New Spring Headband!

Hi everyone! Happy Thursday!

Today's Tip is from my BF. (he is a smart guy)

You know those extra buttons and thread that come with nice clothes? Well rather than keeping it in a sewing kit to be used for another project or lost or forgotten, 

Use a safety pin and pin those extra buttons etc. into the garment bag you store them in!

I know this doesn't work for everything, but those nice things that get kept in a garment bag in the first place are the ones you want to look the sharpest anyway so those buttons are the most precious. I also thought you could even pin the button onto a hanger that is assigned to that garment. 

I didn't make a template this week but I am leading you to a very cool set of weekly meal planners. I plan out my week of food every Saturday or Sunday based on when I can cook and what I have to cook and then grocery shop accordingly. I find this saves me a lot of time and money, since I know when I am going to eat that head of lettuce and am not tempted to buy extra things at the store that are not on the list.

Click to access these awesome templates

I had a bunch of scraps leftover from my rag rug I made for my room a few weeks ago. I was thinking of a creative spring way to use my scraps.

Mostly t shirt sleeves

I don't have my sewing machine in NY, so all of my sewing is by hand. It is an added challenge but I think it will make me more creative.

First I found a sleeve that fit over my head, and was a color that I wanted to be my base color. I cut about a two inch strip to be the "head band" and since I was going for a rough look, so I didn't finish the edgeand the jersey curls nicely anyway.

Extra Large sleeve cut.

 Next I cut petal shapes out of two other blue color and two leaf shapes out of my green color scraps. I just eyeballed them all and was happy with the varied shapes and sizes.

Petals and leaves

 Next I set out the petals on the headband how I wanted them and pinned them down.

Arranged petals

pinned.

 I sewed the petals by hand onto the band and sewed a button in the middle. I placed the leaves where I wanted them and back stitched them down in a darker thread for contrast

All finished

Ta-Da!

I am really pleased with how it turned out and as an added bonus it's super comfortable!

Until Monday (the day I start a big new job!)