Summer scarf gifts

Need a summer girly gift?  You've got to try out these scarves!  I used this tutorial:

http://www.danamadeit.com/2008/07/tutorial-summer-scarf.html 

and then adapted it a little which I'll show below.  

I actually made these for a friend who is having a brunch for some ladies.  These will be tied to each of their chairs.  How fun is that?

 The tutorial says to serge the edges, iron 1/4" under, and then sew.  So this is how that turned out. 

 But, with the ruffles and how the scarf curls up when you wear it, I didn't like seeing that serged edge as much.  So, I tried folding under twice and sewing.  This worked but was time consuming.

 By the third scarf I had it figured out.  Rolled hems with your serger are the way to go!  It creates a more dainty hem with a great finished look for the scarf!

Look what fun you can have with lightweight fabrics!

I hope the ladies enjoy them!

Recovered kitchen chairs

When it comes to home decor I love unique, unexpected, conversation starters:)

Such as. . . 

this bold shower curtain

 Or my "coffee table"

 Or masking tape wall decor???  and burlap ruffled lamps all in ORANGE?

 I say it's FUN!

And now it is time to get my kitchen chairs into the FUN mode:)

After 9 years of wear and tear this is what the seat looked like - yes, off-white fabric chairs are not so kid friendly. . .

So what was the fabric of choice?

Giraffe of course!!!!!  

And I LOVE them!  :)

 I did make these kid-friendly:)  Through blog land I found out there was such a thing as iron-on vinyl.  I found the fabric I wanted, ironed this vinyl on, and basically got "oilcloth" fabric to cover my chairs with.  They wipe right up!  Hooray for giraffe print chairs!

One more funny story. . .

A couple years ago when giraffe print purses were just getting big I was in search of a new purse.  I asked my sister if I should go for the giraffe print purse, but she wasn't so sure about them.  I ended up getting a plain yellow purse instead.  So when I had the idea for this project I couldn't wait to tell my sis how I was covering my chairs.  Good thing I chose to use the fabric somewhere not very noticeable!  Haha!  

Swimsuit cover ups

I was strolling through Target and saw this swimsuit coverup.  

 Darling!  

I think I could do that!

  Quick, take a picture to remember:)

 So, I bought a fun bath towel, coordinated some tulle fabric, and started cutting and piecing.

We end up with this! (the sun was pretty bright in their face-thus the squint and closed eyes!)

 Ready for fun in the sun!