Home Sweet Home #332

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I shared The Living Water.

Then I shared Jonah Turns to the Lord.

There are so many wonderful posts each week, here are a few 

that I enjoyed.

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 140 by Everyday Living.

Date Sweetened Banana Bread with Candied Bacon by Looney for Food. 

How a Spiritual Pearl is Made... by Living From Glory to Glory.

Sherry

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Home Sweet Home #127

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I made an Easy Summer Table Runner.  Fabric sponsored by Wholeport.com.

I also showed off more of my thrift store china find of the year in Brambley Hedge Summer Mug.

And, I also showed you how to make your own Shabby Lace Napkins.  Lace fabric provided by Wholeport.

 Now, I would like to feature some of the great blogger's post that caught my eye from last week's Home Sweet Home. 

Walnut and Vine styled Summer on the Mantel.

Bontanic Bleu did a nice Vignette Design Series in this one she talked about composition.

Katie of Let's Add Sprinkles showed off a gorgeous Master Bath Remodel.

Jody and Stan of Rooted in Thyme showed off Mondays in the Garden.  

Julie of The Vintage Barn showed off a beautiful Hutch Makeover.

There are so many great posts  every week.   It is really hard to feature a few and, remember to be featured you must have a link back to the Home Sweet Home party.   Thank you to everyone who joins me at Home Sweet Home!  It is wonderful to have you here! 

  Sherry

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Be Inspired Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life 

G' Day Saturday at Natasha in Oz 

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Lace Back Tee

 image: Victoria's Secret

Lace has been showing up everywhere in fashion this summer.  I love the lace backed tee.  It would be great as it is or as a beach cover up.  I decided to try to make one.  It didn't look too hard.

I started out by choosing a white tee shirt and a cotton lace fabric sold by the yard.  You want your lace to be made of cotton so it will be a breathable fabric for summer and it will take dye just like the tee shirt if you decide to dye it.  My lace fabric was provided by Wholeport.com.  You will want to pick a more tightly woven lace pattern too so it is easier to sew it onto the tee shirt and won't fray or ravel out after a few washings.

I first folded the back of my tee shirt in half vertically and determined the length of the lace panel.  I put the tape measure down my back and felt to about where I wanted the lace to end at and checked the measurement on the tape measure.  It was about 13 inches for me. 

I then took tissue paper out of my wrapping supplies and hand drew a pattern.  First fold your tissue paper in half vertically and you will draw half of the design.  I have my tissue paper laying right on top of the vertically folded tee shirt and I drew the neckline around the original shirt's neckline.  This way you know it will fit the shirt you have picked out to sew the lace onto.

Next, I cut out my pattern leaving a 3/4 inch seam allowance around the pattern when cutting.

Here is my pattern cut out and opened up.  This is what the lace panel will look like.

I then lay my lace down on a smooth flat surface and pin the folded pattern right on the fold of the lace.  If you lace has a pattern that needs to be centered you will want to press it and have the lace fold centered to cut before you pin this pattern and cut this panel out.   Then cut your panel out.  My pattern measures around 10 inches wide by 14 inches long.  This created a finished panel of around 9 inches wide by 13 inches long.

Now, take your tee shirt and fold the back in half vertically and iron a seam right down the middle.

When you open your tee shirt up it will have a fold that you can work with to center your lace panel.  I suggest you take the pattern off of your lace panel and press it down the middle also.  This will help you make sure the lace panel is centered down the back of your tee.

Open your lace panel up with the right side facing you and turn and press the edges down all the way around the panel.  You will want to turn under about 3/4 inch all the way around and press.

Now you are ready to pin the lace to the back of the tee shirt for sewing.  The existing neckline with the rib trim will remain intact on this tee shirt.  So I am starting to pin at the neckline and I am pointing the pin in this picture right where I want to sew this lace to.  I want to sew the lace right up to the seam of the rib trim and the tee shirt but not on the rib trim.  

Now, I have the whole lace panel pinned in place and ready to sew.  If I had my pressed seam down the lace panel here it would be matched up with the seam pressed on the tee shirt.  I didn't press a seam down the lace panel I just eyeballed it. 

Here is the lace panel completely sewed onto the tee shirt.  I used a zig zag stretch stitch to sew this on with auto settings for the width and length.  Check your machine manual to see the recommended stitch length and width for this type of fabric. 

This is the lace panel sewed onto the tee shirt.  Now, you could stop right here and not have a see through lace panel.  But, I want to see skin under my lace so I am going to cut away the tee shirt.

Turn the shirt wrong side out and place it over a work surface such as your ironing board.   You need to have good lighting too.

Make a small snip in the tee shirt fabric from the back side of the tee shirt and using a small sharp pair of scissors, very carefully, trim the tee shirt material away from the zigzag stitch where you sewed the lace on.

Once you have trimmed all the fabric away you now have your see through lace back.

You can leave your tee shirt like this, it is ready to wear if you like the color of the tee and lace.

My lace was ivory colored and my tee was a bright white so I have decided to tea dye mine to make it match.  To tea dye fabric.  I first wash the tee shirt to remove any sizing so it will take the dye more evenly.  Then I boiled a large pot of water on the stove top and added 4 strong black tea bags.  Turn the stove off and remove the pan from the burner.  Steep the tea about 5 minutes.  Remove the tea bags.  Place the tee shirt into the tea and submerse the fabric completely.  Leave it in there 20-30 minutes stirring a few times and submersing the fabric completely each time.

Here is my finished tee shirt!  Lacy, tea dyed, romantic, and ready for summer fun.

The fabric lace by the yard was supplied by my sponsor Wholeport.com.

 Sherry

I will link to;
Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style 
Strut Your Stuff Saturday at Six Sisters Stuff 

Tweak It Tuesday at Cozy Little House

The Scoop Party at Cedar Hill Ranch  

Make It Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House
Rooted in Thyme Simple and Sweet Fridays
Tutorials, Tips and Tidbits at Stonegable 
Transformed Tuesdays at PJH Designs 

Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts

Origami Butterfly Wreath

I made a fern wreath last year for summer that I really enjoyed.  Click the link for directions on how I made it.  I wanted to recycle it this year and add something to it for a different look.

From my new sponsor Wholeport.com , I ordered origami paper.  This paper is the nicest quality paper in 6 inch by 6 inch squares.  It worked beautifully and was so sturdy it gives your paper folding creations a lot of body to hold up for any project you use them on.

I created these origami butterflies to go on the wreath.  They were really pretty and I love how they turned out.  Here are the directions on how to fold the butterflies.  Looking back at the directions I can tell I made my butterflies backwards, but they are so pretty they look good from front or back. 

Here is my refashioned wreath.  I just tucked some daisies in it and pinned in four of the origami butterflies. 

Now my front door is all ready for summer!

The origami papers were supplied by Wholeport.com in a sponsorship program with The Charm of Home.

 Sherry

I will link this to:

A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome Life 

Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

Sunny Simple Sundays  at Sunny Simple Life

Make It Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House

Make the Scene Monday at Alderberry Hill

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home 

Cuddlebug Cuties Sunday Link Party  

Fabulously Creative Friday at Jennifer Rizzo 

Before and After Party at Thrifty Decor Chick 

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch
Make It Pretty Monday at Masterpiece Monday

Antique Wardrobe Turned into Sewing Room

I took an antique wardrobe I recently brought home and created a sewing room.  I have never had a place to create or store any of my sewing gear.  I always just pulled it out, had it in the way, and then put it away hoping the kids didn't destroy it. 

I tried to use only vintage or antique items to store everything in.  This side holds the hanging fabric that is ready to be made into something.  I have a cutting board folded up on the side and a serger in the bottom.  Above the fabric on the shelf, I have a vintage office basket holding my shipping envelopes and a antique punch bowl holding ribbon.

I really thought hard about what to do with the ribbon.  There are many cute ways to store ribbon.  This punch bowl is huge and it was perfect to do the job.  It also gives ma a great way to store the punch bowl and when it is party time I can still pull it out and use it.

Knowing how many beautiful work spaces there are in blogland I had to try to make this small sewing room a little bit fun.  So I created a mini doily bunting and a hand lettered burlap banner to give a little inspiration to the space.

This wardrobe is really huge.  When a whole sewing machine fits on a shelf, it gives you a feel for how much storage space there was to work with.

For a lot of things I create I really never use a pattern, but I had a few patterns I placed in this vintage hanging basket.  The only new thing in the wardrobe is the bulletin board, which I can use for inspiration pictures, fabric, or trim swatches.

The rest of the punch bowl set came in handy too.  The under plate is holding the twelve cups which make a nice place to store lace.  I am always throwing a pin or single button into the cabinet that holds my sewing equipment and I thought the under plate will be a great thing to use in this way as a catch all.

I thought this was a perfect place to show off a few treasures from some important sewers in my life.  This is a vintage Holly Hobby doll hand made by my Grandmother for me. 

Another treasure, on the left, is a china doll handmade for me by my mother.  A piece of art pottery holds some rope and a vintage Ball canning jar holds all of the scissors.

A zinc cloche holds a stack of thread, making it easy to see which color you need.

This shelf has vintage tins and canisters full of lavender to make sachets.  There is also a vintage sewing kit made out of a jelly jar, a white picket planter holding white lace and rick rack, and an antique toy Singer sewing machine.

And, here on the final shelf is the sewing machine, a vintage card file box, and a "Butts" pail.  The "Butts" pail still has the Woolworth's sticker on it and I found it for nothing at a yard sale.  It was a perfect place to store a bunch of buttons on cards.

Here the wardrobe is closed.  I keep a table right by this which will be the perfect work surface and possibly not too disturbed by my kids if I pull something out to work on it.  Possibly... I will get more made for my Etsy shop now!?  

  Sherry 

  I will join:

Sunday's Best Party  at My 1929 Charmer

Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

Sunny Simple Sundays  at Sunny Simple Life

Before and After Party at Thrifty Decor Chick
Cottage Style Link Party  at Lavender Garden Cottage

Say G'Day Saturday  at Natasha in Oz

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch

Transformation Thursday at Shabby Creek Cottage
Furniture Feature Friday  at Miss Mustard Seeed
Summer Cloche Party  at A Stroll Thru Life