august rush

ok, so i am doing my pre-professional hours for teaching this fall. translation: i need 10 weeks of modest, comfortable, AND COLORFUL (i am not really in the business of colorful) clothes. so, i am rushing this august to not only get AMAZING scores on the GRE, finish a bunch of grad school stuff, but also create a new wardrobe that is classroom friendly. 

and i am also in need of skirts....cute skirts. because i have like the basic black one, and a patterned one, but i need to look super chic if i am running a nursery full of cute babies. so here are some of the inspirations for what i am going to make for you pretty soon!

and of course, there will be tutorials for everything :)

my inspirations/ things i am totally copying:

 this skirt

this skirt

this top

this skirt...maybe

this skirt in red

this top

and....

sailor shorts!!

so sit down, stay awhile. because august is gonna be fun! and quite fashionable, if i do say so myself. 

gathered together

so i love modcloth. love love love. but unfortunately, i hate spending money on clothes i think i can make. case in point this skirt

it is CUTE. it's bright, fun, perfect to add to my skirt collection.

but i refuse to spend forty bucks on a skirt that i found a tutorial for! ya! that's right! take it modcloth! i'm gonna make a skirt that kinda looks like that one and it will probably fit better! i'll make my own Tropical Daydream.....and here is what I came up with

guess what the name of this fabric is? kitschy kitchen. hahaha such a weird name.....anyway i got the tutorial from Anna from Noodlehead while she was guest blogging at crafterhours (she even tells you what you need, so i don't have to :) but remember to have extra for a sash!). since i wanted to use a patterned fabric, i left of the stencils. since Anna is a total pro, i have no need to explain the steps. just head on over there.....and we will pick up here with the sash. because having a huge bow at your waistline is the best thing ever.

the sash i made was 50 inches long and about 6 inches wide. 

1. putting the right sides together, sew a tube. 

2. using extreme patience, turn it right side out (it is pretty wide, so it should be pretty easy).

3. tuck the ends underneath and topstitch the whole dang thing until it looks like this

4. tie it around your waist and be fantastic.

such a good add to any wardrobe....i still think the name of the fabric is so weird. it's like when you hear an adult joke in a disney movie....you're like what? what storyboard creator got bored and added that one? anyone out here in cyber world ever used a fabric with a really weird name? weirder than kitschy kitchen?