since we have alot of unwanted jeans, i decided to make a bag for myself. But with only denim, i thought it would be a little boring, so i am also using a cute Cherries fabric

This is the finished product

First i measured and drew out the strips

 then cut them all out

then onto cutting the strips on the cherries fabric, and sewed them together

Made the lining

sewing the front and back denim pieces right side together

making a pocket for my cell phone

using the cherries fabric to bind the pocket

pocket sewn onto the lining

using the cherries fabric to bind the opening of the bag, with the lining.

 done

A little details

strap is made

using fleece, i am making magnetic cherries

the bag before sewing the magnetic cherries

Tada! Done

One Shoulder Dress

I have made dresses before, but they were for Halloween, so this one is my first REAL dress that i have ever made by myself.   A single shoulder dress with a very pretty fabric that i picked up at Hancock's on a clearance rack!

I am using McCall's pattern M6118, Tunic A without the bow. Here is a link for the pattern info. 

The dress has two layers, one is a layer of dark red fabric, a fabric i used for my Renaniance Fair costume last year, and a flowy patterned fabric that i am sewing onto the front. 

Here I was cutting my red fabric with the pattern pinned.

After cutting all the red pieces, i cut the flowy one

 

Now onto the sewing part.  Here i was sewing the shoulder band, front and back together without using the interfacing (i didnt wanna use interfacing for this dress)

 Then I sewed the front and back of the tunic together at shoulder and sides with the flowy front.  I skipped the gathering part.  the pattern says to gather the upper edge, but i wanted to be only folded a few times instead of the gather.

 

After that, i pinned the shoulder band to the tunic without using interfacing, so here, i did not follow the pattern. i just winged it.

Here i am sewing it together.

This is how it looked, without the bottom hem or the armhole done

Then onto the armhole

Bottom hem

 

The finished dress

All the while, i was watching my favorite show FRIENDS

Update:  Since i have made that dress, i kept thinking how i didnt like the neckline, so i ripped it all apart and redid it.  Instead of having four layers , i cut that in half and sewed onto the garment with right sides together instead of what the pattern told me to do (sew that neck piece just as a bias tape onto the garment). this way, my neckline is smooth and hugs my body.

The final product

My First Clothing Design - Tunic

This is the first dress design i have ever done. So please bear with me! :)

My poorly drawn design :p and the fabric i am using

 fabric cut out

sewing the two pieces together at sides

half way there

onto the sleeves, i wanted poofy sleeves

doing the neckline, which is square

using the same fabric to bind the neckline

the bottom of the sleeves

Sleeves are looking good

sewing sleeves onto the armholes

awww... isnt that just so cute? hehe

Sewing the elastic band to the hips

done

the outside

the inside

this is the finished product