Chevy Headband Tutorial

Supplies needed:

2: 5x8" pieces of fabric
1: 1.5x3" piece of fabric
Headband
Glue gun/glue sticks



1. With right sides together sew around the rectangle leaving an opening (not shown). After sewing clip corners then turn inside out pulling thru opening.


2. Fold the small piece of fabric in thirds and iron.


3. Now you should have three pieces. All fabric pieces should be ironed.


4. Glue the opening closed.


5. Pinch bow together in the middle.


6. Put a dab of glue on headband and pinch bow to the glue.


7. Take the smaller strip of fabric and glue the center onto the center of the pinched bow.


8. Glue one side of the strip all the way around the side to the back of the bow.


9. Glue the other side around to the back as well but leave a tail.


10. Turn the tail under and glue down.



11. Glue the headband to the bow.


Done!

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Lilly Anna Kids: {Ruffled Denim Skirt Tutorial}

For this ruffled denim skirt you will need a long denim skirt (you can get these at Cato) and 4 pair of old jeans.






now on each pair of jeans I cut the front and backs of the legs




so now I have 4 sets of ruffles.....I alternated light and dark denim. I also sewed them with the WRONG side of the denim out because my son was kind of hard on the knees. ;)


then after I sewed each set of ruffles together I sewed a seam around the bottom of each ruffle so it would only fray so far


I made the top two ruffles a little bit shorter...tapered them


I also tapered the skirt down because my ruffles weren't very wide. Then you will arrange your ruffles to where they all fit. Using a ruler make a mark where you want to sew your ruffle. I use a ruffle to measure up from each ruffle so they are all sewed on evenly


pin the side seams of each ruffle to the side seams of the skirt


then I pinned the ruffle down in a "ruffled" fashion with pins then sewed it down. Its nearly impossible to "ruffle" denim the traditional way so we have to improvise


Continue in the same way with each ruffle and you're done!

Lilly Anna Kids {Fleece Rosette Legwarmer Tutorial}

Ok, here is the tutorial for the fleece legwarmers. Of course you don't have to put a rosette on it or you can put more than one......go crazy with it! Please note: my tutorials are for personal use only. I'm giving up my product patterns so that you can make beautiful things for the ones you love. Not to fill your shop with goodies. If you own a shop you should have your own products to sell and not have a need to use others ideas. ;)



First you will need to download the pattern. Right click on the picture and save it (only this pattern and this once!) then print it as a 8.5x11....thats what it's sized as.



cut out your legwarmers using the pattern above. Its just average size. You may need to adjust it. Make sure you cut on the fold. You'll need to cut 2 legwarmers and a strip of fleece about 1.5" wide by the width of the fleece (60")



hem the top and bottom of each legwarmer


now take your long strip of fleece and cut it in half and tie a knot in the end of each one


then you will start twisting and rolling it to make the rosette.



lay it on the legwarmer and sew it on






then sew up the back seam


and you're done!


Have fun!

Dolman {my style} Shirt Tutorial

I have this sweatshirt that I really liked the way it fit except I wished it were longer so I decided to attempt to use it for a pattern. The fabric I used in this tutorial is cotton which I don't recommend because it doesn't stretch or hang/fit well. Also I would make it longer than the one that I cut out. You can always make it shorter later. You can use a regular tshirt that fits you comfortably. You don't want it too tight, you can take it up easily if you need to. I'm adding a picture of how I cut one out for Bree using a tshirt. I think this would make a darling dress just cut it longer! I embellished some of mine as you can see below.







Lay your shirt on top of your fabric to use for a pattern. I cut one side (half) and then fold it over and cut the other side so they are the same....










cut the neck hole...don't make it too big..




sew where the yellow lines are....shoulders and sleeves/sides...


clip the curves under the arms...


now hem the neckline, sleeves and bottom of the shirt and you're done!