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in 52 Week Sewing Challange· Flosstyle Patterns· Ultimate Bucket Hat· Upcycle

52 Week Sewing Challenge – Week 8

This weeks Challenge: Something Upcycycled (Accepted)

My father in law has been asking me to make him a bucket hat for awhile but I wasn’t sure what fabric to use. He fixed that problem by bringing around one of his old shirts asking if I could turn it into a hat for him.

I started by cutting it up at the seams to be able to lay it flat and place all my pattern pieces.

I found some light blue homespun in my stash that matched nicely for the reverse side and hey presto we have a hat created from an old shirt. If you haven’t made an Ultimate Bucket Hat before you can find everything you need to know here.

     

The best part is I have enough left to make a matching little hat for Mr 2.

xx Happy Sewing

 

in Behind the scenes· EZ Wrap Wallet· Flosstyle Patterns· Sew Along

Whoops!

By now I think you all would have seen my finished wallet from the EZ Wrap Wallet Sew Along, how many of you noticed the purple patch that appeared after Day 4?

I had a little helper sitting on my lap (which isn’t unusual while I’m sewing, he likes to push the scissor button on the machine to cut the thread for me) and while I was cutting away my seam allowance after joining the outer to the card slots I accidentally cut into the corner of my outer. Normally I would have pulled it all apart and started again but because of the sew along I needed to get it finished. I unpicked just that corner, cut a purple patch big enough to cover it and put some vlisofix on the back of it to attach it to the outer and then sewed it in place. I then re attached the back to the outer and continued as normal.

I would prefer it without the patch, but it does add some character. If you haven’t shared photos of your finished wallet already I would love to see them. You can share them in the Flosstyle Fair Group or the EZ Wrap Group.

    

Happy Sewing xx

in 52 Week Sewing Challange· Flosstyle Patterns· Pattern Hack· Super Suit

52 Week Sewing Challenge – Week 7

This weeks Challenge: Something with hearts (Accepted)

The challenge for week 7 is “Sew Something with Hearts”. Initially I was tempted to run to the fabric store and use this as an excuse to add to my growing fabric stash. But I was determined to stay true to my promise and not buy fabric for my challenges. So far I’ve only slipped up once.

Remember the Super Suit Skater Hack? You can find it here.  I decided this would be perfect for the funky peace and love fabric I had been storing. My toddler, the recipient, loves the swirl and twirl the half circle skirt provides.

I only changed 3 things from what the pattern and hack already offers. I cut the sleeves to be elbow length, added cuffs (who needs to hem!?) and added an inch to the length of the skater skirt.


Side note***bubbles will make any kid smile. So what’s up your sleeve this week? Did you accept or reject the Week 7 Challenge?

 

Jen

in EZ Wrap Wallet· Flosstyle Patterns· Sew Along· Video

EZ Wrap Wallet Sew Along

Did you miss out on the EZ Wrap Sew Along? That’s okay you can find all the videos here to follow along anytime you want.

Pre-Video – Let’s get Ready

Day 1 – Interfacing and Cutting Out

Day 2 – Folding and Sewing the Cardslots

Day 3 – ID Pocket, Wrap and Zip Pocket

Day 4 – Attaching the Wrap

Day 5 – Finishing off and Top stitching

 

We had some wonderful submissions after the sew along, it makes me so happy to see all your amazing creations.

 

Our winners were:

  1. Ashley Corrine Clary‎
  2. Jo-Anne Payne
  3. Charlotte Huber

Here are some photos submitted during the sew along

Submitted by Megan Cooper

Submitted by Eraina Roberts

 

Submitted by Charlotte Hub

 

Submitted by Alanna Burtch

Want to see more photos, join the EZ Wrap Wallet Inspiration Group here.

Happy Sewing xx

in 52 Week Sewing Challange· Bloomies· Flosstyle Patterns· Paradise Dress· Sprouts

52 Week Sewing Challenge – Week 6

This weeks Challenge: Something Red or Pink (Accepted)

 

In case you haven’t noticed I am loving the Sprouts Bloomies at the moment and they go perfectly with the Paradise in shirt length. Again I have made a slight change to the Bloomies pattern and I am so happy with how they turned out!

To make these Bloomies I have changed which cuff I used. Normally for Bloomies you would use cuff A, for this pair I used cuff D and some elastic, which meant no gathering for those of you who don’t like it.

Cuff D is the same size as the leg opening so you need to attach as per the instructions for Sprouts Stumpies leaving a gap to thread elastic through. Your elastic should be the same length as cuff A for the size you are making.

Happy Sewing xx

in 52 Week Sewing Challange· Flosstyle Patterns· Sprouts· Twiggies

52 Week Sewing Challenge – Week 5

This weeks Challenge: Something from the last pattern you bought (rejected)

This week I have rejected the challenge again to sew something for my littlest monster who’s toilet training, at home he has been running around in the tooshies I made a few weeks back but for daycare he needs some pants that are easy for him to get on and off himself. The Sprout Twiggies are perfect for this and comfortable and allow enough movement for playing during the day too.

I made these in a size 3 for the little mister but when Mr 7 saw the pokemon pair he declared they were his newest pair of jocks, so it looks like I’ll be making a few more.