Scarf Fever

Since yesterday was actually Tutorial-To-Try day, I'll do it today instead. I am a confirmed scarf person and will usually wear a scarf as part of my outfit. I've found some tutorials which I'd like to try one day when I have some time.

The first one is by Put Up Your Dukes.

She also has an interesting-funny side story which goes with her Braided Scarf Tutorial. This one looks hard-ish for those who don't do a lot of sewing, although she says it is not.

The other one I want to try is this one by Watch Me Daddy:

Her Felted Flower Scarf tutorial looks really easy.  It's a hand-sew project which I love and looks fabulous.  I wonder if the scarf is itchy?

I'm on the hunt now for supplies as I am still a bit squeamish about cutting up my own t-shirts.  Newbie Refashionista.

Holiday Lights

It's Tuesday Tutorial! I know this is the wrong holiday, but last Hallowe'en, I was looking around for ways to decorate the front door area for the trick or treaters and stumbled on these:

When I clicked on the link, I discovered a tutorial for making these: fabulous pumpkin lights .  This would be a great way to avoid having to carve a pumpkin! If you checkout Amanda's Page, there are all sorts of wonderful craft tutorials, but I especially like what she does with glass bottles and jars.

I researched glass painting a little more and it doesn't look overly hard to do, so have added it to my list of want-to-try crafts.  I have a big 2 litre manzanilla olive jar saved:

Our family goes through a ton of olives, so by next Hallowe'en, I should have a big supply.

Drapey Cardigan

As it's Tuesday, it's feature-a-tutorial-which-I'd-like-to-try day.

I work in a fairly nerdy-geeky computer work environment - lots of men and most people do not regularly wear anything trendy or fashionable to work.  So, even those cardigans that have the drapey front bit are rarely seen. 

I have a giant sweater which used to belong to Big J.  It was his favourite, but it shrunk and is now too short for him.  It is not too short for me, but is too wide  and I've considered just taking it in, or doing another capelet, but then I found this tutorial which I think would be better suited: Elizabeth Abernathy Tutorial

Here is a pic of her before and after:

And here is a pic of my (wrinkly) sweater which is amazingly similar to hers:

I'm a bit leery to start since my refashion skills are not as good.  I'm not sure if the sweater would fall apart as soon as I start cutting.  Will have to research that a little more before starting.  Maybe I can stitch it down first.  The other thing holding me back is that it really is a nice sweater and the first cut is always the hardest.