Renaissance Fair costumes

I cannot believe I do not have my VERY FIRST sewing experience on my sewing blog..... I am slacking! haha

I learned how to sew from my neighbor who sews Ren Fair costumes, and I was just tooooo eager to try my hands at sewing, so I made some costumes too...(really had no clue what i was doing)

Our Costumes

Why I love my embroidery machine

I got my first sewing machine almost 3 years ago, got my embroidery machine almost two years ago, and let me tell you, it's been a blast!

This is my baby Orchid (yes i name my machines) and look at her awesome functions!

Bucket Seat Cover

My husband has a few bucket seats lying around and he told me to recover one of the seats. I didn't think much of it since I thought he wanted it in one of our cars. 

Then he would come home everyday asking if I was done with it, i was confused why the sudden urgency.  Turned out he sold it without telling me, and he already got the money and he promised it would be recovered. OMG!

yea..... 

So I went to work on it......

But having never done anything like that before, I royally messed up the first time... (used a wrong fabric, so it wouldn't stretch one single bit to form fit the seat)

So I had to start over, very carefully un-stitched the old seat cover, and used those pieces as templates.

after a few days (felt like months though), it was getting there!

And Finally done!

DIY Glass Jar candle holders

I once saw on Pinterest about reusing a glass jar/mason jar.  Of course, I save my mason jar for making jam or kimchi, but i have TONS of other glass jars that I saved from spaghetti sauce to pickle jars.

So I made some into valentine themed candle holders.

They are soooo easy to make, you just have to try it

simply use mod podge (sold at hobby lobby, Micheal's, and major super-centers) to glue tissue paper onto the outside of the jars, then cut out whatever shapes with different color tissue paper and mod podge them onto the first layer of tissue paper. put whatever candles that fit inside them, u are DONE!

DIY cell phone charging holder

To continue my plastic bottle recycling theme, I created another charging station, this time for a cell phone.

The finished product

First, find a used and empty bottle, i used a Korean aloe juice bottle, and cut the top off

then cut two holes that will fit over a double outlet, then sand the edges to smooth

Either spray paint it, or mod podge fabric on the bottle

Here you are

The reason why it needed to have two holes, so the top can still be used and helps hold it in place

So if you have created something like this, i would love to see the end result!