Easier-than-ever-to-sew maxi-skirt!

So you read the title and think 2 things: 
1) "So many hyphens!"
2) "A maxi skirt is already easy to sew, so what's she talking about?"

So I say,
1) "Hyphens forever!"
2) "By using a wrap-around skirt!!"

Presenting Exhibit 'A'

Is she gonna perform a magic trick? Disappearing act?
Is she wearing any pants??

This, my friend, is a wrap-around skirt from circa 1999...(oh 90s trends how I love-hate thee). To make a short story short, fab print, lousy functionality. Still, I wore a few of them back then.

So you say: "Now what?"
So I say: "Sew the 2 vertical open ends together - don't have to worry about finishing the seams since it's already done!"

Pin &sew

I keep talking: "Then you'll have a cylinder, so fold and sew down the waistband (accommodating the width of elastic you need to use and leaving an opening to insert the same). Insert elastic."

Elastic ready to go!

I continue: "Sew close elastic opening and wear immediately."
So then you say "That's cool!"

Hey wasn't there a different watch in the first pic?

And I say: "That's a wrap!" Get it???Get it???
Adieu till my next blog :D

Random Random Things and Craft Things - 2

Some more photos of random craft projects...

Handmade paper card + sketchpens (and a bit of cutting and sticking)....

...Then, leftover lace + thread + bag

equals bag makeover! .....

..... and finally, tin can + wine crate lid + white acrylic paint =

a cute little porch light by the front door :)

Come On Baby And Rescue My Bag!

Ah! After another long pause, I'm back! 
Sometime last year, I had bought what I thought was a real cute bag, smart-looking yet casual and small. Well, I guess I loved it too much. Check out what happened to it:

 Yeah. I know.

So anyway, I left it to collect dust for about a year since I couldn't bear to let it go. And then one day,

an unused dress gave me an idea. Look at it! Such a wicked print! But unfortunately, it never got worn because it was made from some bizarre-synthetic-itchy-something-unbreathable fabric. Bad news for me, yet I couldn't let it go either. Enter scissors. Enter fabric glue (bless!).

 It was time to combine the two into something new! (Rhyme-time or what!)

 Cut and paste to the best (fastest, rather) of my ability....

 Work in progress, people!

 

 Almost there!

Completed!!!! Does that look good or what!? So chuffed!
Have you got any bags to rescue?