Link Party #19 and Two Way Clothes for a Little Girl (From Men's Boxer)

A few posts ago, I wrote about how I bought several items by Liberty of London at Target at a great deal. My motive was to use the fabrics. I have been thinking about what things to make, and finally started working on them last week. The first item that I finished is Rachel's tunic/skirt made from men's boxer.

The idea came to me at night and I couldn't wait to start. I started working on it right away. That is why I don't have pictures for a tutorial (I take picture's in natural light).

The boxer I bought was XL, and it was $1.25! Isn't that an awesome deal or what? Basically, I just made a skirt out of it, and I also added shoulder straps so she could wear it as a tunic. When I want her to wear it as a skirt I fold the straps in.

She really likes it (them?).

as a skirt...


and as a tunic...




She was dancing in the wind for a while. Because I think its color is perfect for the coming season to cordinate with other things she already has. I know I stretched the $1.25 pretty well. :)

Now, it is your turn to show me what you did this week! The rules are as usual:

1. Please post something YOU made. It doesn't matter if it is crochet, quilt, clothing, anything would be fine. I want to see it! If you use someone's idea or patterns please give them the rightful credit.

2. Link to your specific post, that way it is easier for everybody to find and read it.

3. Please grab the "Tea Rose Home" grab button, and link back from your post. If you can mention the party in your post or place the button on your side bar, that would be great! I want more people to have a chance to come and show off their creation.


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Let's party!

Ruffle Shirt Giveaway Winner

Eversince I did my first Ruffle Shirt tutorial, I get emails asking if I am going to sell them or if I can custom make them and sell them. It is very flattering and I am grateful to be asked! Although, to sell the shirt, I need to commit myself to a whole new different aspect of things and research (do I buy the shirts in advance? should I make different sizes? If I am not buying the shirt in advance, and if I need to would they always be available when I need them?). Right now I don't think I can put anytning new on to my plate...

I have wanted to show you how grateful I am for your readership and comments for a while now, and I wanted to do something to show my appreciation. That is why I decided to do "Four Shirts Four Way" and the giveaway. I thought that eventhough I can't give each one of you a ruffle shirt, I can share my tutorials with all of you so you can make your own shirts!

Well, so here is the one lucky winner for the purple flower peddle shirt....

Kelly

Congratulations!! Please email me your shipping info, I will send the shirt right away. :)

I hope everyone will have a wonderful week!

Link Love! #18

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I had lots of things going on and, I realized that my little girl's birthday is approaching, I started getting ready for that today! One of the things I did to get ready for the special day was to go buy her some presents. Ah, it was so fun... Having two boys first, the toys I bought for the first several years were weapons, star wars, dinosaurs, legos, etc. There is nothing wrong with boy toys, actually they are lots of fun, BUT I enjoy looking at girly toys much more. Part of me wishes I had some of the toys growing up(Today's kids are so spoiled!).

I have been working on some projects with the Liberty fabrics too. I will be able to share one of the project next week.

I enjoyed going through all the links for this week, and picked a few of them that caught my eye.

Fly Away Home needed a desk for her daughter...instead of spending over $200, she found a table and a chair for $40 and performed an amazing transformation!


I want this... Handmade Con Amore shared her super functional and stylish floor cushion. I love her fabric choice! She was inspired by Living with Punks. Go check out her awesome tutorial!


School is starting soon. I don't know about you, but in our household, we use lots of jellies for lunch sandwiches. Tara in Wonderland shares how to make Blueberry Jelly with us. My mouth is watering...


Get Craftin' got creative and made these beautiful wall decors. She definately has an eye for finding the potential in things. Also, how she grouped them and decorated the wall is very nice!


Check this out! Jessica G made this adorable baby sun visor and she posted a step by step tutorial. I love it!


Every week I see something I love, want to make, and new blogs that are inspiring. Thank you all for sharing your creations!

Liberty of London

Some of you may know that there were pretty items by Liberty of London at Target a while ago... old news? No, not to me, I was especially eyeing the fabric items, such as scarfs, evening wear and men's trunks(?!). They finally came down on the prices and I bought several items.

I have been such a big fan of Liberty for a long long time, ever since I can remember. Where I lived in Japan, there was a fabric store that specialized in high quality import fabrics and such. I would save up my allowance and buy fat quarters and sewing books made by Liberty. Yeah, I haven't changed much when it comes to the love of fabrics and sewing.

I couldn't decide what I was going to do with those fabrics, but a couple days ago, I finally cut into them. Ahhhhh! For many of my sewing projects, if I don't have patterns, I will make up my own thing as I go along. For me that is the fun of it.

I am going to make several different items out of them, and share the pictures with you all. Wish me luck! ;)

Link Party 18 and Surprize Giveaway!

First of all I want to say thank you for all of you who left such nice comments and emails about my little girl and about your experiences. Some of you lost your loved ones to cancer or other illnesses and have a special connection with donating hair... I was so touched reading your stories. Sometimes I am worried about this world we live in, but it gives mea hope when I hear other people's acts of kindness and thoughtfulness. Thank you for making my day! (and Rachel was really tickled by all the comments too.)

After I finished Four Shirts Four Ways last week, I started a new projects and I am really enjoying the process. It will be a while until I can share the pictures, but you will be the first ones to see them!

Before I start the link party, I have a surprize giveaway I have been planning... :)(grin)

   
Among the Four Shirt Four Ways, the most popular shirt was the purple one. I am giving away that shirt to a lucky winner! I promise, I only wore it an hour or so to take the pictures, it is in mint condition! The shirt size is XS (loose fitting).


Here are the rules for the giveaway:

1. Leave a comment on this post. (You will get one entry)

2. Become a follower of Tea Rose Home. (you will get a second entry)

3. Face book, tweet, blog (any of them is fine) about this giveaway. (You will get a third entry)

I will run the giveaway until the 7th and post the winner on Monday the 9th. Sound good?

Now, lets start the link party and here are the rules for the link party:

1. Please post something YOU made. It doesn't matter if it is crochet, quilt, clothing, anything would be fine. I want to see it! If you use someone's idea or patterns please give them the rightful credit.

2. Link to your specific post, that way it is easier for everybody to find and read it.

3. Please grab the "Tea Rose Home" grab button, and link back from your post. If you can mention the party in your post or place the button on your side bar, that would be great! I want more people to have a chance to come and show off their creation.


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Let's party!

Something to Give

Last Saturday, Rachel gave away something she had and had planned to giveaway for a long time...


Her hair...

Have you heard about an organization called Locks of Love?

I told her about them, and what they will use the hair for, several months ago. Ever since then, she has been excited about the idea of giving away her hair.

We found a participating hair salon (and when you donate the hair, the haircut is free!) and went there in the morning. I wasn't sure if she would really go through with this, but she did.


She was very excited.


She looks so cute with her new hair style, but at the same time she looks so much older looking, a small part of me felt a little sad...

She is a very special little girl. Very funny, smart, loving and beautiful. It is my hope that she will keep growing the same way she has been so far, and be a beautiful person inside and out.



Just like she is to me now.

Link Love No.17

Looks like so many of you have been busy during the last week as well! There were 135 links to go through and that is our link party record. Thank you so much for participating in my link party everyone!

There are many of them that I liked but I had to choose a few to spot light for this week...

Dots and Stripes made these adorable baby shoes by using Debbie Bliss's quick baby knits pattern. Aren't they so cute? They will be perfect for coming up seasons.


Check this out. This eye chart was created by She Wears flowers. I thought this would make a fun and unique gift and decore for homes. She shares how she made it in her post.


Sarah from Welcome to the Good Life shares how she made this pretty necklace inspired by Anthro. I like her version much better to tell you the truth. Great job!


These adorable twin aprons are made by en ØBY ting. I can't understand a word on her blog, but she has lots of inspiring pictures. I love the fabrics she used for this project!


I couldn't resist picking this one... Scraps N'Strings shares her tutorial how to make this irresistable Tag-a-long Lion. It looks so simple and easy to make, and the results are awesome! My boys love to read Calvin and Hobbs, and I know Hobbs is a tiger, but this lion reminded of me that comic.


Thank you so much everyone for sharing your talents in my link party! Happy creating. :)