My students and I have been working hard at becoming the best band in our area. We sound great but we are missing the lower tones only a Tuba can provide! Our school does not own one and it is too much of an expense for a family to purchase. When we receive the tuba it will be used for 3 classes affecting over 70 students. We wrote a Donors Choose Project called Totally Tubular Tuba and we need your help. We are asking for donations for a tuba for our band program. If we all work together our students will be able to start learning about this new instrument next fall when school starts. If you want to contribute but in a sewing way all of the Sew Spoiled Craftsy Patterns or Pay Pal sells from the Sew Spoiled Etsy Shop the months of June and July will go to the Totally Tubular Tuba Project!
Below is a short video that shows you how to make sure your money is going straight to the project at hand. Donors Choose is a great company but they also give themselves 15% of every donation, of every project on their site.
I hope that you go to Donors Choose to help our school or even other schools. It is a great opportunity to help teachers get the items they need for their classrooms.
The next trend is ruffly sleeves or fun cuffs. McCall 7542, sewing pattern on the left, gives you a lot of choices of different sleeve types. There is also sewing contest for this pattern from now to May 7, 2017. Simply create a top using this pattern and then post it on social media; Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram to enter to win. The winnings are a $100 gift certificate to Vogue Fabrics and $100 worth of McCall Patterns! On the right is J. Crew's, Ruffle Sleeve Top for $39.50 with a coupon code; HOPTOIT.
Anthropologie is selling Pilcro Hyphen Mid-Rise Boyfriend Jeans with trimmed out cuffs for $148.00! You can totally create the same look by sewing fabric or trim to the bottoms of any pair of your pants. That is crazy! Sometimes I am shocked at how high these trendy garments are but someone is paying it! Don't let it be you.
We decided to try Kid Pik. If you haven't heard of Kid Pik it is a company like Stitch Fix, where you enter information about yourself (or in this case about your daughter) and a fashion consultant sends you a box of 7 items. We received a light sweater, sandals, a bubble top, a tank top, one pair of shorts, a pair of jeans, a headband and a stripe/ floral top.
Super cute sweater, with hearts knitted into the fabric.
This is the shirt my daughter fell in love with. Love at first site! It also matches a lot of the items already in her closet. She is also wearing a sparkly navy headband. We decided to keep both!
This is my favorite, beautiful flower fabric sewn to the back of the shirt.
This was a free gift! She received 5 pins she can place on her bookbag, purse or denim jean jacket! Many of the items were placed in cute bags!
I loved this item the dot swing tank but my daughter didn't. I was hoping she would keep it. This part was hard. I listened to her wishes and put it back in the send back bag. That made her feel good, later when we were on the site telling Kid Pik what we wanted. We were able to tell them this item is not her style, she loved being able to let them know she doesn't like something.
These were cute but they are too short for school. If we can't wear them to school we don't buy!
These were cute too, but the weather here is already in the high 80's. So no pants!
My girls are the same shoe size. Which is weird because they are 3 years apart. Both of them did not like the silver sandals. Oh well, I guess we will see what happens next time. Just receiving mail was so much fun.
Kid Pik did not get in touch with Sew Spoiled and wanted us to review. This was all on our own. It was totally free and we kept two items, paid for them and sent the rest back free of charge. So far it has been a great experience. There are some rules; you have 7 days to send back the items you don't want to keep and don't try it on if you don't want to keep it.
This is the Bunny Bag from The Makers' Journal Etsy Shop. It is a wonderful mini bag that looks like a corsage on your wrist. My sister is getting married in May and I think these will be perfect little gifts. She is planning the ceremony for the beach, what a cute accessory for the ladies in the wedding party.
This picture is just show off the size of this beauty. I can not wait for spring! This bag will look great with a cute skirt and flats.
The handle is just a little knot that sits on top. The sides of the bag are drawn in by elastic. There is no magnet clasps, zippers or buttons. Yay! These would make great teacher gifts in May! I am going to be making a ton of them. As if that is not enough, you can also buy it in a shoulder bag size!
I created the Twist Apron when my sister, who is a bakery diva, had a birthday. I wanted to give her a custom apron that was as unique as her delightful pastry treats.
What makes this pattern different? It is how you wear the Twist Apron. Here is a short video showing you how to put it on.
Step 1: Cut out your Twist Apron pattern.
Style 1 Style 2 (Shown above)
Style 1
Fabric A:
Wrap Bib- 15”X 50”
Ties- 2- 6”X 44”
Waistbands 2- 3.5”X 22”
Fabric B:
Panel 18”X 22”
Pocket 13.5” X 6.5”
Interfacing Waistbands 2- 3.5”X 22”
Style 2
Fabric A:
Wrap Bib- 15”X 50”
Panel 18”X 22”
Pocket 13.5” X 6.5”
Fabric B:
Ties- 2- 6”X 44”
Waistbands 2- 3.5”X 22”
Interfacing Waistbands 2- 3.5”X 22”
Step 2: Fuse the interfacing to the waistbands measuring 3.5” X 22”. Set these aside.
Step 3: Create the apron pocket. Fold the pocket fabric right sides together and stitch along the raw edges. Leave an opening so you can flip it right sides out. Flip it out and iron flat.
Step 4: Pin in place the apron pocket 4” from the 18” side and 5” from the bottom 22” side of the apron panel and sew the pocket onto the apron panel.
Step 5: Fold and iron the raw edges of the 18” sides of the apron panel twice, then fold and iron the bottom 22” side. Sew around the three edges of the apron panel.
Step 6: Fold and iron the long 50” raw edges twice, then fold the raw edge of one short edge measuring 15” and sew along the three edges.
Step 7: Gather the bib short end that still has the raw edge until it measures 10”.
Step 8: Sandwich the gathered apron bib between the waistbands measuring 3.5” X 22”, 2.75” from the edge and 1” over the center fold mark.
Step 9: Sew the ties to each short ends of the waistband measuring 6”.
Step 10: Sew the apron panel to the waistband.(Wrong side of apron panel to the back waistband.)
Step 11: Iron the apron panel up and the front waistband fold and iron .5”.
Step 12: Fold the ties right sides together and sew them together. Back tack right before the front panel.
Step 13: Turn the ties right side out and iron. Topstitch along the bottom edge of the apron ties and close the opening of the front waistband.
Congratulations you have made your own Twist Apron!
Now you are ready to bake, cook and host a wonderful party! Twist Aprons make the best gifts because they are so adjustable, any cook will enjoy this amazing apron.
Happy New Year! I have a few new year resolutions for 2017 I am going to share but first, we got snow! Everyone laughs at us because we get so excited! But I can't help it, snow makes everything look beautiful. My wonderful husband took this footage with his drone.
Ok here are my resolutions.
#10 Make more Sew Spoiled DIY video tutorials.
#9 Enjoy selfish sewing! I make so much for others that it is hard to take time out just for me. However, selfish sewing is so much fun and refreshing.
#8 Leave work at work. This one is very hard, especially as a teacher. I need to plan better, so I bring less stuff home.
#7 Organize! Organize! Organize! That means fabric, patterns, knitting stuff and silhouette stuff. If you have a helpful tip here I would love a comment, please. Thanks!
#6 Take more walks. This one should be easy since I have a puppy!
#5 Listen more! Listen to my family, friends, and students.
#4 Make more patterns. Actually, I have made more Sew Spoiled patterns I just haven't been sharing them. I am not sure why.
#3 Eat more at home. When the stress of a long day takes over, I give up too easily and pick up fast food. It is a bad habit and this year I am not going to do it anymore.
#2 Act like a kid! I need to play with my kids more! They won't be little forever.
#1 Love Life!
Thanks for following, reading and sharing Sew Spoiled!
This Christmas was filled with surprises! My daughter received a 3D printer! It is amazing what kids can do today, with all of the technology out there. This printer is the DaVinci Junior 1.1 and it prints anything that is smaller than 6"X6"X6". The software for the DaVinci Jr. is made by XYZ printing. Even the software is fairly easy to use with fonts, shapes, and symbols to add to one design.
Here is a short video of the DaVinci printer at work. It printed a heart locket first as a sample of what the 3D printer can do. Now the possibilities are endless. I hope our daughter sees this as a huge opportunity to create whatever she wants to create. It is hard to get teenagers excited about anything, but I think she is excited about this.
If you had a 3D printer what would you create? Purse hardware, zipper pulls, and monogram stuff comes to mind. I can't wait to try it out too.
