Simple Skirt Inspiration Board

Sewing can be pretty intimidating if you have never tried them out. However, if you have a sewing machine, you can do a very simple project like making skirts. I have gathered inspiration board to help you get started with simple sewing or non-sewing project - we'll start with Simple Skirt!

My favorite blog of all time, Dana from Made Blog, helped me starting my simple skirt project. She made everything look so easy!... and she's right! It was really easy!

Simple Skirt Tutorial Blog from Made Blog

Once you mastered the simple skirt tutorial and its techniques, you can jump to more complicated skirt pattern/design. Here are some other inspirations that will help you be creative in making simple skirts.

01. Scrappy Skirt How-to by Polka Dot Chair. // 02. Ruffled Skirt Tutorial by Grand Revival Design. // 03. Ruffle Waist Skirt Refashioned by Ruffles and Stuff // 04. Martha Stewart's Suede No Sew Skirt. // 05. Murphey's Layered Skirt by Ruffles and Stuff. // 06. Reversible Skirt Tutorial by Ruffles and Stuff. 07. Darling Skirt by A Little Sweetness.

Make sure to check these few tips: Ruffles and Stuff also have tutorial how to sew ruffles. Dana from Made have tutorial how to sew buttonholes, Gathered Pockets, and make your own bias tape.

I hope these skirts will inspire you to start sewing!

Live, love, and be creative,

Ira.

Joy = Create

RAINING UMBRELLA EXERCISE

Have your ever feel so joyful after you create something for yourself or others?... I do, I feel like I accomplish a lot and feel so joyful after creating them.

Last week at the church, my friend, Sandy requested me if I would create a fanny pack for her before she goes to school for two-months in Europe. So, I have been thinking and conceptualizing the idea in my head. So early last week, I started to sketch of the purse that I wanted to make.

Making this purse is my first project, and I really enjoyed making them, even though it took longer than I thought I would be. I learned that I need to do a lot of preparation when it comes to creating a purse/fanny pack - it's not like you just take it to your sewing machine.

All right, it's time to share some photos.

I had to make these sketches first, just to make sure that I laid it all right.

I took this tutorial from A Sewcial Life Blog as the clutch's base work. Some tutorials that I saw were also from this website.

I had the tutorial to make the inside pocket zipper - from U hand-bag blog. The rest I just winged it by imaginations and few sketches.

Here's the final piece of my first fanny pack. I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to take photos of the process- but I promise, next time I will do that.

Live, Love, and be Creative,

Ira.