Monday 31 December 2012

How to: make my sister Stella's BEAUTIFUL brooches

Hey,

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF 2012!!! Goodbye "end of the world" hello 2013 :D. To start off the year I am going to do

Every Sunday I am going to post updates of the weeks photo's. I will obviously be taking a photo a day :).

So on to Stella's badges...

She got the idea from "Gifts and Crafts Vintage style". She made these as gifts for Christmas and now just makes them for fun and they are really beautiful.

You will need:
Pinking shears
Different types of fabric and felt
Pins
Buttons
Embroidery scissors
Safety pins or brooch backs
Embroidery thread
Needle

Instructions
  1. Cut out different sized circles from the fabric, with the felt circle being the biggest.
  2. Place the circles on top of each other in size order (biggest to smallest).
  3. Cut a long piece of embroidery thread.
  4. Sew the middle of the circles together.
  5. Get different sized buttons and sew them on to the circles.
  6. Sew the safety pin/brooch back on to the back of the biggest circle.
  7. Your finished!
They are so pretty and so simple and make the perfect gift for a loved one!

Happy New Year!!!

Izznknit

Saturday 29 December 2012

How To: Make adorable alicebands!!!

Hi,

Firstly I hope everyone who reads this post had a great christmas! My parents got me a Knitting dolls book that is absolutely AWESOME because it gives you the general doll pattern and then a million things to do with it! I am going to make Amelie an "Amelie doll" for her sixth birthday :).
So on to todays how to... I love re-using old things so here is a cool way to turn old alicebands that you never wear into fashion accessories!

You will need:

An embroidery needle
A scrap of fabric
Some sewing/embroidery scissors
An old aliceband (make sure it is made of fabric as plastic ones do not work)
Some embroidery thread.

Instructions:

  1. Cut out a couple of circles (roughly the same size) out of your scrap of fabric.
  2. Fold them into triangles and sew the tips together.
  3. Sew around the tip to give it a nice shape.
  4. DO NOT BREAK THE THREAD! Use it to roughly sew the "flower" to the band.
  5. Poof the flower a little bit and you are finished!
Don't worry about loose threads as they are hidden by the flower. You can do anything you want not only flowers.. You could use buttons or do millions of flowers all around the band. The possibilities are endless so get creative!!!


Flower headbands: An adorable fashion statement! Amelie certainly loves hers!

Izznknit


(P.S. I went to see "The life of Pi" today. It was amazing. If you get the chance, deffinitely go and see it.)


Sunday 16 December 2012

9 days to go!!! How to: Make christmas phone pouches!!!

Hi,

So as you may have gathered (as this is my 2nd post about phone pouches) That I looooove phone pouches :)!!! They keep your phone safe in a funky way!!! I got the idea for a christmas one from Teengrannies 22 Days to Go - D.I.Y. Holly Headband!!!

HOW TO MAKE HOLLY PHONE COVERS-

You will need-

  • 2 different types of green fabric (one color for the holly the other for the pouch)




 
  • Red buttons




  • Green thread




  • An embroidery needle



    • Some sewing or embroidery scissors



















    Instructions
     
    1. Measure your phone and cut out a piece out of the dark green fabric the height of your phone and two times the width of it. (add 1cm or half an inch around the sides to give yourself some sewing space)
    2. Cut some holly shapes out of the light green fabric and pin them to the fabric square. 












       









    3. Sew around the leaves in any stitch you like!

       
     
















     4. Sew one (or two) of your red buttons on to the fabric square. Make sure it is VERY secure.

     
















     5. Fold the fabric in half inside out and sew along the edges in blanket stitch.


















       6. YOUR COVER IS DONE!!!


















    I hope you guys enjoy making these!!! Gosh only nine days left! No more double digits!!!

    Until... Tomorrow I guess?

    Izznknit

    Monday 3 December 2012

    22 days to go!!! Stocking monsters

    Hey,

    I absolutely LOVE knitted monsters so I attempted to make up a super easy pattern for one that will fit in ANY stocking and is to cute not to love!!!




    BLOOP THE GLOOPY MONSTER

     

    Bloop is a cute companion that is quiet,

    clean, and fits in all knitting bags!

    Just make sure he has a couple joob joobs

    every so often and he’ll love you forever!!!

     

    GAUGE

    The great thing about knitted toys is that

    gauge doesn’t matter!!!! If you want to


    make bloop bigger just increase your

    needle and wool size!

     

    MATERIALS

    1 set dpns (about 2 sizes smaller than size reccomended on ball of wool)
    1 ball chunky wool

     

    BODY

    Rnd1-13: knit all

    Rnd14: (k2tog knit 4) four times

    Rnd15: knit all

    Rnd16: (k2tog knit 3) four times

    Rnd17: BO

     

    EYES

    R1-5: knit all

    thread wool through all stitches and pull

    tight. sew up the back of the eye and

    embroider a black dot in the middle.

     

    MAKE TWO

     

    Finger knit a cord to attach eyes

     

    FINNISHING OFF

    Sew the body together and lightly stuff. Sew all pieces to the body and embroider a

    mouth!
     
     
     
    I really hope you guys make some bloopy gloopy stocking monsters!!!
     
    Izznknit
     
    (P.S. tomorrow is my prize giving! Wish me luck!!!)