Sunday Sewing: Pillows and Frockets

This weekend was spent with me, myself, and my two pups. Perfect chance to be a little lazy, a little drinky, and mostly a lotta crafty.

I knew I wanted to get some sewing done, so I headed over to Joann’s to check out fabrics from my two Sunday Projects.

{Project One}

I had seen a DIY on Pinterest for making pocket sweatshirts similar to those from The Frat Collection. Even cooler  I won a giftcard to TFC from a giveaway last month and I am super excited to get a TFC shirt of my own!

I decided I wanted to make a less “fratty” version of the sweatshirt and bought a comfy cardinal red crewneck from Walmart, which I paired with a leopard fabric I found at Joanns!

After buying the fabric, the first major task required me to make a pattern of a pocket, which you can see in the pictures. I used a measuring tape to measure a frocket on a favorite tee of mine and added some “buffer” room, which I used for hems later on.

I then pinned this pocked down to the frabic and cut it out! To make the folds even where I was planning to make stitches, I actually used an old flat iron instead of pulling out my full iron! My favorite sewing trick ;) I then took the time to sew down each edge creating a fabric pocket!

Next, I simply put the sweatshirt on and held the pocket up to the place where I liked it most and pinned the pocket down.

The last step was to simply sew the pocket down onto the sweatshirt! I stitched along the hemline from before as to not make extra lines! As silly as it sounds, remember to leave the top of the pocket open.

Voila!!

Look out for this bad boy in a future OOTD post!

{Project Two}

My second project was pretty simple. I have a storage bin that I made a few summers back with my dad that I used in the sorority house since we never had storage. Clearly, this moved home with me when I left.

{Fun fact, we call the bin a “Body Box” because you could probs fit a few dead bodies in it…}

Anyhow, the top of the bin is hinged and I have always left pillow on top, letting it serve as a window seat of sorts! The last two years, my rooms in the house have had pinks in the theme, so I had pink pillows on top.

My room now is all black, white, and gray, with aqua walls. Pink, well, doesn’t match.

I had originally planned to copy this idea I found on pinterest.

I couldn’t find a pretty lace that I wanted to use and while searching up and down aisles for the fourth time, I stumbled across this fabric gem!

I instantly knew it was “the one” and headed straight over to get two yards cut! The fabric is a shiny pewter with a black lace overlay. It is very 20s inspired and reminded me of something I'd see at a Prohibition Party! 

The best part?  The $19.99 fabric was already 40% off, taking it down to $11.99. THENNNNN I had a coupon from the Joann app for 25% off my entire purchase, bringing the fabric down to $8.99 a yard!! I was overjoyed, to say the least!

Here is a picture of how the pillow turned out! I am so in love with the pewter underlay, I am actually thinking about going back to buy more fabric to make party dress! Tempting…

Have you taken on any sewing projects lately?

Paddles on Paddles

One of my favorite Greek traditions is that of the paddle. As a big, I counted down the seconds until I finally got my paddle from little!  My paddles from Little M was a long time coming and is very proudly displayed in my room. Little C, on the other hand, is a bit slow and even though we have both graduated by now, I haven’t received my paddle from her yet. I have seen it in progress and let me just say, it is TOTALLY worth the wait! (Little C has been my little since the Spring after I joined! She was my first little!)

Here is a pic from paddle exchange with Little M:

One of my Glittles and I also decided to do a “mini paddle” exchange! She and I are very close and even though we only had one year together, we thought it would be a great symbol of our bond! 

Here we are with our mini paddles:

And, for kicks, here is a picture of the paddle I made my big:

It’s finally time for my sister to start making her paddle for her big and I think I might be even more excited than she is! Like me, my sister is in a different chapter form all of the rest of the women in our family. She also attends a different university than the rest of us. Because of this, their paddle traditions are a bit different than the ones I am accustomed to! Not to mention, the lack of resources near her school would have been AWFUL when I was making my paddle! She is definitely going to be using some of my Gainesville connections when it comes to making her paddle!

I am a bit jealous of her big, seeing as Sissy is an artist! The paddle is going to be BEAUTIFUL, I just know it! I will definitely post pictures when it is done!

I know a lot of you out there are Greek! I would LOVE to see your paddles or even hear about some of the coolest paddle ideas you have seen!

Today’s Pickins:

1.       Need inspiration for a fall wrest? Here are 101ideas! 

2.       Anyone tried these FREE Redbox Codes? I might be giving them a try tonight. 

3.       Cowboy Caviar sounds like a perfect recipe to this TexMex lover. 

4.       The Saline Soultion in Mascara idea worked wonders for me this morning. Have you ever tried any of these tips?