January Project

Now it doesn't take me a whole month to make my projects but it does take that long to post them.  

This is what I used to organize some of my crafting supplies.  There are many other places in the house but I like this because it is mobile and stores things nicely.  What I don't like is that its kind of ugly and you can see everything in it, especially when its out and around the house.  So I had some left over fabric from a table cloth I bought at Target and made this...

Pretty cool slip cover if I may say so.  To make this I placed the fabric on the drawers upside down.  Then I pinned it all together at the seams, which are around the top three corners and one long seam down the back in the middle.  I then simply sewed it together.  It was a bit trial and error at first.  My sewing skills are coming along slowly.  


I had enough fabric left over to make the pillow in this picture below.  

I'm going to try to post more projects as I go along, but since I'm working on finishing up my masters degree things might take a while.  


Until then,


~J

New Things...

With this being my first time blogging I thought it would be interesting to post some pictures of a dress that I recently "renovated" as my Nana said. I've been on a kick to clean out my closets lately and came across this dress. It was a bridesmaid's dress from 2004 and I haven't really had the chance to wear it elsewhere since. Since I have three weddings to attend this summer I thought why not change it up and take my dress out on the town. So after some trial and error with the sewing machine I have a brand new-to-me dress that I will proudly wear to one of my three events. (The picture of me holding the flowers is the old version) I love making old stuff new again!