Making jewelry

To celebrate my earholes I am all into jewelry making at the moment. And to give me some inspirations I bought some (ok, ok a lot of) books. And here are some reviews:

Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Cover-Button jewelry



http://www.amazon.de/Fast-Easy-Fabric-Cover-Button-Jewelry/

A big disappointment. It´s nothing new. If you browse at etsy you find enough inspiration to make you own button jewelry. Only the ideas to use glass beads is a bit creative.

Stitched jewels



http://www.amazon.de/Stitched-Jewels-Jewelry-Stuffed-Gathered/

The book itself is great. Great creative ideas and great photos, but it´s not my style. This book and the jewelry is more a piece of art. But I am sure I can use some techniques.

Fabric jewelry



http://www.amazon.de/Fabric-Jewelry-Wrapped-Braided-Sewn/

I don´t know yet how to use it, but the ideas are great. It´s mainly about making beads out of fabric. Great way to use some fabric scraps.

The naughty secretary club



http://www.amazon.de/Naughty-Secretary-Club-Working-Handmade/

This is my favorite. It´s really my kind of style, kitschy and big. XD I hope to make something from this.

No real jewelry book, but really cute:

Old-Fashioned Ribbon art



http://www.amazon.de/Old-Fashioned-Ribbon-Art-Accessories-Decorations/

There are no real how-tos, but it´s very good for inspiration. You could use these ribbon art for all kind of things, brooches, fascinators, shoe clips and so on.

Oh, and I already made something:



Goldfish earrings

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Star earrings

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Star necklace

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Top 5 Sewing Projects for rest of 2010

I found this entry http://sewaholic.net/top-10-sewing-projects-for-2010/ and was inspired to make a list of my own. So here it is:

1. Sew a "Lady of Shalott" dress.

Do you know the painting by Waterhouse? I love it and I want such a dress for myself for ages. So, I have the pattern, orderd the fabric and some matching buttons.

2. Sew something for a men.

Maybe a Cowboy shirt for my Dad or a classic shirt for my boyfriend. Don´t know yet.

3. Make jewelry.

I know not really a sewing project, but maybe I can combine these.

4. Sew solid color skirts and blouses.

I love patternd fabric, but it is hard to combine if you have no solid color pieces.

5. Sew more for others.

I feel so selfish if I always only sew for myself. Now I only need ideas.

And: No fabric shopping till August, because I have so many yards laying here. The same for patterns. *sigh*

May Challenge

Because I am crazy and to overcome my lazyness here another challenge. But not as hard as the last one.

Sew 3 black blouses in May

And these cuties I want to sew:







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Challenge - results

What a week! I am so glad it´s over XD So here is my report about my "sewing week":

Monday: Good start, I worked on the purple dress and everything went smoothly. I made some changes, because of some mistakes I made, but overall I am really happy with the outcome (my boyfriend is not XD it´s too unsexy).



Purple dress

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Tuesday: I was really proud of myself, because I started late, but the bag was ready, when I had to go to my ballet lesson. Now I finally have an unique and matching bag for my ballet things. I love the fabric and the cut of the bag. Only difficult thing was the zipper.



Ballet bag

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Wednesday: I was really productive, because I made the string (no photo of my underwear in the internet, sorry) and the shoe clips. Cute quick projects.



Shoe clips

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Thursday: My lovely Japanese fabric arrived this week and I grabbed the opportunity to sew a skirt out of it. I struggled a bit with the pattern, but I like it nonetheless.



Mom skirt

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Friday: I was lazy and skipped the blouse. Instead I made another string. XD

Saturday: My book and the meet-up made me busy and I sewed nothing. Bad girl!

Sunday: To rescue the day before I sewed two skirts of fabric I shouldn´t have bought. I started really late and was so happy when they were finished. I like them both. And I like the pattern. Maybe I make more skirts like these.



Punk skirt

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Strawberry skirt

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So in the end 8 things in 7 days is not bad. XD

Challenge - Sew something everyday

Because I am crazy and was so lazy the last weeks, I make a challenge with myself this week. I want to sew something everyday. Hopefully it works. Here is my plan:

Monday: purple dress, because spring has finally come and I work in the purple office DONE

Tuesday: bag for my ballet things to use the great ballet fabric I got a while ago DONE

Wednesday: Undies, because I need something small when I work till 6 p.m. (and you have never to many XD)DONE

Thursday: shoe clips, I discovered this a while ago and I think it´s such a cute idea and a good way to use some scraps DONE time for a skirt DONE

Friday: blouse that I cutted such a long while ago and never sewed FAILED

Saturday: hair accessoiry, because I have a meet-up and no time FAILED

Sunday: I am open to this, maybe a skirt if my fabric arrives or the kimono skirt, we will see DONE

I show you the results next week.

Sewing from scraps

I have here so many fabric scraps, I really have to make something out of them. It would be a shame to throw them away.

So here are some ideas:

- a quilt
- little bags
- key chains
- fabric flowers
- book cases
- CD bag
- hair accessoiry
- shoe clips

Do you have any ideas?

Easter Give-away

As Easter gifts I sewed these cuties.



I saw this idea at another blog and immediately fell in love. Each matroshka has a different back fabric.



Now three of them still wait for an owner. The first three people who write a coment to this entry will get one. I will send it to you via post.





Happy Easter!