tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274795612024-03-18T22:47:12.856-04:00Bouncing Buttons crafts making it simpleAmber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-35640470402407044322012-10-28T23:57:00.001-04:002012-10-28T23:57:39.759-04:00Rapunzel Party Part 2 The Food<br />
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Yesterday I talked all about the decorations so today I'll tell about the food. I decided not to serve all the creative "Tangled dishes" I found when I did a Google search for Rapunzel parties. I liked seeing so many creative movie inspired foods in my online searching. Honestly, I wanted to have a perfect Rapunzel party but my little girl had no interest in hazelnut soup. I couldn't find enough cast iron frying pans to use for serving plates AND I had a firm budget I had to work around. In the end, I decided to serve BBQ sandwiches, meatballs, and PB &J. We added chips, mac-n-cheese, veggie sticks, and pasta salad (mac-n-cheese and pasta salad some very kind friends brought to the party).</div>
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After picking the foods I could afford (and foods the b-day girl would eat) I knew I would need to "fancy up" my not so pretty looking foods. Hot foods were all in crock pots so I played around with ways to make pretty looking PB &J sandwiches. My 7 year old got lots of trial sandwiches packed in her lunch the week before the party. After lots of tries, I ended up liking a simple PB &J sandwich on white bread cut diagonally and dipped into colorful cake sprinkles. They were easy to make and I thought they looked pretty standing on a plate. I didn't have to make all the sandwiches. two of my friends put them together for me the day of the party (having helpful friends is the key when planning a party). </div>
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To make the food counter look like it went with Rapunzel theme I covered the counter in purple cloth, added a yellow skirt, placed paper flowers around, and made the jello boats. </div>
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For the treat table I made 3 kinds of cupcakes, lemon cookies, sandwich cookies. marshmallows dipped in chocolate and sprinkles, brownies, 100 cake balls/cake pops (my mom made them all for me), a lollipop topiary, a tower cake, and a candy buffet. This table looked yummy from all sides. I did go over budget with my cake/candy table. I made all the baked good myself (well, my mom make the cake pops and my husband made the lemon cookies) The candy part of the table quickly raised the cost but it was worth it. Even the adults seemed to enjoy this part of the party. I saved some money by making my own buffet jars and cake plates.</div>
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The tower cake... This was my love/hate part of the party planning. My daughter wanted a Rapunzel party with a purple dress, cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes, AND a TOWER CAKE! That is exactly how she responded every time I asked about her party. Purple dress was no problem. The cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes were simple enough to do. BUT! The Rapunzel tower cake? This part make me laugh, cry, cry some more, stomp in frustration, and pray. I wanted to make a tower cake out of doughnuts or pecan rolls. I found many online and they looked like something I might be able to make. Zehira didn't like them. I begged and bribed her but she would not budge. She wanted a tower cake it had to be cake and a tower. I asked her if a tower out of Rice Krispy Treats would be okay for her cake and she LOVED that idea! I made several Rice Krispy towers a few weeks before the party trying to figure out how to build a nice tower. They kept falling over! It was funny at first but after the third one fell over I started to cry when I saw them fall. I tried adding cake dowels for supports. I skipped the butter one time (I read that would make it stronger but for me it only made a big mess in my cooking pot). I crushed up the cereal before making the Rice Krispy Treats.... All of my early tries fell down. The day before the party I made up another batch of Rice Krispy Treats. I crushed up some of the cereal (smushed with my hands) before mixing them in the pot. I used one cake dowel in the center of the cake. I firmly pushed the rice treats onto the cake plate and around the dowel. This was the key to getting it to hold. I really had to squeeze the treats to mold them firmly in place. I crushed the treats with firm hands to make sure it was stuck on the place and the dowel. I then melted white chocolate and covered the tower. Once the chocolate was cool it held the tower firm. I used an ice-cream cone covered in chocolate (colored purple) to top my tower. I used brown icing to add details. I tried to remember the cake decorating classes I took many years ago when I added the ivy (leaf cake tip). The sugar flowers are Wilton (found them in Walmart cake decorating section). My girl was happy with the end result. I feel I could have done a nicer job if I wasn't so frazzled from all the other sample tower cakes falling. My three children had fun eating all my fallen towers weeks before the party. The cake sat on a wrought iron stand (I think it was for potted plants). I picked up the stand at the thrift store, I cleaned it up, and painted it purple . </div>
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This is my mom holding a cupcake with candles as we sang to the birthday girl.<br />
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I LOVE this photo (did I mention how important it is to hire a<a href="http://www.classaphotography.com/"> photographer</a>). <br />
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<a href="http://www.classaphotography.com/">Class A Photography</a> even captured the birthday wishing!<br />
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We ate cake (I'll explain why my daughter's hair is such a mess in my next post).<br />
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And we ate cookies and candy.<br />
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I have to thank <a href="http://www.classaphotography.com/">Class A Photography</a> for all the beautiful photos! <br />
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-51973489012326880892012-10-27T22:41:00.000-04:002012-10-27T22:41:04.805-04:00Rapunzel Birthday Party! Part One-tables set.<br />
Zehira is 5! She insisted on a Rapunzel party. Below is the only photo I took of her the day of her party (I'll tell you more about that in a bit). She's wearing her mama made Rapunzel dress. I ran out of time so I had to skip the ribbon ties on the front of the dress (I'll add them to the dress sometime this week).<br />
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It is so hard for me to believe my baby is 5! She told people for months "I've been 4 years old for a very very long time. Yeah, I've been stuck on 4 forever". She's no longer stuck on 4 and very happy to tell the world she's now 5. She had the "best day ever" (just like Rapunzel) she celebrated with family and friends.<br />
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Before I share all the party details I should thank <a href="http://www.classaphotography.com/">Class A Photography</a>, he did an AMAZING job capturing this special day! I suggest if you're planning a big party hire a photographer and do that FIRST before any other birthday plans! I WILL remember this for all my future parties. I had my camera and thought I'd take photos myself. I was party planning on a budget and own a nice camera so I thought DIY photos wouldn't be too hard (I was wrong). I was so busy the night before and the day of the party (I was a walking zombie running on 2 hours of sleep the day of the party) I would have struggled taking my own photos. I don't think I would have had time parties move at such a fast pace I never had a chance to finish my sandwich. Trust me this will happen to you if you go as DIY crazy as I did! I snapped under 10 photos with my camera (all before the party started) around photo #10 my camera battery went dead! I was heartbroken and frazzled to say the least. Mike Maxwell saved the day for me. Mike is the father of 3 children at the party and he jumped right in to save the day for me (I will forever be grateful for all his hard work). OH! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/classaphotography?fref=ts">He's on facebook</a> so go take a look! He's from NEPA if your wondering.<br />
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This was a very big DIY party (reason I'm posting it to my "craft blog"). I made over 200 paper flowers to decorate tables, chairs, and walls. The photo below shows some paper purple and yellow flowers with pink paper roses in a jar.<br />
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I made centerpieces from twigs painted white, with paper flowers attached, stuck in a mason jar. My cousin tied paper flowers and some tulle on the back of every chair (having helpful friends and family is the key to a good DIY princess party).<br />
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The hats I made from scrapbook paper. I had some Martha Stewart velvet baby paper on hand. I turned the velvet baby prints to the inside of the hat to use the solid, stripe, and dot side of the paper (used what I had to keep cost down). I made them a lot larger than normal party hats. I embellished hats with tulle and or tissue paper. A friends daughter decorated small picture frames (with window markers) to label who the table was set for. <br />
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A large table for kings and queens (parents) <br />
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a candy/cake table<br />
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And a gift table. I wanted to have a skirt on this table but I ran out of time. <br />
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I have so many more photos I think I need to split this party into a few parts. The party decorations were very thrifty (but took forever to make). I spent under $20.00 on tissue paper. To make my flowers I made them just like the jumbo flowers but I cut the paper packs in quarters so I got 4 flowers to every ($1.00) pack of tissue paper. I then cut the fourths in fourths to make the tiny flowers on the back of chairs and on the twigs ($.25 a piece). The tiny flowers I made 16 out of ever pack of tissue paper. Some flowers I didn't put as many sheets of paper in and that gave me even more flowers for the money. <br />
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The tulle I bought online by the bolt and the same for the table coverings. Hats I made with what I already had. I love how it turned out. Tomorrow I will blog about the food and candy buffet. <br />
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-22658763460192369462012-05-29T23:17:00.000-04:002012-05-30T23:20:29.763-04:00More DressesAre you getting sick of looking at dresses yet? I hope not because I have more to share with you. I will have summer clothes other than dresses ready to share by next week (I can't put it off much longer my girls need things for summer).<br />
This purple dress is one of my favorites! I'm not a fan of the color purple BUT purple always looks so nice in photos. <br />
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I put this Dreaming Daisy Princess Dress on Pinterest a few weeks ago and over night it got over 100 repins and 50 likes all by people I've never met before! I was speechless!<br />
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Here's the daisy dress on my older daughter (she'll be 7 in a couple weeks). Demi hasn't been my model much lately because she's in school most of the day. She helps me design at night. I'm sure when schools out I'll have a lot more photos of her wearing mama made dresses.<br />
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I do have more princess dresses made (I went crazy creating lots of different styles). I thought I had photos of my dresses in one file on my computer but I see I'm wrong. I'll share them soon.<br />
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-40819606657486096242012-05-28T21:39:00.000-04:002012-05-29T17:13:47.044-04:00New princess dress designsHello, have you missed me? I've been very busy sewing. I gone princess crazy and created a line of one of a kind princess, birthday party, tea party, flower girl, play in the mud dresses (yes my girls play in the mud in satin tutu dresses). My girls are very happy with me right now! I'm having so much fun designing, sewing, and photographing dresses. Honestly, I LOVE making dresses for my little girls. I hope they let me do this forever! They both love wearing dresses that they helped design. I hope they keep a love for designing dresses. If they asked me for store bought dresses I'd be heartbroken. Here are some photos of what we've been making. <br />
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I love the little train on the back of this blue dress.<br />
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-86456347142603347102012-04-20T21:47:00.000-04:002012-05-28T21:43:40.721-04:00Princess dressesI've been busy designing and sewing princess dresses. My girls helped me design a tutu dress that will fit girls of all sizes, not itchy, and it's modest (not see through like other tutus). I LOVE how they turned out! Here are a few of them.<br />
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-29371386297706351802012-02-26T16:45:00.000-05:002012-02-26T16:50:01.429-05:00January Finished Project Mosaic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Top Row- Beige Driving Cap, Gray Dress, Junebug Remix Dress, Leather Driving Cap, Junebug Dress, Gray Sweater<br />
Middle Row- Leather Messenger Bag, Fixed School Skirt, Dress Coat, Black Golfing Cap, T-Shirt Leg Warmers, Polka Dot Dress<br />
Bottom Row- Denim Driving cap, Sweater Leg Warmers, Sweater Pin, Golfing Cap With Stripes, Hello Kitty hat, Striped Leggings<br />
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I made about the same amount of things for each child. I blogged Demi got two more things than Zee but I didn't blog everything I made. It looks like Zee got the nicer dresses... The girls share a lot of clothes so I feel I was fair and spread my crafty/sewing time even between all my kids. I can't promise it will stay that even (my son doesn't like many mama made things but I might be on a roll).<br />
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-77060975113048419052012-02-25T23:42:00.000-05:002012-02-25T23:42:11.956-05:00A lot of party dressesI was asked by a member of my husband's family to make a bunch of party dresses. It took me 7 days of crazy sewing to get them done but I was able to finish in time. I finished a few days before the party so she could look them over and try them on to see if they would all fit the girls. <br />
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I can't believe I made 12 dresses in 7 days of sewing! It wasn't an easy thing for me to do. I sew every day so I think I'm quick with a sewing machine but this project didn't go quick enough. I felt that my family needed something from me every time I sat down at my sewing machine. I'm sure my family felt that I didn't have any time for them. That was hard for me to live with.<br />
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I suggest if anyone asks you to sew 10-12 dresses in under 12 days you take a few minutes to think about it before saying yes. I'm not saying you need to say no... BUT thinking about it before saying yes is smart (I never said I was smart). If I ever did this again it would have to be for a close friend!<br />
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They are not the most spectacular set of dresses I've made but I feel good that I was able to get them sewn in 7 days.<br />
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I learned a lot with this project! I've made 4 dresses in one day a few times in the past but thinking I could make 3-4 every day was bad judgement. In the future I need to remember my children will only give me a full day to sew 4 dresses IF I spend the day before AND the day after giving them all of my attention. That does not help at all when you have to make more than 4 dresses to make up in a rush. I need to remember that I spend almost as much time adding decorations as I do sewing. The dresses look very simple but all of that cutting, pinning, and stitching satin and taffeta fabric takes time. They slip so easy you have to take your time. the dresses are cotton so they went together quicker than the trims. I also forgot how long it takes to sew on buttons. I need to remember that everything takes a lot longer than it should when I'm making something for someone other than my kids. My kids never care if I use the serger on the inside seams. I'll be honest and tell you some of my kids dresses don't have the zipper tacked down at the bottoms. My kids don't care if I have a dozen threads hanging from the dresses. Corners like that can't be cut when I'm are sewing for someone other than my kids!<br />
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-43622120609047679722012-02-16T23:19:00.000-05:002012-02-16T23:19:43.854-05:00Zee's Dancing DressI have to tell you my reason for going MIA is I got busy doing stuff for Valentine's Day. I wasn't done with that when I got a call to make 10 princess dresses for a little girl's princess birthday party. I have less than 2 weeks to make them! I did finish my last dress for the Project Run and Play sew at home challenge. The challenge is your signature look. I know people who know me and my sewing in real life know princess/dancing dresses are my signature look. I love making them and that is what my girls ask me to make every day.<br />
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I made a red chiffon tie that adds a large bow to the back of the dress and 3 large red flowers to the front. I added another red flower to the shoulder. <br />
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I made this for Demi but she gave it to Zee. It's so nice that my girls share with each other.<br />
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She loves her new dancing dress so much. That make me so happy.<br />
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Do you ever have to whip up something late at night for school the next day? I always seem to have this happen. This story is how an ice skating school trip had me sewing late one night. My kids got to go ice skating with the school because they both made A level honor roll. I was happy they got to go on this fun school trip. BUT! I was worried about Demi's little legs (silly me never thought to worry about this until after midnight the night before). The school requires girls to wear dresses/skirts even on school trips. I thought her legs might get cold skating on the ice all day so I made her some very warm striped leggings. <br />
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I made them out of a striped sweat shirt (XL men's shirt) so they're thick and warm. I made them wide in the leg so she would have lots of room to move around (fall down and get back up on the ice). The striped leggings with this red sweater dress was a warm comfy outfit to play on the ice. <br />
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This dress is one of the 7 Christmas dresses I made my girls (yes that's right I made SEVEN "Christmas dresses" for my 2 girls). This dress was originally made for her to wear to the school Christmas party. She needed to wear a dress that she could run and play active games in. This simple ribbed knit dress fit the bill (I made it in under 30 minutes from a ladies turtleneck sweater). It is a no frill dress because I had to follow the school's (no frill) dress code. The dress looks nicer with a belt but I thought a belt might bother her ice skating so she wore it like this to go skating.<br />
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Keep reaching for the stars Demi (I have no idea what she's doing in the photo above but to me it looks like she's reaching). I'm sorry I had to go back to Jan. when I have so many other things I need to blog about from this month. It bothered me that I couldn't make an even mosaic with the projects I blogged about last month so this makes it all nice and even for me. Thanks for being so understanding. I will make 2 more pairs of leggings from that men's shirt soon. I can make 3 or 4 pairs of leggings out of an XL men's shirt. I like projects like leggings because they only take 10-15 minutes to do. I feel so much better knowing I can check Jan. off my to list. Now I need to find time to blog all the things I've made the last 9 days in Feb.<br />
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-62073982607269035082012-02-03T08:54:00.000-05:002012-02-04T18:09:10.033-05:00Mustard Party Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I saw a very pretty yellow sundress at<a href="http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses/yellow-gorgeous-dress"> ModCloth. It's called Yellow, Gorgeous! Dress </a><br />
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This is my version of the dress for my 4 year old.<br />
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Cap sleeved, rolled hem, gathered skirt, waves of ruffles, with brown thread top stitching.<br />
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Accessorized with brown ribbed knit tights, polka dot tie at waist, and burgundy rosette necklace.<br />
Please forgive the poor quality photos. I have been so short on time everything is rush, rush, rush right now. <br />
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I will post a tutorial on how to make the necklace sometime next week.<br />
I know I still need to post the tutorial for the messenger bag... I promise I will get caught up soon.<br />
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-60134840167928418962012-02-03T08:30:00.000-05:002012-02-03T08:30:07.307-05:00Dress coatOnce again I'm a bit behind. Life at my house is a bit out of our normal routine but I think I'm getting it back on schedule. I made this coat last week for Project Run and Play (at home competition). I didn't have enough free time to blog about it. I hope to take some nicer photos over the weekend but if I don't get around to it at least I blogged another finished project (even if the photos are kind of crappy). <br />
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This coat was made from two layers of corduroy.<br />
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Coat details- I made a very large peter pan collar, flared sleeves, covered buttons, with a below the knee gathered skirt. <br />
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I had lots of fun dusting off one of my embroidery machines (I forgot how fun it is to embroider).<br />
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OH! It's reversible. Here is the reverse side.<br />
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The newsboy cap I made using <a href="http://www.clevergirl.org/2010/02/191-read-all-about-it-newsboy-cap-free.html">this free pattern.</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/signup.php" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Free Site Counter" src="http://counter.rapidcounter.com/counter/1147481229/break1"; ALIGN="middle" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="2"></a><script src=http://counter.rapidcounter.com/script/1147481229></script><br><a style="font-size:12" href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/" target="_top"><font style="font-size:12"color="#666666">Free Site Counter</font></a>
</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-31959677726013683442012-01-24T23:11:00.000-05:002012-02-17T07:40:15.505-05:00DRIVING/GOLFING CAP SEWING PATTERN AND TUTORIALDo you remember the Driving Cap pattern I made for Travis a few weeks ago?<br />
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I finished writing up the directions. I'm sorry I only have the pattern in one size right now. I will post other
sizes soon as I get some free time (this week is full of craziness at
my house). This pattern should fit a child 8-13 years old or a man with a smallish
head (I don't think it will fit on a big head). It should fit a 21-22 inch head just right (using 1/4 seam allowance). My 4 year old daughter has an 18 inch head and it is loose on her.<br />
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To make a hat like this you will need<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B4BulvALNhunZjYzM2U4ZGQtNGFiNi00ODhkLWFjMmEtNDBlMTk4ODlkMzg3&hl=en_US">The pattern </a><br />
A small amount of fabric for hat (thin fabric will need iron-on interfacing).<br />
A small amount of fabric for the lining (you can use the same fabric you cut for the outside of the hat).<br />
A small amount of very stiff interfacing (you can use plastic food trays, plastic file folders, or a in this case a cereal box will work).<br />
Other than that you will need the pattern, scissors a sewing machine, needle and some thread.<br />
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This sample I've made from an old suit. The lining was cut from the same suit. A cereal box was used for the brim interfacing. It cost me $0 to make.<br />
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Print out the <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B4BulvALNhunZjYzM2U4ZGQtNGFiNi00ODhkLWFjMmEtNDBlMTk4ODlkMzg3&hl=en_US">pattern</a> and tape together lining up the registration marks. <br />
I like to use masking tape or painting tape because you can reposition without tearing the paper.<br />
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When you snip along the corner registration marks and tape them together you should end up with a nice circle in the center like this.<br />
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Cut out pattern and you should have something that looks like this (my lining looks wrinkled because it isn't new fabric it's out of an old suit).<br />
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You can buy real interfacing for a hat. It is often called buckram. Joann fabric sells it <a href="http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pageName=search&flag=true&PRODID=prd23659">here</a>. I have bought it at Walmart a few times they don't always have it but when they do it's cheap (but I don't think they call it buckram). It looks like regular interfacing but it is rougher, very thick, and stiff (just like a ball cap). I don't know if you can see how thick it is from this photo. Seeing it so bent makes me regret the way I've stored it but it still works fine.<br />
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If this is your first try at making a cap or if you're making it for a costume you can skip the trip to the fabric store and use plastic from a food tray (like the large plastic fruit/cookies trays and lids), plastic file folders, or even a cereal box. You can double or triple the layers to make it as stiff as you like. I have some cardboard brims that held up for years and I've had some made from buckram only last a few weeks (depends on how destructive the child you give it to is). To keep this a free project I'm using my empty box of Post cereal for the brim.<br />
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I think this hat will hold up for a very long time (a few years). Travis puts normal wear on his hats. If this was for Demi, my middle child, I don't think a cereal box brim would hold up very long (she breaks 3 necklaces a week).<br />
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Here is my stiff interfacing layer.<br />
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Now we're all cut and ready to put this cap together. First I like to put a pin, in the center front, on the cap top piece.<br />
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And a pin at the center on the side piece.<br />
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Lay right sides together lining up the pin in the center and pin both layers together at that spot.<br />
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This part isn't really tricky but it's hard for me to explain. Look at the two purple pins below. <br />
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Match both of them up.<br />
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pin together like so.<br />
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Take your time and pin all around. Do this for both the hat fabric and the lining.<br />
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To me it looks like a giant baby shoe. <br />
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Pin the flaps together (the large V shape on the Top cap piece). Do this for the hat and lining layers.<br />
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With right sides together pin the brim pieces together.<br />
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Sew around you hat. Be careful to keep fabric layers smooth around the curves. Sew around your lining being careful to keep layers smooth around the curves. Sew around the outside brim. Snip all around your seams, use pinking shears, or cut right along seam without cutting into the seam. <br />
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For this hat I cut with pinking shears because I knew it would photograph better.<br />
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Flip lining right side out and stick it into the hat keeping the hat wrong side up (right sides are now touching each other).<br />
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Flip brim right side out and stuff in your interfacing.<br />
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I like to stuff it in REAL TIGHT. You will need all that extra room to sew.<br />
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I often put pins in to hold the interfacing down in place.<br />
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Put brim in place between the cap and lining and pin around (I went pin crazy with this hat).<br />
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Double check to see you've got all 4 layers of fabric around the brim pined in place. If one of the brim layers slips down you will have a big hole in your hat.<br />
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Sew around the cap leaving a 3 inch opening in the back to turn the hat. Then turn the hat right side out being careful not to wrinkle or fold your brim.<br />
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Turn in your rough edges on the back opening and pin closed. Top stitch all around or at least from brim on one side around to the brim on the other side (the area over the brim doesn't need to be top stitched because the cap and brim get sewn together over the brim).<br />
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Sew the brim and top of cap together by hand with just a few stitches.<br />
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Then go wake your boy up to snap a picture so you can call this project finished. You might not want to do that but I felt to finish this tutorial up I had no choice (He's such a good sport bed head and all).<br />
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Then make one out of a beige fabric.<br />
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Make one out of leather (matching messenger bag tutorial I'll get posted in a few weeks when life slows down for me).<br />
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Make one out of a pair of jeans. This shows how this hat pattern will fit on a 4 year old.<br />
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Here is a cap made from cotton fabric with stripes.<br />
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Make sure you line up your stripes when cutting the pattern. Please ignore the very wet hair on my son (he was getting ready for school).<br />
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I hope you have as much fun making Driving caps or Golfing caps as I did.<br />
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My favorite. is the leather one with the cool looking worn/dark marks on the top (hat on the left in above photo). My son loved the beige hat at first (he picked out that fabric) but after a few days he decided the denim cap was his favorite. That is until tonight when I gave him the one made from a suit (that's now his new favorite).<br />
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Only the cap in the tutorial was made using a cereal box but I think they will all hold up about the same amount of time (this wasn't my first time using cereal box for brim interfacing). <br />
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When working with leather I use a walking foot, a leather needle, a stitch length of 3.5, and a bit of plumbers Teflon tape on my sewing machine.<br />
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disclaimer this pattern was drawn in the PatternMaster Pattern Editor and posted with permission from <a href="http://www.wildginger.com/">Wild Ginger Software, Inc</a>.<br />
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If you have any questions feel free to write me. I usually try to take my time to write tutorials but this week is such a mess I feel like I have to rush this and hope for the best.<br />
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com213tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-81912274263268107762012-01-19T22:52:00.000-05:002012-01-20T21:17:53.923-05:00Sock Hop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This week we're on our way to the Sock Hop. I made it for this weeks <a href="http://projectrunandplay.blogspot.com/">Project Run and Play</a> week 3 Sewing through the Decades challenge. I designed this pattern using <a href="http://www.wildginger.com/products/patternmaster.htm">Child's Play software</a> I love using CP software when I don't have time to draft my own pattern (I think it's so worth $125.00 to make any type of pattern you want for kids clothing when you can't draft by hand). I did have to draft the scallops by hand because the program doesn't have a large scallop hem choice.</div>
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In the photo above if you notice a small spot of the pink showing on the back left side hem and an odd scallop in front of it. That spot is not an unfinished area or mistake on the dress. Zehira's hand is pushing in the dress and underskirt making it look off in that spot (my cousin told me it looks like a mistake). I'll post a photo of the hem laying flat soon as it is washed. Sorry, I was in such a rush I didn't notice that in my photos (I was more upset over the ugly shadow in the picture). <br />
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Zehira LOVES her new dress. She danced around the house all day today.<br />
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The sweetheart neckline on the polka dot print feels so 1950s to me.<br />
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I added a chiffon scarf around her neck. The sleeves are simple cap sleeves with piping along the hem to give them shape.<br />
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A circle skirt with a scalloped hem.<br />
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I cut up an adult turtleneck sweater to make a cardigan with lace trim, 3/4 length sleeves, and a button-lace loop closure.<br />
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I added a green polka dot scarf to her long ponytail.<br />
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I made a 1950s sweater pin from some charms, a chain, and some findings (all bought at Walmart). <br />
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The sweater fits more snug when worn with jeans or with this dress minus the underskirt that's hid under the dress. She can wear the sweater with anything (good news in my drafty house).<br />
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I am very happy with how it turned out. I'm sad that I didn't finish making all the things I had started. I wanted to finish saddle shoes and bowling bag purse to finish this look. I also have to finish a poodle skirt, dress top, and leather coat for my other daughter. AND a wool skirt, a stiff crinoline, and cardigan sweater that I also have started to go with this 1950s challenge. Honestly it might take me a week or two to finish all the things I have started... I think I will put them all to the side for now. I will stop sewing for a bit to get that drivers cap pattern posted (the ones I made last week). I can go back to 1950s sewing later on (so much for my promise to not leave any WIP around). I hope you all had as much fun sewing this week as I did!<br />
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I've been making a lot of crochet hats over the last few months. I like to crochet but only one or two projects a year then I'm ready to put away my hook and get back to sewing. I don't like making the hats that much because it takes a full day to make one and my hand hurts for the next day or two after I finish. As I've been making all the hats for friends (and friends children) my kids kept asking when I was going to make them a sock monkey, hello kitty, or bear hat. This weekend I couldn't put it off any longer I had to make Demi her hat. Today was hat day at my kids school. Neither of my kids wanted to wear the large stack of hats they already own. Travis had the 3 new hats I made him last week to pick from. Demi wanted a Hello Kitty hat. Last night I stayed up very late to finish this hat.</div>
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She was a very happy girl this morning. <br />
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I have a few more hats to finish for friends before I can put away my crochet hooks for the year. The hats are so simple you don't need a pattern at all. Just crochet around increasing until it is wide enough to fit a child's head. Keep going around until it's long enough. Then add yard tassels to braid, a few buttons, simple ears, and a bow. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/signup.php" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Free Site Counter" src="http://counter.rapidcounter.com/counter/1147481229/break1"; ALIGN="middle" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="2"></a><script src=http://counter.rapidcounter.com/script/1147481229></script><br><a style="font-size:12" href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/" target="_top"><font style="font-size:12"color="#666666">Free Site Counter</font></a>
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Free hat pattern and tutorial can be <a href="http://schoolnsuch.blogspot.com/2012/01/drivinggolfing-cap-sewing-pattern-and.html">found HERE</a>.<br />
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Honestly, I didn't think I would get this done. It was a hard sewing week! I worked on making a drivers cap pattern most of the week. I had plans to make a wool winter coat, a messenger bag, a hat, slippers, a pair of jeans, a shirt and a vest. I could have done it all if I stuck with patterns (boo hoo, boo hoo). I ended up making 3 drivers caps (one denim, one neutral fabric, and one of leather) along with a messenger bag.<br />
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The cap pattern drove me crazy. Trying to get a nice fitting hat takes so much time. The good news is I finished it and once I tidy up the pattern I'll post a tutorial for it (sometime next week). <br />
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This hat is in the fabric Travis picked. I would LOVE to embroider on it but he won't let me.</div>
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Here's the denim cap.<br />
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Here's little sis wearing it (I forgot to snap a photo before Travis left for school).<br />
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After I got my pattern worked out I moved on to a messenger bag and another hat. The messenger bag was a must because my son lost the latch for his Lands'End messenger bag this week (I think a girl who likes him took it off his bag). Do your kids loose strange things when they go off to school?<br />
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Here is my boy at 6:30AM this morning with his new bag and hat (tired and glossy eyed from a cold).<br />
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The fabric for this project came from a thrifted leather coat. The leather is so nice and soft.</div>
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I LOVE how this bag turned out. It has two belts on the front to close the flap and a larger belt for the shoulder strap. <br />
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I lucked out on this because my original idea was to buy some thrifted belts and a leather coat to make a bag, the shoulder strap, and front closures. This leather coat came with one large and two small belts! Each wrist had a small belt making it the PERFECT coat for this project.<br />
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Another showing the large belt around the waist.<br />
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Here is a close up of how I used the small wrist belts on the messenger bag.<br />
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Late last night I was ready to call it a night after finishing the messenger bag but 24 Hour Catwalk came on TV and I felt energized. I felt like I could stay up all night and sew with the people on the show. Not only that but Mondo on Project Runway last night was wearing a leather driving hat! I felt like Mondo was telling me to make another hat in leather. He told me I could keep sewing and get it done before morning.<br />
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Last night I broke a LOT of needles. Breaking leather needles isn't an easy thing to do on a normal sewing day. Things broke, stuck, and jammed... I stole some of my husbands plumbing stuff out of his toolbox (I used some Teflon tape on my machine to use for a quick fix for the leather sticking problem). I had to make some rather crude sewing tools after midnight (hubby knocked over my sewing box and I was missing a few things). Do you know if you don't have that tool handy that lifts up your presser foot to sew over a bulky seam a small needle box will work in a pinch?</div>
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I'm very tired. I feel like I was in all the TV competitions I watched last night. I was sewing when Project Runway came on at 8:00 PM (last weeks show). I kept sewing during the new episode at 9:00 PM. I remember seeing 24 Hour Catwalk and Dance Moms. Then I saw both Project Runway All Stars again! I think I turned off the machine around 2:00-3:00AM. I'm feeling happy with what I've made but yet sad over what I couldn't get done. Instead of sewing the rest of the things on my "sewing for my boy" list I think I'm going to turn on sesame street and curl up on the couch with this child for a little morning nap.<br />
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Please forgive the very poor writing today. It's hard for me to think/write when I'm tired. <br />
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I forgot to write this was part of the sew at home <a href="http://projectrunandplay.blogspot.com/">Project Run and Play</a> week 2 boys week </div>
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BTW, I love this messenger bag so much I know I will be making myself one real soon! I plan to look for some leather more worn out and old looking to make myself a bag.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/signup.php" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Free Site Counter" src="http://counter.rapidcounter.com/counter/1147481229/break1"; ALIGN="middle" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="2"></a><script src=http://counter.rapidcounter.com/script/1147481229></script><br><a style="font-size:12" href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/" target="_top"><font style="font-size:12"color="#666666">Free Site Counter</font></a>
</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-74904459801053471012012-01-05T23:27:00.000-05:002012-01-06T11:31:36.006-05:00New/old skirt and more leg warmersMy MIL gave Demi a cute little school skirt. The skirt wouldn't fit her because she's so thin. I ripped it apart added buttons and a button hole to the inside waist band. I then ran some <a href="http://schoolnsuch.blogspot.com/2010/11/tutorial-how-to-make-your-own.html">DIY button hole elastic</a> inside the band and stitched it all back together.<br />
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I think it would have been faster if I made a new skirt from scratch, I think I sew faster making my own things. Does anyone else dislike mending store bought things? Maybe my problem is I don't like to work on something I didn't get to make? The up side is it is another finished project so I am a happy girl for finishing. Please forgive my poor photos. I have a hard time taking photos at 6:30 AM. I'm not a morning person. Lets pretend I didn't chop off her head in this photo.<br />
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I also made a pair of leg warmers. I made them from a sweater.<br />
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I'll make 2 more from the same sweater another night. I added a lace and button bow to dress them up.<br />
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I made a crazy amount of leg warmers back in Nov. I didn't make any of them to fit the school dress code (I started making them for Sat. dance class) my girls love to wear them (they are dress/skirt wearing chicks). I think by the end of this month I might have a stack of school wearing leg warmers as big as the leg warmer collection I made in Nov. My girls will have warm legs this winter. I'm starting to worry the dresser and closet might explode before warm weather come back.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/signup.php" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Free Site Counter" src="http://counter.rapidcounter.com/counter/1147481229/break1"; ALIGN="middle" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="2"></a><script src=http://counter.rapidcounter.com/script/1147481229></script><br><a style="font-size:12" href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/" target="_top"><font style="font-size:12"color="#666666">Free Site Counter</font></a>
</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-80644204540064037092012-01-05T22:31:00.000-05:002012-01-05T22:31:39.862-05:00Junebug RemixI'm finished! Yes, I finished adding the trim to my Junebug remix dress last night. I enjoyed doing this weeks at home sew along contest at <a href="http://projectrunandplay.blogspot.com/">Project Run and Play</a>. I'm calling this dress the Once Upon A Junebug Dress. <br />
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It's the Junebug dress in a fairytale. <br />
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I didn't change much on the bodice pieces to the <a href="http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/">Junebug pattern</a>. I put the bodice front behind the bodice sides. I added 1 diamond gem button to the top of each side. I left off the other 4 buttons off because the bodice sides hold the dress in nice and snug. I made the sleeves about 1 inch longer than the pattern. For the skirt I made it full length and added lots of ruffles to the front.<br />
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To finish it off I added lace down the sides <br />
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I added a removable silk flower with a button center later today (that's why some photos have a flower and some don't).<br />
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The fabric is vintage and sweet perfect for a storybook princess. This dress was made from a full size sheet (picked up for $1 at thrift store). Yes! That's right this a $1.00 gown! Well $1 dress with $4 of lace added to it (total cost $5.00). My girls both love it. Here's a photo of Demi (my 6 year old) wearing it.<br />
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I have to make another so they don't have to share. Zehira (my 4 year old) wore it to bed tonight. I was going to stop her but after remembering the dress is a sheet I decided for tonight I let her wear it to bed. I might have to make her a new dress tomorrow to get this one off her body so i can wash it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/signup.php" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Free Site Counter" src="http://counter.rapidcounter.com/counter/1147481229/break1"; ALIGN="middle" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="2"></a><script src=http://counter.rapidcounter.com/script/1147481229></script><br><a style="font-size:12" href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/" target="_top"><font style="font-size:12"color="#666666">Free Site Counter</font></a>
</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-9904114773418490652012-01-04T16:10:00.002-05:002012-01-04T19:20:43.432-05:00leg warmers<span style="font-size: large;">I'm trying to finish up my Junebug dress remixbut I don't have it done yet (I'm adding some trim tonight to finish it up). I hope to have photos of that tomorrow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made small flowers to pretty them up a bit. I hope the extra layer on her little legs helps keep her warm. I will make some more over the next few days. They only took about 5 minutes to make.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made them thinking the top would have a fold down cuff and a flower at the top. Demi decided to flip them and wear cuff at the bottom and have the flower on her ankle. I hope the school is OK with the flowers (if she wears them the other way the flowers will hide under her skirts).</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/signup.php" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Free Site Counter" src="http://counter.rapidcounter.com/counter/1147481229/break1"; ALIGN="middle" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="2"></a><script src=http://counter.rapidcounter.com/script/1147481229></script><br><a style="font-size:12" href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/" target="_top"><font style="font-size:12"color="#666666">Free Site Counter</font></a>
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My first sewing project of this year is the gray dress on the left in the photo below. I wanted it to be done before christmas but after getting the smaller dress for my youngest finished I came down with a high fever and was not able to finish the second dress (yes, I was sick Christmas Eve and Christmas day this year). I made most of this dress on Dec 31 but it wasn't finished until Jan 1 (around 1:00AM AND I was snipping the threads at 8:00Am). have plans to make cute sweaters to go over the dresses so they can wear them without shirts under the dresses this winter but I worry if I wait until the sweaters are done I might forget to share a picture. I wish this photo was nicer but I took it after a night with little sleep (New Years Day) and after a long day at church (we left for church at 9:45AM and didn't get back until around 2:30PM).</div>
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Here is project #2 it is the <a href="http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/2011/07/junebug-dress-sew-along-part-1-pattern.html">Junebug dress free pattern over at <span style="color: black;">craftiness is not optional</span></a> I wanted to try out the pattern so I can give the remix challenge over at <a href="http://projectrunandplay.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-finally-here-day-1-of-project-run.html">Project Run and Play</a> a try later this week. <br />
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I made this dress out of an old sheet. It can be a play dress or a nightgown. I'm not crazy about it but Demi LOVES it.<br />
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I didn't add the elastic in the sleeves yet (Demi took off with it before I had a chance). I hope to have photos of my remix in the next few days. <br />
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It's Jan 2 and I've shared 2 projects. I hope to keep blogging all month!</div>
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-37613252924961028822012-01-01T22:19:00.001-05:002012-01-01T22:19:29.520-05:00Happy New Year!<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Wishing you a very HAPPY New Year!</div>
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I LOVE this photo because it shows my family keeping it real.</div>
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In this one Daddy is happy but the kids are not. They look like tired kids who stayed up all night.</div>
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Here's a pic of Daddy teaching Zee how to use a party horn.</div>
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Here is the reason Zee is pouting in the first photo...</div>
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Her sister blew a horn very loud in her ear! At least Travis looks awake and very happy.</div>
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May your new year be full of joy and without any horns hurting your ears at midnight.</div>
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I'm going to try real hard to find the time to do it.</div>
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-64499676867519223012011-11-07T20:57:00.002-05:002011-11-07T20:57:23.236-05:00Rapunzel<div style="text-align: left;">
I know it's a week after Halloween but I can't move on without sharing my youngest child's costume. </div>
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Zee was Rapunzel. The purple satin dress I made her for her birthday last month. I often go over the top with embellishing our princess dresses. This one chose to keep simple. The reason I did that is because I know she is going to want to wear this dress to church or to the store sometime soon (we don't agree on what Sunday best is).</div>
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I made her a bouquet of flowers to hold and 2 simple yarn wigs (just in case someone chops off her yarn hair). The shoes are the ones I glittered up a couple weeks ago. At the last minute, </div>
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I made her a princess hat. She was a very happy princess!</div>
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</div>Amber (Bouncing Buttons)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01367875269097169017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27479561.post-61304174202505530672011-11-01T18:30:00.002-04:002011-11-01T18:33:30.062-04:00Crusader (Halloween costume #2)My son chose to be a crusader for Halloween. I have to confess I was up until 2:30 AM (might have been later than that) Sun. night so I could finish this costume. <br />
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I didn't plan to wait until the last minute to finish this but I've spent many days in bed over the last week (fighting off a cold). His costume was a tunic, cloak, belt, and scabbard. My husband bought him a helmet and sword. He chose not to wear the helmet (I think he looks better without it anyway). </div>
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I love the beautiful fabric hubby bought for me to make this. It is a very heavy bottom weight fabric and it's very soft. I didn't need a pattern its a very simple tunic with a cloak. The tunic is half the width of the fabric (it's a wide fabric) and the cloak it the full width of the fabric. I measured down how long Travis wanted his cloak then added a drawstring to gather at the neck. I then closed up the sides on the top to form the hood. I finished it off with a simple belt and scabbard using some foe leather. The scabbard was simple I just traced around the sword to make my pattern and added ties to attach it to the belt.</div>
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Isn't he one good looking crusader?</div>
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I love how serious he looks (crusaders can't go around wearing a big silly smile). The smile on his face when I showed him the costume made my day (he doesn't like mama made things most of the time). When he got home Monday night he said I'm going to go hang up my costume!!! My son hardly ever hangs up anything so I'm guessing he really likes it. Two weeks ago I didn't even know what a scabbard was (silly mama). I am happy he decided to dress up this year. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/signup.php" target="_top"><img border="0" alt="Free Site Counter" src="http://counter.rapidcounter.com/counter/1147481229/break1"; ALIGN="middle" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="2"></a><script src=http://counter.rapidcounter.com/script/1147481229></script><br><a style="font-size:12" href="http://www.rapidcounter.com/" target="_top"><font style="font-size:12"color="#666666">Free Site Counter</font></a>
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I got to make costumes for all 3 kids this year. Most years I have at least one child who wants a cheap store bought thing. I'm happy to say all 3 children loved what I made them (I'll enjoy this day because I don't think it will ever happen again). My middle child asked to be a peacock. Our name is Peacock so I couldn't say no. </div>
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The body of the costume is an adult skirt. The skirt had 2 layers so I used the underskirt for her arms/wings. I used fringe yarn for the blue front. I added green fabric pieces to create feathers.<br />
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The back lower tail (she's a 2 tail peacock) was made from layers of tulle. I added some peacock feathers to it and some more fringe yarn. The top tail was made from a fan. Finding a way to attach the fan took some time. I ended up making an elastic belt to hold it on. To fasten the elastic belt I added a button to the belt and cut a hole in the elastic to use for the button hole. I also added a button at the top back of her dress and I added an elastic loop on the fan to loop on the button. That kept her proud feathers from flopping down. The blue ribbon bow was to dress it up and to make sure my elastic didn't show.</div>
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I got her 2 different feather masks and she loved them both. She talked for weeks about how she couldn't decide which one to wear. At the last minute she completely changed her mind. Just before we left the house she decided she didn't want to wear either mask. I've had a bad cold for the last 2 weeks so trying to make 3 costumes in time was very difficult. I ended up finishing them 15 minutes before we left the house. I will try to take some pics of the tiny details (loops to hold it up and the belt) tomorrow. If anyone wants to see them just let me know (I doubt many people want to be a peacock but it could happen).</div>
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My youngest is going to be Rapunzel for Halloween. She needed princess shoes to finish off her costume. I have a lot of sewing to finish up three costumes. I knew I wouldn't have time to sew up princess slippers. To save time I decided to upcycle an old, scuffed up, summer shoes that she already had.</div>
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After a little bit of Mod Poge, Martha Stewart glitter, ribbon, buttons, and spray sealer...</div>
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Ta-da! One pair of glittery, pink, princess shoes!</div>
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At first Zee said Rapunzel wears purple shoes but after I let her pick from my large collection of glitter she changed her mind to pink.</div>
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She is very happy!</div>
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My other daughter is very green with envy. I promised her that I would make her some glitter shoes after I finish all 3 Halloween costumes.</div>
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I have to rush off I've got some cosumes to finish! Halloween in in just a couple days.</div>
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Demi (my 6 year old) played the part of Aurora (sleeping beauty) when she had on our thrift store wedding gown.</div>
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I'd love to make her a story book and put this photo in for the sleeping princess.</div>
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She reqested I make a photo in a shade of pink.</div>
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This dress is so much fun to play with!</div>
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Is it wrong that I can't wait to cut it into pieces to make lots of little dresses?</div>
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I think everyone who has a little girl so try a photo shoot in a wedding gown.</div>
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I hope tomorrow to have at least one Halloween costume finished so I can share.</div>
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