Fabric flower rings

I'm a big fan of rings!  I adore them and have always wanted the really large ones - but they cost about £12.00 in the shops! No way I was ever paying that! Coz as much as I love rings - I'm also tight!!!

But now that I'm crafting, I can make my own - here's a couple I whipped up tonight

One from felt

And one from a scarf I recycled. 

Mr. J doesn't really like the pink one! But its so over the top girly - I love it!

Tutu Time

I've been wanting to make little Miss J a tutu for a while now. Since sewing is not up my alley at all, I decided to scour the web for a no sew one. I used a combo of two tutorials which you can find here and here.

I bought one meter of tulle in purple, which in hindsight was too little and next time around I would buy more. So what I have is a short tutu but who cares - it looks lovely anyway :)

You need some tulle in a colour of your choice, some elastic, measuring tape, scissors and a craft mat if you have one.

Measure your child's waist and then subtract 3 inches - that is the amount of elastic you need. For e.g little Miss J's waist measured 19.5 inches and I used 16.5 inches of elastic. Sew the end of the elastic together to create a hoop.

Pull the elastic up to your thigh like a girdle. This makes it easy to loop the strips of tulle and tie knots tightly together until the whole elastic is filled up. You can refer to the tutorial links for how to make the knots....both tutorials show different knots and you can choose whichever one you prefer.

And the end result was this.



Doesn't it look lovely? Let me know what you think :)

Of felt and flowers

I saw this felt dahlia flower in blogland the other day and couldn't wait to make it..... if you want to give it a go, you can find the tutorial here with exact measurements.

Now my version isn't as lovely as the tutorial, but its not bad for a first attempt even if I say so myself. I did use a hot glue gun because it is much quicker and I don't have the patience to sit through waiting for normal fabric glue to dry!!! Me thinks loads of people I know will be getting brooches as pressies this year!!!!

This is what I started off with.



With a little bit of hot glue, I glued the ends of the cut felt together.



Like so to form the petals.

Then I glued a piece of cardboard (measurements in original tutorial link at start of post) with the felt.

And folded over the back of the felt. Don't worry about the messy look.


Because I will cover it with another piece of felt.

Now starting with the largest petals, I hot glued them to the base close together.

This is how it looked with one layer finished.


Then I added the second layer of petals (the mid sized ones)


And finally the smallest petals at the end. The middle wasn't very clean.



So I made a rosette out of a strip of felt and glued it to the centre.



Ta da - you could use it as a brooch or on a hairband or maybe even on a necklace!

I am waiting for my pin backs to arrive so I can use it as a brooch on my jacket!!!!

Jersey knit bracelet - cool and chic!

Ok, I know it isn't the neatest job - but that's part of what makes these bracelets super cool. Team them up with a casual top and a pair of jeans and you're away! You can follow the full tutorial here.



I just used an old top I had lying around, but you could use any t-shirt. You end up with an accessory at no cost and its great for recycling those old clothes :)




What do you think?