Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Turkeys and Tutus

Since my sewing machine came into my life, my computer has sat beside my bed looking lonely...

I have been way too busy with a project that I thought was going to be so easy and cute.  But of course plans don't always go the way you expect them too.

Here is the story:
I wanted to make the girls something to wear for Thanksgiving.  I was thinking some cute turkey shirts and maybe a skirt to go with it.  I got some plain white shirts and then hit up Hobby Lobby.  I picked 8 different fabrics to make my turkeys.  I asked the lady to cut 1/2 yard of each of them, but then left her with the fabric as I took Alyse to the bathroom because she could not wait anymore.  When we got back from our side trip, the lady had cut a yard of each fabric.  I told her that was fine and I was sure that I would use it, plus I would rather have too much fabric then not enough.  That night I put the girls to bed, cut out my turkey's feathers and started cutting all the fabric into 2 inch strips in order to make some cute "scrap fabric tutus".  The next day I started to actually work on the tutus.  That's when I realized that I am horrible at math! (Actually I already knew it but it became very apparent!)

Long story short I have made 10 of these outfits:

Here is a close up:

Cute huh?
Love them!
The skirt became a little more work than I expected, but I really do love it.  Under the layer with the strips of fabric is 4 layers of tulle and then it is lined in white.  I didn't want it to be see thru at all.  After Thanksgiving it could easily be worn.

Here's the thing - Does anyone want to buy a skirt?  Or a shirt? 
I have one skirt that is ready to go.  I am guessing it would be about a 12m skirt.  The band is elastic so it would stretch out, but it also has the ribbon that is kinda like a draw string if it was too big.
I also have enough material I am guessing to make 3 more.
I talked to a friend who sells handmade clothing and also divided up the cost of all the materials and decided to sell them for $15 for the skirt and $15 for the shirt.

If you are interested in them please let me know asap.  You can comment or email me at stephanievanalmen@hotmail.com

All this to have 2 cute little turkeys.





1 comment:

Unknown said...

So cute! If my computer didn't die last week, I totally would have ordered them, but since Turkey day is close, maybe next year :) Great job!!