DIY Braided Rug

March 23, 2013 ~ Sophie ~ Leave a comment

Braiding is a huge part of our lives considering the fact that at the age of five we girls had braids in our hair. Hair aside, this braided rug was a result of this inspiration which I came across from A beautiful Mess.

It was a little bit tricky but after getting a study of it I decided to come up with my version. I guess the hardest part was having to braid an almost endless rope and having to sew it all together.

I followed from step one to four and then changed it up a bit. Instead of gluing I opted for sewing the long rope together and it kept on expanding(if you look closely, you can see some yarn sticking out). It was supposed to be a round rag but it turned it some weird distorted form(I don’t know what happened. Really).Guess I am still learning. But it is uplifting to know that my first try turned up ok. Im gonna have to do more in the future so as to come up with perfect shapes and larger sizes.

What have you tried so far?

Have a happy week.

🙂

Sophie

DIY Polka Dot wall

February 19, 2013 ~ Sophie ~ 1 Comment

This is the time of the year when color is everywhere and I am so in the mood of color right now. This wall art was done after much desperation with what to do with our plain room wall. We(me and my sisters) had to come up with a way of making it colorful without going against the rules. So for months we racked our brains until one day I discovered we could just cut circles of different shapes out of cardboard and use water paint to paint them different popping colors and paste them on the wall. That is how easy and simple it is. The room is painted a cream water color so the colored circles blended perfectly. Since it worked perfectly for us, I couldn’t help but share a tutorial.

Materials:

Cardboard box (You might need more than one depending on how dotted you want your room to be. We dotted one side of the wall.)
Mold (you can use different sized caps of bottles and jars)
Pencil
Scissor
Water paint
Paintbrush
Tape

Steps:

First of all make sure you have all the materials.
Using a pencil and mold, draw circles in different sizes.
After drawing enough circles start cutting out the circles while dividing and stacking them according to their sizes.
get out your paint and brush and paint the stacks different colors. For example paint the 2in. diameter circles a shade of peach, the 4in. diameter circles a shade of magenta and on and on.
Let them dry at room temperature. This may take about thirty minutes.
After they have completely dried, tape them at the back and paste them on the wall beginning with the largest circles until the smallest.

It was a fun project an it satisfied my craving for painting. Let me know if you ever try it. Hope you have fun

🙂

Sophie

DIY Umbrella Headband

January 21, 2013 ~ Sophie ~ 3 Comments

DIY Umbrella Headband

Have you ever lived in a community where everything is so much the same? Where one thing is spotted more than three times? Welcome to my world. Amidst all this I try as much as possible to be outstanding ( don’t we all? Standing out from the crowd it is.) and this pushes me to be more creative than ever. Don’t get me wrong I love being creative. And so today I have decided to share with you one of my many DIY projects (after much battling with myself mind you) and I hope you will benefit as much as I do.
I am going to try as much as possible to explain how I made it (AKA tutorial) without pictures(sorry!).
Materials:
• Old umbrella fabric (of your color preference)
• sewing yarn
• Needle
• Garter (2 in.)
• Tulle fabric(of your color preference)
• Scissors
Steps
1. Cut the umbrella fabric into three thin strips of 12in. each by 3in. Do the same with the tulle.
2. Connect the strips of umbrella fabric by sewing them together to make one long strip. Do the same with the tulle.
3. Add the tulle on top of the umbrella fabric and sew them together in the middle.
4. Start gathering the fabric from one end of the long strip to the other while sewing it in place until it has a length of one 12 in. strip or until it can wrap almost around your head. Be sure to leave an allowance of 3in. (as in it shouldn’t completely wrap around your head.)
5. Get another piece of fabric and sew it inside out into a long tube and then turn it inside in. Get the two inch garter and insert it into the piece of fabric (make sure the width of the tube of fabric is the same size as the width of the garter) and then stretch it until it can stretch no more.
6. Fasten the garter and the fabric with pins and sew the edges. When released it should compress back to its normal size and create a gathered effect on the tube fabric.
7. Cut out the excess fabric from the garter.
8. Connect the garter to the 12in. gathered fabric.
9. Finally, there you have it. Try it on (the garter should be at the back of your head) and if it needs any adjustments, just gather more fabric or loosen it.
🙂
Sophie