5-Step Ruffle Skirt
Ruffled Easter Egg Basket

I used my measurements to carefully cut out the basket liner's bottom and the 2 long strips for the liner.

To create an opening for the opposite handle, I made a slit from the outside up to the handle. I hemmed the raw edges just slightly, and used velcro once again to hold it closed. Velcro is one of my favorite crafting supplies!
I slipped on that lovely ruffly liner... absolutely blissful. But doesn't it look awfully empty. I dug the Easter eggs out of storage just to get the full effect.
Ruffle Pillows
Next, I turned the pillow cover inside out and slipped the pillow inside.
My Favorite Things Wreath
This lovely spring wreath is hanging on my door right now. Can I just tell you how much I love lavender?! It's one of my very favorite colors, and I realize the color isn't even totally "in" right now, but I just don't care. I'm diggin' it, and that's all that matters right?
I just used a circle styrofoam wreath and wrapped it in fuzzy lavender yarn. I finally broke down and bought spray adhesive... and I am so glad I did! It was a bit pricey, but worth it. It was so easy to spray it on and everything stuck in place without the danger of hot glue (I always burn myself!) or any extra mess.
Next, I used brown yarn to give it a striped look. The stripes aren't perfectly even, but that's part of the beauty of it!
Here is a close-up of the lovely fabric flowers. I just couldn't get enough of these and sewed way too many!
I call this "My Favorite Things" Wreath because it includes so many of my favorite things...
lavender, burlap, fabric flowers, and did I mention I sewed a ruffle to hang it with? Take a look:
Okay, just one more view:
Ruffled Denim Table Runner {With tutorial}
Well, I loved the ruffles and wanted to make a table runner for our little {tiny} kitchen table. I have been trying to bring in a lot of red's into my very-brown living room and kitchen--which is pretty much the same room in our {tiny} apartment! So I put my own spin on Jen's fabulous idea with my denim ruffled table runner. Here is what I did to whip this up:
Disclaimer: As always, I am sure there is an easier, cuter, or more efficient way to do things. This is what I did, and this is what worked for me!
I bought 5 different fabrics (about 1/3 yard each). I planned to do some red and white, and then suddenly I realized it would look red-white-and-blue, and kind of liked that idea... so I went with it!
Anyway, I cut strips of fabric that were 36 inches long (except with my white fabric, I only had 22 inches length to work with, so I made them 22 inches long and gathered these ruffles LESS.) I varied up the width from 2.5 to 3.5 inches wide. I needed 2 strips per ruffle, so I pinned 2 of these together, wrong sides together.
To prevent fraying, I zigzagged around the entire strip. There is still some fraying, but again, I like the way that worked with the denim.
Next, I sewed down the center of each fabric strip without backstitching at all. I pulled on a thread to gather the ruffle together. I wanted the ruffles to end up being about 17 inches long, so I measured them until I got the length I wanted.Then I sewed over my center stitch again to secure each ruffle--and this time I backstitched. I created about 14 or 15 ruffles for my table runner, but you could do more or less depending on the look you want.
I decided I wanted a ribbon edge, so I bought a roll of about 15 yards of this adorable red polk-a-dot ribbon. I used Wonder Under to adhere the ribbon to all 4 edges of my runner. I adhered the ribbon about 1/2 inch from each edge, leaving room for my seams.
After ironing the ribbon on, I sewed all the way around the ribbon. I sewed both the outer and inner edges for added security.
Now for the fun part!! I arranged the ruffles where I wanted them and pinned them onto the denim. Pin very carefully because it is very easy to sew a ruffle crooked... at least for me. A couple of them snaked around on me!
After all of the ruffles were sewed in place, I pinned the top denim piece (with the ruffles) to the bottom denim piece, right sides together. Then it was time to sew, baby, sew! I left a 1/2 inch seam allowance around all 4 edges and sewed all the way around, leaving a good-sized opening to turn it inside out.
Then I turned it all the way inside out, admired my work, and sewed up the opening by hand.
I pressed all the way around my edges to be sure the ribbon would lie flat (it was so close to my seam, it needed a little extra help.) And then I trimmed up all of those extra threads...
So here it is. What do you think?? Now I just need to decide what kind of centerpiece would look good. Any ideas??? Any flower experts out there?? I would love your input.
Have a wonderful week... and thanks for stopping by!!
Ruffled I-Pod Snuggie
