Stitch To My Lou: 2011

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Need a Little Christmas List Help?!

With the holidays just around the corner I am already gearing up for needing all the help I can get with my Christmas Shopping list! And what really could be more helpful than a couple of Santa's very own little helpers? Right?! So it occured to me to create a couple of elf costumes for my little ones. And what fun they have been! I have already put these costumes into action lol! Really though just this morning while my daughter was galavanting around the house in her costume I called out "I need a few elves in the playroom to help me pick up the toy box toys!" And boy was I shocked to see both her and my little man come running eager to help clean up their toys just like Santa's elves would do!! And they were excited to do it! Cleaning away while my daughter sang some song she made up about santa and his eleves (Oh to be 4 again!)

SO...if you are desperate for some extra help around the holidays try out an elf costume, hey who knows it might work!

But watch out-you may get one of those spunky sassy elves like Ive got :)

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Back in the Saddle again!

I titled this post Back in the saddle again because it feels like its been ages since I last sat at my sewing machine sewing something fun for my little girl! Not that I havent been sewing-oh no Ive been doing tons of that! Keeping up with the many Halloween Costume orders that I have received has got me quite exhausted. But just the other day I got an itch to create something different, an itch that just wouldnt go away :) You see my little girl just tried out for and got accepted to a little Jazz Dance Performing Group called the "Sparklers!" (now isnt that adorable) Well anyway, she desperately wanted a "jazz dance outfit" and because she did so well and made the team I really wanted to surprise her with the "jazz dance outfit" of her dreams. So away we went to the local dance supply store with big smiles on our faces, only to be crushed by the fact that they had no such outfit for my extra small little girl. Wait, Scratch that! We did find one pair of size 6 jazz pants (my daughter still fits 3t mind you) that the employee really tried to sale me. These pants were 2 inches to big for her and were $30! There was no way I was buying a $30 pair of pants especially if they didnt fit! So I told my little one not to worry- I would get her a "Jazz Dance Outfit"!!

Remembering one of Katy's swim suit tutorials from No Big Dill that I really wanted to use this summer but ran out of time to actually do and started thinking that it would work perfectly for the job! Using her fabulous tutorial as a guideline I created my girl a fancy hotpink leotard and then on my own a basic black jazz pant/yoga pant with a fold over waist band (which I will be carrying in my etsy.com shop soon)

Oh and nevermind the undies in the shots :)

How do you think she likes it?!

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

School Time

Its that time of year again! That's right- Back to School! And you might have noticed my absence from the blog world (then again maybe not lol) but in case you were wondering where I was I just thought I'd give a little update. For the past month and a half or so I have been preparing my house and my schedule for the upcoming school year to Homeschool my children. I have spent much time preparing and getting curriculum ready. We finally started our schooling this past week and I am SO happy to report that it is going well and everyday my kids beg for more :) What could be better!

Hopefully I will get into the swing of things soon and can start posting some projects! Until then- keep crafting!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Mermaid Tail Towel Tutorial

Hello Friends! As you saw last week, we recently had a super fun Mermaid Birthday Party for our NOW 4 yr old daughter. When my little girl suggested she wanted a Mermaid Party I just knew I wanted to do Mermaid Tail Towels as favors! I searched the internet to only find a few very expensive tail towels. That's when I decided to take matters into my own hands! I found a whole stack of towels in the $ section at Target, picked up some Bias tape and ribbon and went to work. I of course called on my ever talented Husband to draw me an awesome Mermaid Tail pattern. He drew it onto some construction grade brown paper but you could use whatever you have on hand even cardboard would work. I would've done it but he always is so precise (and patient) and I knew it would turn out symetrical if he did it rather than if I did it, it would probably end up looking something like a pony's tail or something lol.

So here is the process I went through. Now you go and make one for the Little Mermaid in your life!

Here is what You'll need:

Beach Towel (I actually used a few regular sized towels as well because the kiddos were pretty small)

Bias Tape (I used double fold and I had to use 1 and a half packs per towel)

Ribbon

Pins

Scissors

Mermaid Tail Pattern http://www.stitchtomylou.com/freebies/patterns/Mermaid-Tail.PDF
(feel free to download mine, or just freehand your own)
*If you click on this link please do not sale the pattern or items made from the pattern, THANKS!

Step one:

Cut out and Pin your Mermaid tail Pattern to your Beach Towel.

Step two:

Cut out your Mermaid Tail :) SO Easy So far right?!

Step three:

Pin Bias Tape all around the edges of the tail. Sew away! I sewed a simple straight stitch because the towels that I purchased were so thin and did not like a serge but I would recommend serging the edges. The downfall of $ section towels-way to thin.

Step four:

I simply eyeballed the length that I wanted the ribbon to be, but you could wrap it around your mermaid's waist to see how much you would need to wrap around and tie a bow. Once you have your ribbon cut, pin it to the top of your tail and sew.

Now you have a fabulous Mermaid Tail towel!

If you do end up making one, email a photo of it at jmiscisin@sbcglobal.net and I will post it on the blog :)

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