What is Sexy??

I am know I have been away for while. But creating my website is sooo adictive and I spend hours designing the darn thing. But I have come to think:

What is sexy?

 Look at this girl. She is wearing more clothes then I. And yet she is flithy and alluring.

So what makes sexy.
1. I think curves to some extent which is why most women are highly sexy IF they show their curves. Coke Cola agress with me. The "old" glass bottle was shaped like at curvy women. Mind you not at triple DD with a tinny wiehst line( Barbie ???)
2. Choice of materiale. I have a ton of sweatshirt and let´s face it. Not at very sexy material. Actually the paintning might give some hints. The ligther the better. I know that a nude person in a big cardigan will turn more heads and be sexy. But we are talkning everyday life and shopping in the grocery store.

But making curvy clothes/figurehugging is not high on the agenda of my local clothshops. And the materials is all cottonblend with something polysomething. So what to do, if you want to a real women???

YES !! mit næste projekt DYI looking great.

 

http://www.thesweetestoccasion.com/2011/02/diy-ruffle-garland/

 

February 28, 2011

Hi sweets! It’s Jenny from Hank + Hunt and I am really excited about this DIY today…I’ve been meaning to share it with you. As you may know, the first thing I started selling in my shop were ruffled fabric garlands. I like them because they are pretty and girly and sometimes as a mom of two boys, you really need something feminine. But what I love most is that I can touch them and they will be around as long as my memories will. Garlands made out of fabric will last through years of celebrations.

Make these for your wedding, use them for your mini munchkin’s first birthday, Sweet 16 and your 25th Anniversary. Make them in whatever length you want; today, I’m doing short chair garlands. Enjoy!

Supplies:
4 yards of fabric
Rotary cutter
Pinking shears
Thread and needle
Sewing machine
Twill tape or ribbon
Wash, dry and iron the fabric. Lightweight cotton (like muslin or cotton gauze) works best. Fold in half with the cut ends together, then fold in half three or four more times the same way. This shortens the length so the width can fit on the table cutting mat. Using a ruler, cut 3” strips perpendicular to the cut edge. This makes 3” by 4 yard long strips. Four yards of fabric will make at least 12 strips, depending on the width of the fabric. Now, take two strips and layer them on top of each other, right sides facing out.

Thread the needle with a 2 yard length of thread, doubling over so you have a total length of 36”. Knot the end of the thread so it won’t pull through the fabric. Starting about 2-3” from the end of the strip, start sewing a straight gathering stitch down the center of both strips. Continue until you reach the end of your thread. Gently gather, keeping ruffles evenly spaced and flat. Continue sewing the gathering stitch to the end of your thread again.

Gently gather, and repeat. For the chair garland, I gathered four times total. For a longer garland, you would continue sewing and gathering until you reach the desired length. See #10 for how to join more strips of fabric continuously.

Once you have the length of garland you need, tie off the thread in a knot to hold the gather. Trim the end of the strip, with pinking shears, about 2-3” from the end knot. Trim the beginning end of the strip, if you haven’t already.

Now, for the sewing machine part. Using the zigzag stitch setting on the machine, shorten your stitch length setting so you have a thick embroidery style stitch. Starting 2-3” in from the end, stitch a straight line down the center of the gathered strips. This strengthens your gather, stitching it in place so it won’t break or move along the gathering stitch line.

Be careful that the ends of your fabric don’t get caught under the needle; this is why we keep the ruffle flat with the edges to the side. **This step is REALLY important and without it, your garland gather can break. My first few garlands, used a plain straight stitch for securing, and their durability was very delicate. The embroidery stitch not only looks prettier, but is strong enough to endure more than one party.**
Continue sewing until you reach the end knot. Stop and trim your threads.

Cut two pieces of twill tape about a yard each. Fold in half and insert the folded end into the end of the strip, between the two layers.

Sew the embroidery stitch about ¼” from the end to the existing embroidery stitch. Stop, take out and trim threads.

Stitch the embroidery stitch across the end of the strips perpendicular to the length of the garland, as shown. Repeat on the other side to attach the other tie.
GET READY…

Let me introduce you to my little friend…THE RUFFLER. Ok, it really is Hank + Hunt’s best friend. This is a big trade secret for Hank + Hunt, without it I wouldn’t have sewn more than two or three garlands and with it I have sewn bolts of them. If you are planning to make garlands for your party or wedding, I’m telling you now… you need to get one for your machine. It’s called a ruffling foot and they make it for most sewing machines. For those of you that don’t sew much, you might not even know this…your machine can use different feet. All those fancy little rolled edges, attaching zippers easily, free form designs and YES, RUFFLES…it’s all in the foot. There is a lot of skill involved with sewing, but I promise you that if you can sew a straight line, you, too, can use THE RUFFLER. I know it sounds dramatic, but it really is called that for my machine. I have the box to prove it.

Let’s make a garland with The Ruffler. Take your two strips and insert them together through The Ruffler, pull through gently so you have about an inch or two at the end.

Make sure you are centered in the strip, and sew just like it was a straight line. Go ahead, smile because it’s so easy.

This little baby will evenly stitch even little gathers all day long. Stop when you have the length you need. Switch out to your regular foot and continue with steps 4 & 5. **Make sure you are sending the garland through the machine in the same direction, or it could pull the gather out.

ADDING MORE LENGTH: If you want to increase the length of your garland and have reached the end of your strip:
About 2” to the very end (make sure your ends are trimmed), insert the next two strips, right in between them in the center and continue sewing.
*This also works for hand gathering. Insert strips and continue sewing.

Directions for using garland:
1. FLUFF – Gently pull layers of fabric apart on each side.
2. HANG.
3. ENJOY!
Here you have a lovely little garland, and the lovely little secret recipe to make one. Enjoy! xo

DIY Tulle Fringe Garland

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Clay ???? - You will not belive it .

De smukkeste buketter

De her kan jeg stadig blive helt forelsket i. 

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Kinakjole eventyr

Jeg fandt den, som jeg skal have hos: http://stores.ebay.com/gianinarbridal

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Jeg beklager det store billede. Jeg har- flere gange- forsøgt at skalere det, men nu gider jeg ikke rode med det mere. Jeg kan pille posten ned, når Sophia og den anden som har spurgt, har læst og set billeder.

Jeg tror, at jeg vil vente med at fortælle om min kjole til, den er kommet hjem. Men jeg vil gerne fortælle om, hvad jeg har gjort.

1. Jeg tjekkede hele tiden nettet. "Has anyone brought a dress from XXX?" primært fordi de engelske sites har så mange andre, der har erfaringer.
2. Jeg kiggede næsten altid på real samples, dem som har lavet min kjole, har en site med real samples, hvor jeg tjekkede de ting, som var relevante for min kjole. Hvordan var deres blonder? Andre sites var gode til rosen-påsyning(men det var ikke relevant for min kjole)
3. Jeg lavede simpelhen et overblik over de ting jeg synes var vigtige for mig.
a. Can you made the dress from satin(her - var det vigtigt for mig at det var silke satin) Do you use YYK zippers ( ikke fordi jeg ved en sk.. om lynslåse, jeg havde bare læst på en anden site at det var et anerkendt lynlåse - firma) Do you use swarski(ikke stavet rigtigt) crystals? Længere tilbage i kinatråden kan du "se" at de ofte siger ja uden entlig at vide det. Så jeg tror nok, at jeg skrev What sort of crystal do you use? osv osv.
Jeg spurgte om alt det, som andre sites fortalte, at det var høj kvalitet for deres kjoler. Der er en Justin Alexander kjole, som har været fremme et par gange, hvor tyl og antal af tyl - lag betyder en hel del for kjolen. Så jeg kunne også spørge ind til antallet af tyl - lag. Trods det at min kjole ikke er en tyl - kjole. Jeg ville bare gerne have den kjole også, er dog blevet vetoet af min kæreste. Han synes en kjole må være nok ????? LOL

Jeg havde også prøvet kjoler i en dansk forretning, hvilket I kan se i en tidligere post. Der fortalte de selv, at deres kjoler kom fra Kina og jeg tror, at det + denne tråd overbevidste mig om at købe min kjole i udlandet.

Jeg er såååå spændt på at min kjole kommer hjem. Den er sendt i går via DLH. De billeder jeg har fået .....JUBIIIIIIIII... er lige som jeg ville have tingene. Jeg fik desuden billeder inden de syede blonden på, så jeg kunne komme med rettelser.

Hvis den kjole - jeg får - passer mine mål og kjolen lever op til de billeder, som jeg har fået - vil jeg være lykkens pamfililus(heller ikke rigtig stavet)

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