Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Fuzzy Trimmed T-shirt


Transform your old, ordinary T-shirt into a colorful cardigan.



Bring your shirt in need of some flair (long or short sleeve) and I will cut and stitch crochet holes for $8.  I used a novelty yarn to crochet an edging for this shirt, but regular thin yarn can be used to crochet your favorite decorative edging.  For me to do the crocheted edging will be $30-$40 more plus cost of yarn.  Look through your closet and lets get creative.

Fitted Button Shirt

Take your plain button down shirt and give it a more fitted look:



                                 Added front darts
                                 Added back darts

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Cuffed Suit Pants

                                         Hemmed suit pant
                                           Added Cuff to pant leg
                                         A nice look for Suit Pants

Bring your pants that need hemming to me already pinned or I can pin the hems here.  ($5 fitting fee)

Some Instructions on pinning your Hem:
Put on the pants you want to hem and the pair of shoes that you plan
on wearing with the pants.  Hemming the pants without the shoes
will result in an incorrect hem length.
You will not need to do this step for both pant legs so pick whichever
pant leg (right pant leg or left pant leg) is easier for you to work on.
Working from the side of the foot, fold the hem of your pant leg up
and under the inside of the pants.  Using a full-length mirror, adjust
the hem as needed until you achieve your desired length.
Insert one pin along the top of your hem.  Then, insert a second pin along the bottom of your hem.
Make sure the fabric is straight before you insert the second pin.  Now you can
take off the pants.  Carefully turn them inside out without
disturbing the pins.  With the measuring tape, find the length from
the bottom fold to the top edge of the fabric that you folded up
and inside the leg.  Mark this measurement with your chalk.  Use
this measurement to fold and pin the rest of the hem.  Measure,
mark, and pin all the way around the pant leg to make sure your
hem will be straight.   Then measure, mark and pin the other pant leg using the same measurement.

Overalls into pants

This was a fun project.  I took a pair of overalls and made them into pants.  Then used the front pocket to make a Calvin Klein hand bag. :)

                                             Overalls Before
                                          Handbag made out of front pocket with embellishment
                                           Front side of pants
                                         Back side of pants with added elastic
                                         Cost $12-$15

Transform your closet with more wearable items.  Bring your ideas to me.

Girls Dresses

Here are a couple of dresses I've sewn lately for a wedding and baptism.  



Dresses cost between $35- $50 depending on elaboration and type of fabric used, plus material cost.  You may bring a pattern to me and I can make suggestions on fabric or you may have everything picked out and just need a seamstress.  Allow 1-2 weeks for completion depending on other projects I have going.   Please contact me at 435-586-1162.  Thanks and have a wonderful day.