Sewing...

I've been really trying to get into sewing, and actually thinking of starting a business out of it, but who knows what will happen. I just wanted to share a couple of examples of what I have been doing lately, and hopefully I will get some tutorials up soon!

Not another quilt!

Yes... I decided to make another quilt, this time I kind of knew what I was doing. ;) I stuck to an easy pattern I made up, and I ran into very little problems this time. It also took me like 1/6th of the amount of time it did with my t-shirt quilt.
At first, I was going to do this quilt in only yellow, grey, and white, but as time went on and I bought more scraps of fabric, I thought some black and turquoise would be cute too. :)

 Keep adding more patterns and squares!

 Here's me just showing you that I actually did sew this. :) I bought all my supplies and fabric from Hobby Lobby (of course) and Joann's. I sewed the set of four squares together first, and then sewed those to the bigger squares.

 She's almost done! Just need to finish the last couple of rows, do the back, and stuff it with batting!

 Voila! This quilt only took me about 3 weeks to finish since I was so excited about it, and I love it! I did the back in just a queen sized sheet cut down to fit, and then tied yarn knots in it every couple of squares to make sure that the batting stays in place.

How to make your own infinity scarf!

HELLO EVERYONE! I'm back today to share with you my newest craft--How to make your very own infinity scarf!

Believe me when I tell you that it is EASY! I am not a seamstress by any stretch of the imagination. I can sew a straight line with a sewing machine, and that's about it. And that's all this scarf really takes! So without further ado, I am going to show you how to make this awesome scarf!!

T-Shirt Quilt

Hello again everyone, this is Katie!

During Christmas break this past December, I was really contemplating what I was going to do with all of my shirts that I had left over from high school. I didn't want to throw them a way, but I also was tired of wearing them as sleeping shirts. So, of course, me being the crafty girl that I like to think I am, I went surfing on Pinterest to see if there was anything I could do with my old shirts so I could still use them in a different way; that's when I found a post about making a T-Shirt quilt!

I loved the pattern of hers, but the directions weren't all that great, sooooo.... I winged it. And I TOTALLY do not recommend doing so; it caused me a lot of unnecessary stress! I love the way that everything turned out, but I probably will never make a quilt again; at least not the way that I did this one.

Here's some supplies that might come in handy to make your own:

• Sewing machine
• Matching sewing thread
• Scissors
• T-Shirts
• Bed Sheet
• Batting
• Straight Pins
• Yarn 
• Ruler
• Pen

 So first off, you need to decide what shirts you would like to use, and cut them into the desired shapes of your choice. I did 4x4 squares, 4x8 rectangles, and then my main pieces were the designs on my shirts which varied. I laid out the pattern and how I wanted it to look, and then took separate sections and sewed them all together one section at a time.

 Next I bought a twin size black sheet, and measured where I should cut it to fit with the front of my quilt. I then cut the batting to fit the front, and left my black sheet a little bit wider than the front so I could wrap the batting inside of it, and sew them together.

 Here are pictures of how it looked pinned to the batting while I was sewing it, and after.

Next, I pinned the front of my quilt to the back, with the padding that was showing in the middle. I left a black edge around the front to give it more of a classier, and quilt-like feeling.

 I decided to sew the front on with a zig-zag stitch because I felt like it would hold on better to the rest of the fabric. This picture is just to kind of show you that I am NOT the best seamstress, and you don't have to be either. Your project doesn't have to be perfect for you to be happy about what you have accomplished.  

Yay! One last step! And this one I guess could also be optional, but I did it for extra reinforcement. I bought a needle that would fit yarn through the end, and tied knots on random corners throughout my quilt. 

 Voila! I am so happy with the way that it tuned out, and am proud of all the little imperfections that it does have; no one else has the same one as me.(: