It is -24 today with a windchill that makes it -33...so in order to get through this with no mental damages, I have decided to keep busy with my sewing and creating for my spring clothes, if spring ever comes that is!!
I must tell you, that I have been checking out tons of sewing blogs, trolling for new ideas. And of course, it helped that this weekend I got a great deal on a few t-shirts (bargain prices!!) that I can play with without feeling guilty. I also got a new shipment from Stampin' Up, which included a new blossom die which is (no pun intended) to DIE FOR!!
So here is a sneak at my new die, yummers, no??
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| Sneak a peek!! |
The new die has these beautiful flowers, oh my they definitely look wonderful and are a good size, none of these puny baby size blossoms here! Well, maybe a couple....
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| So the shirts I used for this particular project were 40% off the lowest price. |
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| Notice I got 2 shirts in 3XL (I am a XL, but wanted the extra fabric for what you'll see. | |
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I took the pink one, cut off the sleeves and removed about 5 inches off the bottom. I also took it in quite a bit under the arms, and left it fuller at the hips. I have a wider bottom so I don't like my tops to fit tight along there, usually they are too big for me at the shoulders, so I normally take them it at the arm pits anyhow.
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| I then took the sleeves and cut as many flowers as I could out of them, both in the small and large. |
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| I layered them (3 large petaled and one small for the big ones) and hand sewed them together, then pinned them onto the top using my wonderful dummy body. |
Lucky for me, I have this really great plus size body form (size 14, just my size!!) So I can try things on it and make sure they will fit me properly. Though I am a little shorter, this form works well because it allows me to pin and tuck where I need it most. I got it from a store for plus sized ladies (it was not easy finding one though, took a couple weeks), and covered it with vintage dictionary pages to hide the logo!
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| This is how they looked once I sewed them onto the blouse. |
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| I think it was so easy to just use my die cutter, the whole thing took me about 1 hour to make! |
So there you have it, my own blossom blouse....very much like the one seen
here for a lot more...
I quite like mine, for $3 plus time, worth it for sure!
Cheers and enjoy crafting,
Viviana
