Adorable BELT from a TIE?

Finally- I am playing with ties!
This was one of my first ideas... when I started this blog.

Here I am wearing it to work...
I really like the idea of a tie for a belt- but does it look homespun?? or just flat out strange??

Here is my tie-

ready to be made into something new- and adorable.

And two belt rings.

( I cut the old belt off- and made my headband-- you can see that HERE.)

Cut your tie- to the length you would like... and keep the fAT end to make your rose.

Fold over the belt rings and sew.

Then finish your cut edge-- by folding and sewing.

Next open up the FAT side of the tie-- and make a square piece of fabric.

(if you fold a triangle and cut the excess off... it makes a square.)

Then turn the fabric- right sides together and sew up two sides... (but don't back stitch- you are going to pull threads to gather into a Rosebud.)

Then turn it right-side out... and gather - by pulling one thread.

push the tip of the top of the "mountain"- into itself... and it makes a rose... see?

turn it over and I hand stitched the back together and shut.

It's not rocket science--- it doesn't have to look great either.

Then I placed it on my belt and hand stitched it to the belt.

 SEW simple!


I'll let you decide. if this belt is adorable or not.

I ultimately decided against this look (at my age) but younger gals might be able to pull this off!

My Headband Version

Remember Disney's adorable headbands made out of ribbon and doo-dads?

I found in a belt that had this adorable lace detail.

I cut it... measured my head

added some elastic

with my sewing machine- I used the zig-zag stitch to attach the elastic

Here is my headband.

SEW - simple

and

SO cute!

headbands

Adorable Headbands by Disney...

You can see her

tutorial

HERE

Turning Pants into a skirt!??!

Oh my- this sistah has got the knack!

To see a tutorial on how to make--

matronly pants become

an adorable ruffle skirt

go HERE

I am a bit sad-

I found her site- over the holidays...

and we could have been such blogging buddies!-

but she has retired from blogging.

Thankfully she left her site up!

She has so many great ideas!

SEW simple ideas!

Plan on me sharing them.... this month!

Another FAshionista

I found Kristina-

who is an amazing seamstress... designer/re-designer...

www.kristinaclemens.blogspot.com/




Her fashion style reminds me alot of Tessa.

The top pictures are kristina

and these pictures are Tessa

( here's tess 15-20 years from now....)

I think what draws me.... to blogs like theirs....

is they have FUN with their clothes.

I am very -- conservative and safe when I dress...

and that is FINE... there is nothing wrong with that....

but it's nice to

once in a while

to add a little whimsy...

I love the idea of re-vamping clothing! That is just being THRIFTY and FRUGAL...
and I LOVE being thrifty and frugal!

Happy New Year!

I know
I am a little late- on wishing everyone a happy new year.

I've been busy!
I made a totally adorable ruffle shirt- out of a T-shirt!

I found this idea HERE
she has great ideas on how to extend the life of clothing- especially for FAST growing young kids.

But my project was a white T-shirt...

actually it had a stain on the front too!

(because I really am just a big kid myself.)

I added a white ruffle down the front- but modified it a little.
My ruffles- only go half way down the shirt....

not all the way to the bottom seam.

It turned out REALLY cute.

Also I've been obsessed with flowers on shirts and sweaters.
We spent Christmas in Utah - where all things are FAD and FASHIONABLE and it seemed EVERYONE had some type of flower or ruffle shirt-- except me!

I'll post more-- later promise.

I just wanted to acknowledge-

It's a new year.I was a complete slacker - in December (as far as posting/blogging)

BUT I am back on board...
so let's dust off our Personal Progress books
and get crack-a-lacken!

OH- PS

So here I am - in the bathroom... taking a picture of my outfit... that I wore to interpret... (notice the ruffles on my shirt?).

I am interpreting a different class... so you will get pictures of different bathrooms now...

BUT- I snapped this quickly- and then realized there was SOMEONE IN THE BATHROOM STALL>>>

how creepy is that??...

to be using a bathroom and

hear a

{click}

re-making a necklace

Learn how to make an accordian/ribbon/pearl necklace at Megan's site.

(HERE)

This one seems a bit formal. But I thought with Winter Balls and dances coming up- maybe you'll be looking for some ideas... a bit more formal.

I just thought it was really creative.

Also I was thinking of experimenting with some faux (fake) pearls my son gave me a few years ago... with some ribbon that is thin and maybe a different color than white.

That might make it more casual?

I don't know-

It will be fun to try...