We Have A Winner!

Congratulations Amy from Designing A Life I Love. You are the winner of the Red House Happenings apron giveaway.

I have lots of projects going on this week, so stay tuned for some ideas that I know all you OCD, organizational type people will LOVE. And I hope to get the chair project finished as well. Thanks to all my followers and fellow bloggers for your participation in the apron giveaway. Have a Great Weekend!

An Ugly Mess

Remember this ugly mess? NO, not all the junk in my garage, the chair. I posted about this chair that I found for only $7.00 at a yard sale. Well, I've been laboring over it this week. Stay tuned for the big reveal. Pictures should be up soon.

Tomorrow is the deadline to enter the apron contest. I will randomly pick one lucky person as the winner and make the announcement on Saturday.

Boutique

Here's another alternative for the skirt transformation that I posted before.
This is just a small sample piece that I will demonstrate. Sandwich a piece of printed fabric between two pieces of denim as shown.

Baste the edges together

Sew some random, curvy lines

Make a cut between the curved lines making sure you only cut the top layer of denim and then make several small cuts up to the seam line. (I hope that made sense)

Once this piece has been laundered a few times it will look like the picture below.

Sew this piece into your skirt as I described in my previous post.

Jeans To Skirt Tutorial

This is a demonstration of how you can transform your old jeans into a denim skirt. You will need one pair of jeans for the skirt and some fabric for the center panel. I like to use my husbands old worn out jeans for the panels.

First you will need to rip out the hems and the inside leg seams with a seam ripper being very careful not to rip the fabric. (do not cut it out)

Rip out inside leg seams

Once the inside leg seams are ripped, you will need to rip the curved seams up the front and back of the crotch just until the seam starts to go straight as shown:
It can be difficult to get all those little threads out of the seams that have been ripped so I just use masking tape. Press it firmly on the threads and then gently pull the tape off. It's like waxing your jeans.

Lay your jeans out flat on a table and pin into place:

Use your scrap pair of jeans or fabric of your choice to make the center panels for your skirt. I just cut a leg off and cut up the inside seam to get my panel.


Tuck your panel inside the skirt:


Pin the panel in place being sure to tuck under your seam allowances:




Turn your skirt inside out and trim away any bulk fabric:


Turn it right side out again and start sewing from the top and work your way to the bottom.

After you have everything sewn together you can turn it inside out again and trim away any excess fabric.

I repeat this process for the other side of the skirt. Once you have both front and back sides done you can hem it. Another alternative to this skirt is pictured below. On this skirt I did not turn under the seam allowances or the hem. I just left the edges raw and once it has been laundered a few times this is what it will look like.

Giveaway Time

I am so very excited to be hosting my first giveaway here at Red House Happenings. I know everyone would love to enter and win this sweet little half-apron.

Here are the rules:

1. Become a follower of this blog.

2. Add my button to your blog.

3. Post about this giveaway and include a link to Red House Happenings.

4. Leave me a comment telling me that you have done the above.

The contest will end on August 14th. Good Luck to All!

Sweet Dreams

I took a stroll through Country Living Magazine and found these beautiful bedroom inspirations. I love how white can make a room feel clean and breezy like the Spring of the year,

and how black and white instantly adds sophistication to any room.
I love how refreshing and inviting the blue and white in this room feels, but most of all I LOVE........

A beautiful chandelier in the bedroom. Who says a chandelier only belongs above the dining room table? It makes even the biggest master bedroom feel intimate, warm and inviting. Do you have a chandelier in your bedroom? If so, I'd like to see it.

Sweet Dreams

Three Cheers for Twice Remembered

I wanna give a HUGE thank you to Kim. She is such a helpful blogging buddy to me, even when she's out of town she still finds time to answer questions and help me out. She even designed a new button for me. Let's all say a big THANK YOU KIM!!!