The Crafty Dee Gee
So you're in a sorority - then it's time to craft
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Continuity
I told her that I liked purple, solid colors (no patterns) and that's about it. And she ran with it. The main colors she used were a dark purple, light purple and gold. If you are going to use more than four colors, I think using one accent color per item is best and then for a couple items here use accent color 1 and a few items there use accent color 2.
My crate, pin box and 'hope' sign were only the 3 main colors, using mostly solid dark purple and middle stripes of the other colors. My letters were the light purple and twine. My paddle was dark and light purple, gold, wood and twine. My ribbon board was light purple and gold.
Notice how if there is a variant of the three color combination, it was picked up somewhere else. There was twine in at least two items.
When I made gifts for my little, since I used sparkle spray paint once, I found a way to use it in another item to make it look part of the same collection. Using the same paints in all of your crafting is the easiest way to make a set of gifts look part of the same collection and a lot more professional.
Take care and do good,
Sarah
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
My Fabulous Skirt
So ignore the 'me' in the photo and just look at my skirt. I still want to alter the waistline to a more natural waist and not at my hips. There's also a cute bow that the picture doesn't show well. I'm still proud and I got an A.
Take care and do good,
Sarah
Monday, December 9, 2013
Sparkle Letters
For my little I wanted to make her cute wall letters and I wanted them to be a delta and gamma, not a DG. My own letters had twine wrapped around the bottom edge and I liked that. My little has a sparkly personality so I grabbed some spray glitter and went to work.
I spray painted the letters with the glitter spray which was a little different than the normal spray paint I'm used to. It was tricky getting an even coverage so I had to let it dry and put on two coats. I also paid attention to spraying the edges.
I had left over white fabric from her T-shirt and so I layered it over half of the letters. I had to cut the inside corners to allow the fabric to lay flat. I hot glued the fabric on the back. It took a lot because the fabric didn't adhere well.
I've attached a photo of mid-process step when I was making sure I had enough fabric. It was the only picture I took because of my crafting fail.
Take care and do good,
Sarah
I Made a Skirt
I've joked with my sisters that have seen my progress that I'm going to model the skirt around. They think I'm joking. Haha, jokes on you sisters. I am. I'm mega proud and I have to model it in class anyway so before I leave for class I plan on walking through the hallways saying, "Look at me sisters. Like my skirt? Oh ya - I MADE IT." Again, I'm really proud of what I've done in this class.
I'll post a picture of my complete outfit tomorrow but before that I'll include the instructions for how to insert a zipper. I think my teacher explained it really well for a person who has never done it before.
Baste stitch (the longest/loosest stitch you can make, it's not permanent) the seam closed (I overlapped my seam 1/8 inch)
Glue or hand stitch the zipper, having the zipper teeth following the baste stitch (the glue comes out with washing)
Using a zipper foot (it means change the metal foot on the machine so it has room for the zipper), stitch the zipper to the fabric
Using a seam ripper (you can buy them individually or they sometimes come in emery kits) remove the baste stitch
As my teacher makes sure my class knows, good pressing is good sewing - so iron afterward.
Take care and do good,
Sarah
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
My Little's Decoration
So I started with a coat of paint on my little's paddle. Then I added some other paint for definition. I positioned the crest, sparkle anchor and sparkle whale that way I could stencil in her name. When I was done with the second coats of paint I took a step back to see what else it needed. I had some small stick-on pearls that I thought about adding to the top and bottom but I quickly realized it'd be prettier all around the paddle. I felt like a jeweler setting stones because I used tweezers to take it off the plastic and stick it on the wood.
The paddle still needed something else. I had extra pearls and I had seen Braille done on other paddles so I decided to write her name in Braille using the pearls. I was finally happy with what I had made.
When I gave her the paddle she was really happy and liked it which made me feel great as her big.
Now I have to start making her a Christmas present....
Take care and do good,
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Greek Letters from Pinterest
Some of the ideas that I've gotten from these are actually fairly simple. A good coat of paint and a splash of color of bling can make cute letters. I would love to make blackboard letters and then draw on them with colored chalk. The rose letters I think would be mega cute with tiny cream rose buds on 4 inch letters, perfect for setting on a desk.
The cutest, but will probably never happen, letters are what I call the knitted letters. I love how homey they look and the possibilities are endless for what yarn color you use.
Anyway big/little reveal went great and my little loved all her gifts (I was so busy making them I forgot to take pictures for the how to #CraftingFail).
Take care and do good,
Sarah
Source: I planned on adding links to the how-to pages...but like a complete fail I exited out and couldn't find them again, sorry!
Sunday, September 15, 2013
A Dream Girl's Dream Catcher
To add a feather, take a cut piece of string and tie a knot at the base. Loop the string through the feather's hole and bring the string to the back to tie in a double knot. Cut off the excess string.