Tye-Dyed Sundress for this Boho Babe

What's more Boho than honest-to-gosh tye-dyed fabric!

I found this fabric at a retro store, and I knew I had to have it.

I loved the soft colors with the radiant white starbursts.

   

 Looking through my box of laces from my great grandmother, I found this starburst lace.  I think this fabric and lace were meant to be together.... thanks, Great-Grandma Kelly.

My granddaughter is so slender that I used a elastic gathered band in the back of the sundress so it would fit her better.  I wish that I could find the type of elastic that you can sew multiple row of stitching through, and it doesn't loose it's ability to retract.

But, I think this is a viable solution to the problem.

 I like to gather fabric like this.

First, using your longest stitch, sew 2 rows of stitching. One at 3/8 inch and one at 6/8 inch.

Pull the ends of the threads that came from the bobbin. With your fingers move the gathers down the fabric.

Pin to your connecting fabric at 5/8 inch. Notice how the gathers are even and straight up.  You don't get gathers that are puckers.   







Smiles,
Deborah

Repurposed Jean Skirt with Ruffle

I've made many jean top skirts like this one. I donated them to girls in foster care through the  CASA program and as part of the "Skirting The Issue Sew Along" with Project Run and Play.  When my granddaughter saw it, she wondered if this skirt was for "a girl that we don't know, or will never meet,...but needs our help."  

"No,  answered her grandmother. It's for you."

Does the fabric look familar? 

Yeap, it's part of my 2017 Bohemian Collection.   

I did buy her a jean jacket to go along with her recycled skirt. Sometimes, with a great sale, it's just cheaper to buy than sew.

If you want to make this skirt, here are some links to the different blog posts that show you, with written instructions and photos, how to make the skirt.

Creating the jean pants yoke for the skirt

 http://sewmuchtogive.blogspot.com/2015/07/creating-top-of-recycled-jean-skirt.html

Making the Flowers 

 http://sewmuchtogive.blogspot.com/2015/07/recyled-ruffled-jean-skirt-making.html 

Using a Printable Step-by- Step Chart to Calculate How to Cut Out Your Ruffles and Connecting Pieces, Regardless of the Size of Skirt (You will be able to click on the provided chart to take you to my Google Drive. Then  you can print a copy of the chart for yourself.)

http://sewmuchtogive.blogspot.com/2015/07/using-printable-step-by-step-chart-to.html

Sewing the Ruffles and Connecting Tiers to the Skirt Yoke

http://sewmuchtogive.blogspot.com/2015/07/sewing-ruffles-and-connecting-tiers-to.htmlhttp://sewmuchtogive.blogspot.com/2015/07/sewing-ruffles-and-connecting-tiers-to.html

 Sewing the Flowers to the Skirt
 http://sewmuchtogive.blogspot.com/2015/07/sewing-jean-flowers-to-jean-ruffled.html

Complementary Colors Girls Summer Shirt

  Complementary colors are those colors that are 

on opposite sides of the color wheel.

As I designed my top. I decided to use the complementary colors of  green/red and  blue-green/red-orange.  Using complementary colors is a bit tricky, so the use of this Kaffe Fassett print helped me pull it all together.

For me, the design all clicked together when I used the red-orange eyelet solid over the blue-green fabric.  I loved how the blue and green colors just popped through the holes in the eyelet fabric.  

This easy to wear top is complimented by these dark indigo tie-dyed jeans.

 Smiles,
Deborah