I have been working hard searching for great things to make with my own hands this christmas. I did intend to make a baby/patch quilt but i am yet to begin that project. However I have been sewing and creating other items. I have made some christmas decorations with paper,felt, and materials primarily that I have recycled from clothes our family memebers no longer can wear and may have a tear or some sort of imperfection making it hard for my to pass on to someone else. Anyway, it has been a lot of fun, more than I thought I would have. I really expected to be more frustrated then anything else and since I haven't really sewn using a sewing machine since highschool I was amazed how much I had remembered. I am still in the middle of some projects and I will most likely do a gallery when I have finished all of them, if I have time. But I wanted to add some truly helpful links so you can also benefit.
It's funny I was close to purchasing some patterns for a whole range of ideas I had swimming around in my mind, when I decided to see if I could snag a free tutorial or two. I was blown away at how many amazingly talented and gracious people out there who are willing to share their patterns for FREE! I have made a pillowcase dress, a skirt, a crayon holder, sugar body scrub, and christmas decorations all from free tutorials. So thankyou to all for making my life easier:) I will list below the items that you can make with the links to the blogs or websites I got the tutorials from.
crayon holder
pillowcase dress/top
lazy days skirt
homemade body sugar scrub
These are all great gift ideas for any time of the year and even just for yourself or family members. With the sugar scrub, I used caster/fine sugar that I had already had a vanilla bean in and sweet almond oil that i got from the healthfood store. I also chose grapefruit essential oil because I liked the smell of it. I suggest that you begin with a gentle scrub because the sugar even though it is finer than regular sugar still gives a good scrub and can be sore on delicate skin. I highly recommend this scrub, my skin feels wonderful and although I haven't used it on my feet i think it would be perfect for feet as well.
I hope you have found these ideas helpful in some way. Any questions just ask.
It's funny I was close to purchasing some patterns for a whole range of ideas I had swimming around in my mind, when I decided to see if I could snag a free tutorial or two. I was blown away at how many amazingly talented and gracious people out there who are willing to share their patterns for FREE! I have made a pillowcase dress, a skirt, a crayon holder, sugar body scrub, and christmas decorations all from free tutorials. So thankyou to all for making my life easier:) I will list below the items that you can make with the links to the blogs or websites I got the tutorials from.
crayon holder
pillowcase dress/top
lazy days skirt
homemade body sugar scrub
These are all great gift ideas for any time of the year and even just for yourself or family members. With the sugar scrub, I used caster/fine sugar that I had already had a vanilla bean in and sweet almond oil that i got from the healthfood store. I also chose grapefruit essential oil because I liked the smell of it. I suggest that you begin with a gentle scrub because the sugar even though it is finer than regular sugar still gives a good scrub and can be sore on delicate skin. I highly recommend this scrub, my skin feels wonderful and although I haven't used it on my feet i think it would be perfect for feet as well.
I hope you have found these ideas helpful in some way. Any questions just ask.
1 comment:
I had a look at the skirt. It is really nice. I am going to try it. Jenna and I have been looking for skirts everywhere but they are all to short or to bright or black. so i am really happy about this one. looks simple. lyn
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