Home Pants

Finally had time to do a PJ pants tutorial.  Maybe it was a little out of necessity, since Max is growing out of his pants.  The kid is the same size as Dylan!  Ok this is how you do it.  Take a pair of pants that fit and that you like.  We are just going to adjust the waist and the length.  I took this Gap pants that I love.

Fold the pants like the picture below and trace on any kind of paper.  My grandma liked to use paper bags from the grocery store, but lucky for me I have the kids craft paper. 

Add however many inches to the pants you need plus an inch for the seam.  Do the same for the waist.  Along the two sides add 5/8" for the seam.

Fold your material and cut two matching prints, one for each leg.

Flip the pants front facing and sew a line on the inside of the pants.  See below.

 Flip one leg with pattern facing out (wrong sides together), into the other leg kept front facing (right sides together).  Line up the raw edges and sew.

 They always tell you to do a double stitch where the crotch is because it always has a tendency of ripping.  So I would recommend it.

You are almost done!  On the waist fold over half an inch, press and fold again.  The second fold has to be long enough to fit the elastic.  So depending on the size of your elastic add another half inch.

For the waist and hem, your fold should look like this. For the waist, sew all the way around but leave a 3 inch gap to slide the elastic in.  For the hem sew all the way around.

I put the elastic on a safety pin so help me guide it through.

Do a zig zag stitch on your elastic to close the loop.

Boys gone WILD!

Pom Pom's

I'm still working on the shower and I finally get to try the Martha Stewart pom pom's.  It's about as easy as following the instructions.  My only advice is that you have to fold the tissue paper exactly 1 1/2 inches, like the directions say or else it won't look anything like the picture.  I hope everything comes together for the party. I'll keep ya'll posted. Wish me luck!

Recipe for Mod Podge Success

Why does it seem that when you don't work, you actually work more? Is that even possible??? I've been busy with planning Max's birthday parties and now I've moved on to my cousins bridal shower.  Instead of your usual sign-in, I thought I would do something a little more special.  She loves to bake, so I thought recipe cards!  I found some awesome one's on Etsy that you can personalize.  Then I found a wooden box to mod podge and this is the result.


You can buy any mod podge you like with what ever finish you like.  This project was done with the matte finish.  


Tools:

• Recipe box (Michael's $4.00)
• Mod Podge (Michael's $5.50)
• Scrapbooking paper (Michael's - one sheet $.50)
• Exacto knife
• Sponge brush (Michael's $.30)
• Ruler

Cut scrapbooking paper with your exacto knife to fit on the box.  If your paper does not match the box you can paint the box first with matching paint.  My paper for this project matched, so I did not have to do any pre-painting.  I also did not cut for exact fit.  I cut the paper short to show the wood as trim.

Next put a thin layer of mod podge on the box.  Remember thin layer. If it is too thick you will get bubbles.  Then place the paper on the box.  Let the mod podge dry a few minutes.  Then spread a thin layer of mod podge over the whole box.  It will look like the picture below.  I thin white film that will disappear into a matte finish!  I did two layers of finish just in case.  So when the first layer dries add another.

Don't forget to wash your sponge brush immediately so you can reuse again and again.

Finished product!

See the wood trim as an accent!

The recipe cards I bought look so cute in their new home!

Man Made

Now that the holidays are officially over I can get this blog going again.  I saw some great things this holiday that inspired me.  As of recent, I went to my husbands friends annual Christmas party and before we could even knock on the door, I saw this incredible wreath!  When the door opened, I saw some really cool decorations. I had to ask, "where did you get your decorations?".  The answer blew my mind.  It was Jose, the man of the house!  I literally asked him if he could be my new BFF.  We got into some great conversations about Joann's Fabric Store, Michael's and Etsy.  Check out what he made!  Sorry the pictures are blurry, I had to use my phone.

Faux ornaments made out of a balloon with spray paint and ribbon.

Candy wreath made with Styrofoam, candy, a ribbon and a hot glue gun.

The wreath I was talking about! It's made of yarn!

Owl Party

Sometimes you look at people and you think how the hell do they do it all.  I have one of those friends, her name is Didith.  She works full time, has three kids and always look great! The kicker is...she's always nice! HOW?! HOW!!???? Once again she killed me at her daughters 1st birthday party and Dedication.  Her theme was Owls.  It starts with the invitation, "Guess who's turning 1?" She then used the invitation that had an owl on it and blew it up to make an owl making station.  Check out all the other goodies at her party!  Thank you Didith for sharing. Keep your creative idea's coming. =)

How cute is the big owl made of other cupcakes!? Twigs and feet!! Are you serious?!

Cakes made my Jasmin! That's the birthday girl in the pic.  Isn't she so cute?!

Another cake made by Jasmin.  Can she guest blog next?

Decorations around the yummy food.

Didith literally hand cut 33 owls, stuffed them, sewed them closed, cut out every piece of the owls features in all different colors so that we could create our own owls.

Guess which one is my owl???

URL Name Change

Thank you Josh for letting me know I can change my URL.  SpaceyStacie54 was way to hard to remember,  even for me. So it has officially been changed to www.sewlastminute.blogspot.com!!!!  Hope I don't lose any of my 15 followers. LOL.  

Christmas Make up Bags

The title suggests I make holiday bags. Wrong.  Every year I try and make my two girl cousins something for Christmas.  It doesn't always happen, but this year it did!! I made two make up bags or coin purses or wallets or whatever have you.  I used my new favorite pattern, the chevron pattern!  I got the fabric on my last NYC trip. I visited the infamous Mood Fabric Store.  They definitely have a lot of fabric and they definitely had what I was looking for.  

I know what you are thinking, "What is up with the cheesy lining??"  It's actually our grandma's fabric.  I'm giving it that sentimental touch. BAM.

Step 1:  My zipper is an 8" zipper so the width of the fabric should be 9".  The length can be whatever length you desire.  You don't have to do a lining, but I did. So the lining should match the dimensions of your exterior fabric.

 Step 2: Flip the zipper backwards facing the right side of your material. Use a zipper foot and sew along the matching edge.

Step 3: On the other side of the zipper sew exactly how you did with Step 2.

Your end result should look like this.

Step 5: If you are doing a lining, line up the the lining right side facing the wrong side of the outside fabric.  Then stitch along the edge.

Step 6: Do the same as step 5 with the other lining.

Step 7: Leave the zipper half open and then match up the two exterior fabric.  Do the same with the lining and pin all around.  Leave a 2 inch gap on the lining when you sew all the way around.  You'll need this gap to flip your material inside out.

Step 8 (optional):  To gussy up your bag you can create a gusset. Spread the edges outwards as in the picture and ink a line how deep you want your gusset.  I did a 1 1/2 inch gusset.  Your corner should look like a triangle with your line.  Sew where you created the line. 

Step 9:  Cut off the excess and leave half an inch.

So here you have it, with and without a gusset.  Oh, don't forget to sew up the 2 inch hole you have in the lining. =)