sewing a skirt...possibly never again!

So, I woke up last Friday morning like any other morning. Before getting out of bed, I checked my email, facebook, E News, Groupon, Living Social, and Pinterest. How bad is that? Not only that I did it one morning, but I do it every morning:( Anyway, when I was looking at Pinterest I saw this skirt. 

It said, Easy to Sew skirt. I immediately fell in LOVE! We didn't have any plans over the weekend so I thought it would be the perfect time to make it! So, Friday morning I went to the fabric store, found the perfect fabric, got more than enough to make the skirt and as soon as I laid Annie Rice down for a nap I started working! I got about 1.5 hours into it and I was at a good place! We went out to dinner Friday night with some friends and after we came back home I decided to start working on the skirt piece. I knew it would be a challenge because I had to put a zipper in it and I have  never done that so I watched a few youtube videos and started to work....Not long after, I was in a horrible mood and just wanted to go to bed! I made it too small and was over the whole thing! Kaz talked me into trying again and he said he would go to the fabric store with me the next morning! 

Saturday, NEW day, picked up the fabric and got to work! The zipper was in, no problem! It seemed like I kept running into problem after problem with my sewing machine and I ALMOST GAVE UP! I kept fighting with it and finally finished the skirt! I tried it on and I was just PLAIN MAD! IT LOOKED AWFUL! IT WAS TOO BIG! AND TO TOP IT OFF, I WASTED SO MUCH OF MY WEEKEND TIME:( BAD MOOD, YET AGAIN!

A little later in the night, I decided to wash it and dry it! I knew it would shrink a little, I just didn't know how much. To my surprise, it shrank almost enough! I mustarded up the courage to wear it to church on Sunday and I actually really like it a lot! It's still a little big in the waste but I'll go with it! It doesn't look like the above picture at all, but still pretty cute! I don't know if I will be making any more skirts for ME anytime soon, but will continue making outfits for Annie Rice...at least until I get fed up enough;) Here's the finished product!

pillows, sewing, and window panels...

So yesterday I told you about some of the projects we have been working on...Well, those were really the big ones but I’ve been working on several small projects! For Christmas, I asked Kaz for a sewing class! I knew some of the basics but wanted to really learn how to sew clothes for Annie Rice..you know, some of the super cute ones that cost a fortune! Well, this sewing class has come in handy in more ways than one! We have been re-doing the guest room, that used to be my former office..When we started with a blank room, I knew I wanted to use the colors gray, yellow, and white! That along with apple green, gray, and white are my 2 favorite color schemes right now! So we painted the room gray, Kaz made a new headboard, and I had to add yellow accents! I already had yellow curtains that my friend Anne made but needed pillows! I ordered 2 pillows off of Etsy for $22 and loved the way they came out! BUT this week, I bought some of my all time fabric fabric[that comes in many colors] to reupholster the chair in that room. I decided to attempt to make a pillow! Well, not just any pillow because I can make a typical pillow but one that I can just inset pillows I already have in the house! JUST like the ones I ordered off of Etsy. I didn’t really know what I was doing, but decided it shouldn’t be too hard, set my mind to it, and 20 minutes later I had the finished product! It turned out SUPER and you would never know which was the “true professional one” verses mine! Can you tell?

Well, I made the one with the gray bird on it! I made a smaller gray one for the chair the exact same way! Instead of cutting 2 strips the same size, I cut 3. 1 was for the front, 2 for the back. On the 2 back pieces I added a hem, put all of them right sides together, and sewed all the way around! Once I flipped it, I could just insert the pillow! My measurements were not the best way to go about it, but the easiest for me. I made the new pillows by comparing the size of the pillows I had to insert:)

We also put up some pictures! We took old window panels, measured them, and printed 1 picture to fit the size of the frames!

 This is the new chair! It was covered in a blue fabric for our dinning room but now it’s completely different and in the guest room!

I love how it’s all coming together and hope to post the whole room very soon:)

Learning to Sew.....

Well, I started learning how to sew....I'm not great at it, but hopefully will get better over time....

I tried making a burp cloth. As you can see it was a little short but still really cute!

Then I made little one-sizes for baby Prikazsky. Who know if it will be a boy or girl so I made both!

Isn't this one adorable?

All of this was made on day 1, so don't critique it too bad:) It was a lot of fun though and a nice break from photography!

Well, Kaz and I are off to Pawley's Island for the weekend for a much needed VACATION! I'll be back Monday!