Jennifer Lan's blog

T-shirt dress

I have a small Hollister shirt that I don't wear anymore, and decided to turn it into a t-shirt dress for Trinity.

It fits her, but it's way too long. I decided to turn it into a dress. I didn't want to cut the shirt any shorter, but I did want to take in the sides and the back.

After deciding for awhile, I pulled out my best friend: Mr. Elastic. Well today, Mr. Elastic decided that he didnt' want to be friends, and refuse to work with me. So, today's project took about an hour.

I placed elastic on both of the sides, to pull it up a bit. Here, I ended up tucking the shirt under just to see if I would decide to turn it into just a shirt instead. So, just pretend that it's long in the front as in the before picture. :)

Here is the side of the shirt with the elastic.

Now, the back is too big and doesn't fit her too well, so I decided to cut a V-shape onto the back and sew it together to bring the front a bit smaller. Then, I sew another elastic across the back.

I don't have elastic thread at the moment, so I couldn't do ruffles in the sleeve, but I will be doing that. I think I'm gonna just leave it as a dress. I'm pretty much done for today, I don't want to sew anymore. But I do have to take it a bit more in the back as it isn't sitting right, although you can't tell in the pictures.

Can't shop when it rains..

Because it practically rained all day, and even flooded the streets, shopping was out of the question. I just wanted to pick up extra felt, and floss, but instead I worked on some projects.

First, I rummage through this pile of photos, and put together just a quick page of each child. Did a small "journal" card about what they currently like as of today. I just need to do some embellishing to finish up the pages.

Then I pulled out the felt, and decided I wanted to make an egg. First egg, failed.. horribly. But the second came out not too bad. I may make another one and not add the stuffing to the "white" part, just the yolk.

And then, I decided to work on a play tea party set for the princess. First up, the Hello Kitty placemat.

Because this was a test run, I simply cut without precision, and just threaded with regular sewing thread and needle. I'll make another one with embroidery floss.

And then, I started on the cup, but stopped midway to see if I can make a cookie. But that failed horribly. lol. The thread wasn't thick enough to pull up the sides together. But at least I know it'd work with floss.

Now, I'm way too tired to do anything else. So, I'm just gonna call it a day for today, and watch soem "American Dad". :) Hopefully, it won't rain too much tomorrow. I definitely need to pick up extra colors of felt to make a "sandwich" and "chips". :)

Checking in!

Hello!

I've been through a hectic week, my in-laws are flying in from everywhere and have been here since last week. It started off as a family emergency, and have progressed to a tragic event. So, we haven't been home enough since last week for me to do any crafting.

Can I admit that I still have a few Christmas cards to finish and mail out today? *sigh*

But, in the meantime instead of working on those, I've been over at HomeSpun Threads store, picking up patterns. :) All 29 of their patterns is free today! So, you know me, I've gotta put my sewing machine to use, and pick them all up and try a few out. If you're a sewer, definitely check out the store and get the patterns. If you're not, get them anyways, who knows, you might get into sewing one day. ;)