My Pajamas

In term four of Home Economics we were required to make a pair of long pajama pants and embellish a matching shirt.

I chose pink fabric with owls on it which I bought from Spotlight. I also wanted to make mine different from everyone else's so I made them 3/4 length, added a trim of white bobbles along the bottom and sewed button holes in and put ribbon through the top.

For my shirt I used a tulip shape from my pyjamas and blanket stitched it onto a plain white shirt. I also added a bow in the same colour ribbon as my pants just with a smaller width.

We also had to make a process journal but I did not have a chance to take photos of it before I handed it in and I will not get it back until the end of next year, which is very annoying!!

Anyway here are some pictures:

 The front cover of my journal (I still can't work out how to flip photos)

 My shirt.

And my pants!!

I was really happy with how they turned out and they are really comfy to wear!!

Charlotte;)

Paint Chip Door Decoration {Tutorial}

Every time I go to the hardware store I pick up a few paint chips, you know the little pieces of paper/cardboard that is coloured the colour of that paint. They are free and you can use them for so many different projects.

Here is my current stash:

I was looking at my door frame the other day and thought how bland it was. I wanted to do something to brighten it up a bit that didn't cost anything and this is what I thought of. Decorating it with flowers punched out of paint chips!!

From this:                                                                                           To this:

And no the wall colour doesn't change when you do this project, I just didn't take a picture of my door before I put the flowers on so I took one of my brothers instead which is the same size, just his walls are not pink!!

To decorate your door you'll need:

-Paint chips

-Blue tack or glue

-Flower puncher

-Glitter Glue (optional)

This is the punch I used.

   

Chose the colours you want your flowers to be, I chose pinks.    

And then start cutting an equal amount of flowers from each colour (you could also do all the same colour too). I used about 175 flowers.

Then put a tiny bit of blue tack or glue onto each flower and glue/stick it to the door frame. I used blue tack so that when I get sick of them I can pull them all off and the paint won't come off with them as well.

I spaced mine about 3cm apart and alternated sides each time but you could have them further apart or closer together and in a straight line. Whatever you like.

You could also add a glitter glue centre, I did this to a few but I couldn't tell a difference unless I was really close to the flowers, so I stopped.

 I also did not do all the way down the side of the door frame closest to the wall as you can't see this when the door is open and I hardly ever shut my door.

See, no one will ever notice. You could also do all the way around if you like as well.

And you're finished!! A quick, cheap and affective project!!

And here's another project I've done with paint chips, magnetic pegs.

To hold my papers on my whiteboard.

They have a strip of magnet on the back but are just wooden clothes pegs.

 

I've also got one blue tacked to my wall above my desk to hold my daily timetable.

If anyone would like a tutorial for these just leave me a comment and I'll do one soon.

 Now, go and start collecting paint chips, you'll have plenty of fun and let me know the projects you do!!

Charlotte;)

My Laptop Case {Lots of Photos}

In year 9 Home Economics term 3 we were given a piece of denim fabric and told we could either make a pillow or wall hanging by decorating it with embroidery. I had no use for either nor did I want to make a pillow or wall hanging so I asked to make a laptop case. My home ec teacher said yes and so I started brainstorming ideas.

I came across this fabric in spotlight with little Japanese dolls on it and my ideas just grew from there. I ended up using the fabric as my lining with 2 layers of iron-on wadding between it and the denim.

This is a picture of the fabric already sewn in to my laptop case. Don't you just think its adorable?!?

It had 3 different types of dolls on it. 

I photocopied the fabric and made an embroidery pattern from it for the front of my case. 

I love this fabric soo sooo much!!

This is my embroidered doll, the second one shown above. I statin stitched the hair, the eyes and hair flower are beads, the lips are bullion stitch, the outline is backstitch and the dress is decorated in lazy daisy's.

This one was done the same but has a different dress pattern, different coloured flowers and a different hair style. This one is a replica of the first photo of dolls above. 

Again this one is done in the same way just with a different dress patter, hair style and flower colour. This one is a replica of the last photo of dolls above.

And here is the finished product all zipped up.

All three dolls, they turned out so cute!! 

My favourite is the pink one but I like them all.

 My laptop fits in perfectly.

All I did was measure my laptop and added about 4 to 5cm for a seam allowance and sewed 2 side seems.

I did a special corner, I'm not sure what it's called but it is perfectly moulded to my laptop. 

 My zip is far from perfect but this is only the second zip I've ever sewn into something and it was around a curve.

 A pinned the zip in place on one side and then tacked it and sewed around it and did the same for the other side. My grandma helped me with this step but all the sewing and embroidery was done completely by me.

We have a embroidery machine at school so I embroidered my full name on the back but apart from that I left it plain. 

I love it so much and I'm so proud of the finished product. I got an A+ for it and was asked if it could be displayed in the school library but I said no as I did not want people touching it.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Charlotte;)