Crochet Bow Headband tutorial

Here are the materials you will need: headband (I got a pack of eight at the dollar store), worsted weight yarn, 5mm crochet hook, and a large blunt tapestry needle. Optional materials include coordinating thread, sewing needle, beads, sequins, ribbons, and glue.

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Make Rose Scarflet tutorial

Hey here's a post on accessories after a really long time...(I'll accept it that jewelry is much more fun to make). But now faced with an emergency (I need a scarflet desperately) I decided to make one. A re-purposed one.


When a newly bought cami tears, I find it very irritating..The only thing the comes out of it is a dust cloth that you use to clean the showcase glasses once and then you throw it away. But what if it can be made into something else more worthwhile...Playing around with my pink knit cami  I came up with this scarlet that is great to be worn when it is not very cold but still chilly. No machine sewing skills required for this project because I dont have a machine ;)
Materials Required
- Knit fabric (tubular knit). I cut mine from my cami. You could also cut from any old tshirt. Width 7" length 35" totally when cut open at one end. Extra fabric for the rosette (can be a different fabric/color also)
- hand needle and matching thread/ Scissors

There are two parts to this scarlet - the scarf and the rosette. We will do the rosette first. I am doing this rosette to resemble a rose flower that used to bloom in my childhood home. I would be so drawn to it that my mother would sometimes affectionately refer to me as "roja poo"(rose flower) after that particular flower.

Beauty Zipper Jewelry tutorial

Making jewelry using unusual items is not a new thing and the last few years have seen a rise in Recycled and reused materials jewelry. Out of them Zipper or Zip is a highly favoured material. This simple fastener lends itself into many shapes thereby making accessories out of it a pleasure. Inspired by the works of Reborn jewelry and Amalia Versaci (both on etsy) I made a few  zipper jewelry pieces in varying levels of difficulty.
One is a ring - rosette ring to be specific.
Here's How to make it: I just removed the clip and used one side of a jacket zip. I then gathered on the plain side and twisted the strip keeping the teeth at the open end to get a rosette. the plastic bit will be at the centreI stitched it through the layers and it was done. I then made a small loop to fit my finger with a remaining piece of zipper and attached it to the back of the rosette. Now my ring (fully made of Zippers) is ready.


The next one is side focal bracelet, which is little more work than the ring

Tutorial: Chrysants Silk Brooch

Want to try a simple, easy, yet fabulous project ? This is it :D Chrysants Silky Brooch. It is so easy and make me want to make it again and again.

What you need :
- Silky fabric (I use real silk, but you can use any cheap poly chiffon, shantung, faux silk, or anything, as long as it feel silk and has some glossy surface). Cut it in bias
- Glue gun & the glue
- Metal Brooch (you can use felt as brooch backing, but metal brooch is sturdier and holds the flower better than felt)

Burlap Cuff

y first burlap project with a tutorial.Easy and quick to make with many possibilities.

You will need:

new baby dress with pompom

Sweet little T-shirt Tutorial

Before:

CD-ROM Rosettes

CD-ROM Rosettes

Remember about this time last year when I went on my Frayed Rosettes bender? Well, the snip/tear/roll urge has hit me one again, but this time I wanted to do something even larger, grander, and...ummm...less labor intensive (hey, my house is on the market..a lot of my energy is spent swiffering dog hair and firing up LED tealights for showings). Anyway, I came up with something fun, fast and completely giftable (my mom is in town and she says so...the prototypes are already in her suitcase, so that is a good sign)!




All you need to make these big, beautiful rosettes are 1) an old, scratched up CD, 2) about 1/4 yard of fabric and 3) a hot glue gun.




For the demo, I used gorgeous, hot-off-the-press pink Maeve from Jennifer's Queen Street line. To start out with a nice even torn edge, you will need to snip an inch or so above the cut edge, then grasp either side of the snip and tear (for more details on snipping and tearing, download the Frayed Rosettes tutorial).




Once you have this edge, you can start tearing off the components for your rosette.




Make your initial snip about 1/2" from your torn edge and rip.




This will give you a thin, stringy piece.




Then snip and rip about 2" from the edge. Repeat.

At this point you should have one stringy skinny piece and two wider pieces.




Squirt a drop of glue near the center of the CD, and stick the end of the stringy piece into place as shown above. Normally, I would give you hot gluing action shots, but my glue gun is a hot mess! So I'm substituting with arrows...they indicate where the hot glue should be applied.




Bring the stringy piece through the hole so you have exactly seven wraps (no more, no less).




Flip the CD over to the other side and glue the stringy piece into place and trim. You should have exactly seven wraps on that side too.




Tie the end of one of the wider strips into a loose knot.




Tuck the tail into the knot, and add a drop of glue to hold it in place.




Glue the knot to the center ring of the CD.




Now for the fun part! Weave the strip between the wraps (go over the first one, go under the next one, etc, etc).



For best results, keep the material loose and fluffy for those first wraps, then gradually tighten up as you get further from the center. This will give a more authentic domed rosette shape.




Try to keep the wraps evenly spaced as you go along.




When the first strip runs out, tuck the end under the adjacent "petal" and glue.




Pinch the end of the second strip, and glue it into place right next to the end of the first strip.




Weave this strip in and out until you get to the end. Tuck and glue the end into place. Arrange the outer edge petals so that they cover up any glimpses of the shiny CD. Glue wherever you see fit.





If you want to cover up the back, simply trace around another CD on felt. Cut the felt circle out, and glue it to the back of the CD.


That is really all there is to it...experiment with solids, prints...or even other materials.




Here is a tulle rosette (I used 180" of the 6" wide tulle that comes on a roll, but I doubled it up to make the process go faster).




I also tried it with shiny wired ribbon (90% off bargain post-Christmas at JoAnn's last year), and it will make a beautiful bow alternative!

I'm plotting all kinds of things to do with these big, fun rosettes...make brooches, stick 'em on walls, use them as ornaments...etc!

Ruffle Your Hair

Ruffle Your Hair {and giveaway}

In case you haven't noticed, I love making headbands.

I made a bunch of these fun ruffled headbands for the Beehive Bazaar.

Today I am showing you how to make some for yourself!

Supplies:

A plastic headband

Strip of fabric that measures 1.5 by 10 inches

Needle and thread or a sewing machine

Hot Glue Gun

Make a Fashion-Inspired Rope Necklace

by samantha

Necklaces made from utility rope have hit the runways at Proenza Schouler and Lela Rose, to name a few. Dollar store jump ropes provide the colorful look of utility ropes without a major investment in supplies. This necklace requires learning one macrame knot to create an impressive-looking yet simple necklace.

Project estimate:

• Two jump ropes  ($1 each)
• Two copper 1/2" plumbing connectors or similar hardware (About $1)
• Two copper  1/2" tube caps or similar hardware or jewelry end caps (About $1)
• Two small but strong magnets. (On hand)
• Electrical tape (Optional)

Total: $4 and up

Make an oversize flower brooch

by samantha

Make an oversize flower brooch from unlikely materials

Oversize flower brooches are popping up on runways and at retailers like EmersonMade. You can try out the trend inexpensively with this easy DIY. The project uses an unlikely jewelry making material - a sheet of The Original Shammy. The Shammy flower features a nice autumn color, is sturdy yet soft, won't fray and holds many times its own weight in water.

To make rose from paper and fabric

 To make rose from paper and fabric

Making Christmas tree from beads

Making Christmas tree from beads