For Your Inspiration File....

Check out these adorable owl pillows!!

We have all seen mini-plushie type animals, but what about these over-sized owl body pillows? Totally cute right?

If you are looking for a fun kid-craft to do together, or to make for a gift, consider making something like this using remnants or fabric scraps for all the details. I am absolutely in love with these!!

They would be great in a dorm room too!!

I didn't make these, but they are certainly in my inspiration file. A family member created these as a birthday gift and I am so jealous! ;-)

DIY Sunday - It's all about ruffles.

Hello friends :)

It's Sunday and I am very happy to present another DIY for you:

I have tons of flats and most of them are... boring seems to be the right word. So I thought I should decorate a pair of my flats in a romantic way. With ruffles! (and how doesn't LOVE ruffles?)

So here we go:

You will need a shoe

and some fabric as well as a pair of scissors and your sewing machine, of course!

First, cut a strap off the fabric. It should be a long strap because we want to turn it into ruffles and this will make it more short. (mine is 1 m long)

Using a loose stitch, sew along the strap.

- twice!!!!

That's what it will look like then. :)

You will now have 4 straps of your thread. Take the 2 front straps and... PULL! :)

Like this.

With a little bit patience, you will have ruffles in the end.

Now, just sew them to your shoe.

And your shoe will be one of a kind!

Hope you enjoyed this cute tutorial?!

Loves,

Katja

DIY Sunday - felt bow tutorial

Hi everyone!

Todays' DIY is one of my favorite quick crafts ever: A felt bow hairclip.

You will need:

felt, a hairclip, thread and needle, a scissors

:)

First, cut a strap from your felt.

Now, fold the felt in 3 steps.

Then, cut a smaller strap from the felt.

And now, take thread and needle, and add some loose stitches to the bigger part of the felt.

Pull the thread to create the typical bow shape!

And now, add the smaller strap of felt.

Now you already have a bow xD

Sew your hairclip to the back.

And now your hairclip is done!!!!! Hooray for quick crafts, right? Happy Sunday, loves.

xo.

Katja

Sunday DIY - apron

Hello friends!!! :D

Sorry for not posting a DIY last Sunday... But as an excuse, todays DIY is fabulous! Promised...
You all might know how much I love retro things. And the best retro thingie is: an apron! So here's mine:



Cute?! Hell yeah! :D

And so so so SO simple. You only need:



Fabric, a pair of scissors and your sewing machine.



To find out the perfect size, wrap the fabric around your belly... I took the size of one bone to the other as the perfect size for it.



Cut a piece of your measured size.



Fold to half.



Cut round edges.



Now you have a apron shaped piece of fabric.



And cut some stripes from your fabric. They will become your ruffles later.



Now, fold the fabric edges.



And now, add the ruffles. Therefore, simply fold the fabric spaced and use pins to fix it.





That's what it will look like before sewing. :)





Now, you will need 2 fabric straps. They will be your apron belt. Cut them so they can be wrapped around your body and make sure you will be able to tie a knot.



Fold them to half, the inner side up.



Sew them together.



Finish it beveled. Leave the other side open.



Turn it inside out.



And now, add it to the top of your apron.



Fold the fabric over the belt piece.



And now sew along the apron lines.



Use a simple stitch to sew along the lines and a zig zag stitch to sew along the top side and then, along the lower top side where the belt pieces are.



See?! :D





And now, you have a very cute apron to style you pretty when you work at home or clean the house or bake or cook or just for fun! :D

I hope this tutorial was easy to understand and to follow and even though my english these days isn't the best, - I hope you will be able to make your own apron soon!

Thanks everyone for your support and love.

XO!
Katja