Momma Art

Winter is not my favorite season.  I usually want to curl up in a blanket watch movies and eat popcorn.... I still have been doing that, (I make the best popcorn by the way).  I also have accomplished a few things in the past 3 months.  I've also sewn TON! I'll give you the run-down: I have spent time with my family At the beginning of December, I became a Zumba instructor! Whew! I did it! I'm working on making some pullovers for my new Zumba side-career... Oh yeah, one other thing: I also graduated with my Masters Degree in Educational Leadership!!!!  Yup! 2 years of hard work and we are done!!! Wahoooo! I wanted to make it special and memorable, so for our last class, I made a dress for myself, matching bow ties for the Gentleman, a pocket square for our instructor, and scarves for the ladies. It was a great matchy-matchy ending to the past hard working two years! Now that thing...

My lovely friend Tara was having a "Rugged Outdoors" Fall themed get together at her house last weekend. Naturally, I needed to find something rugged, and well....outdoorsy to wear. I scooped up my daughter and we headed to the thrift store! We found some plaid and flannel, and some plaid flannel. I thought to myself, "These will do the trick!"  Initially, I thought about wearing a plaid button down with leggings and boots, but it just didn't look right. Luckily, I bought a few shirts to choose from. In the pile of shirts there was a perfectly fitting one for the hubs, which was a bonus, and I decided to pair my outdoorsy outfit with made-from-flannel-shirts scarf!  This is how I did it: Gotta start with some shirts... I cut off the collar and sleeves. I cut the collar and sleeves on this one too. This left me with the front and back of both shirts. I realized it would be wayyyyy too long with 4 parts,  so I decided to take awa...

 Do you have any old sweaters? If not, head down to your local thrift store and pick one up for just a buck or two. My daughter and I went down to our local thrifting spot, picked out a couple sweaters, and got ready for a Momma/Daughter craft project. For this project I'm using just the sleeve. It would definitely be possible to do something like this with the torso of the sweater. It might just take a little creativity and patience. Give that sleeve a snip! Sleeve Snip! Next, Turn the sleeve inside out. You will start to roll up the sleeve like a sock bun. Turning your sleeve inside out will give you a right side out pumpkin. Start to roll.... Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Leave a little wrist cuff showing at the top. This will be your stem. I bought some flower wire at my local craft store. Cut about 20 inches and wrap around the part of the sleeve sticking out. My daughter needed a little assistance with the wire. Just...

I LOVE BOB ROSS! Here is my tribute to him.... Robert Norman Ross (1942-1995) American Painter, Art Instructor, and he created his own television show. If you don't know who he is, please look up his show on You Tube. Episodes of his "Joy of Painting" will be there for your relaxing enjoyment.   I found this dress at Goodwill and it was falling apart at the neck seam, but that was all that was wrong. I knew I could do something to turn it into a better piece of clothing. This was a T-shirt from Wal-Mart a while back. I chopped the neck. I picked off those sleeves. I chopped the tee just below my natural waist.  I picked the sleeves and skirt off of the dress. I re-attached The dress sleeves and skirt beck to the tee. I also used black bias tape to make a new neckline for my Tee-dress. What do you think??? Happy Little Dress!!! See you next time!

This was a potato sack at it's finest. A simple boring black linen dress. It was screaming for me to help it! How could I pass it up? I took it off and put this dress on inside out.  I had some tailor's chalk and marked my natural waist and the areas  where it was too big under my arms. I took the dress in where it was too big, and cut off the excess. Then, I took a piece of elastic and measured tightly around my waist, and sewed the ends together. Not too tight. Just comfortable enough to be able wear all day. I put the elastic around the waist of the dress. (The dress is inside out) I pinned the elastic along my natural waist chalk line. Keep the elastic nice and even. I sewed the top and bottom of the elastic using a zig-zag stitch and stretching the elastic as I sewed. I flipped the dress right side out, and It looks like this! This dress needed a little extra flair, and I had some trim in my drawer of scraps. So, I sew...