Tues Tutorial~ Upstyling Blue Jean Shirt

 I saved all, about 5, of Mr. G's blue jean shirts because I believe they NEVER go out of style. Since I was able to wear them, I kept them. Lately, it seems everyone has a blue jean jacket except me. I'm seeing all colors and shades of blue jackets. So I took one of the shirts and altered it a bit to "upstyle" it as seemingly a jacket.

Note, he was a passionate football fan, especially SEC, Go Big Blue. I saw no need to take off the badge. I think it had to do with the slogan of that particular season. Memories, yes.

 

 

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Tuesday Tutorial

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 A vague picture to try to show the shirt tails.

When deciding where to cut off,

be aware of where button/button hole lands

and give seam allowance and band space.

 About 2 inches here.

From the piece cut off,

cut a 3 inch strip.

 Notice how far below the button I cut off the piece.

Then sew to the new bottom

RIGHT side of strip 

to WRONG side of shirt.

You do need a machine not afraid 

of sewing through thick layers.

 

Measure 1.5 inch

 fold UP to the right side

to hide seam.

 Pin to hold in place

Top stitch along edges for desired look

with 2.8 to 3.0 stitch length.

You may want to use thread that matches present top stitching. 

 

 Now the tails are gone.

The great thing about this is you're able to

cut the shirt to the desired length.

 

So if you can't find a jacket,

go find a second hand shirt and

"Upstyle" it! 

 

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Fun Fri~ Little Grandson Birthday Bag

 

A church friend gave me some of her fabrics she didn't want anymore.

I needed something to put books in for my Great Grands birthday.

So I sew!

 

One of my Fabric Scrap Tags.

My grand daughter

now smiles when she picks up these cloth bags

and says,

"I know who this is from."

And it seems they use them. 

 

Tuesday Tutorial~ Memory Shirt Pillow Labels

 Recently I posted the Memory Shirt Pillows made from knit polo shirts. The person that asked me to make them, wanted a label on them to remind her grand children who had worn the shirt. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tuesday Tutorial

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I have found the ink in Sharpie pens doesn't wash out like

the Micron pens that lots of the quilting folks had recommended.

After seeing how much a Micron label that I had made for a quilt

had washed out, 

I tried a very fine point Sharpie. 

So far, it has worked great.

 

I first word process the label

using the Comic Sans font

and decide the size I need.

Then print paper copies to trace

onto muslin or a fabric of choice.

 I cut the written piece down to label size.

Must remember to leave quarter inch seam allowance.

The iron on interfacing

is laid sticky side against the written side.
Then stitched around the edge.

A small slit is cut on the interfacing

being careful not to cut through the label fabric.

Turn inside out through this slit

so the sticky side of the interfacing will appear. 

 

Using fingers,

press around the edge and corners.

I had to use a pin to pull out the seam and corners.

See this post for more pictures.

 

Iron press the label on the desired place on the pillow.

Thus the reason for using iron on interfacing.

I don't have to use pins to hold the piece,

which can be bulky and harder to stitch flat.

Be sure to follow directions with the

interfacing for the amount of time to iron press the interfacing.

The purpose of the interfacing is to hold in place temporarily.

Stitch around the edge will hole it permanently.

This is the same method I used to make Quilt Labels.