DIY – Page 12

Happy Friday, gang! Can you believe it’s September already?

In Florida, the school year usually begins mid-August. The concept of starting after Labor Day is quite foreign to me, as is waking up to temperatures in the low 60s this early in the year. The fact that the local pool CLOSES on Labor Day wigs me out. Back home, the beaches are still warm well into October. Virginia is still the South, right? 🙂

Even so, after spending the week shopping for school supplies, meeting teachers, and touring campuses I am ready for fall!
One of my favorite fall accessories is a scarf. A couple of years ago I purchased my first infinity scarf (which is basically a tube a fabric connected on both ends.) I loved it so much that I wore it everyday, which of course means I took it off somewhere (restaurant? sister’s house? grocery store? movies?) never to be seen again.

I decided to try to make my own infinity scarf, and here is what I came up with.

I didn’t photograph a step-by-step on this because to be perfectly frank, I didn’t know what the heck I was doing. I made so many mistakes that I nicknamed this the “Dingbat’s Infinity Scarf”.

I love how versatile this scarf can be!

You can wear it so many different ways!

Leaving out my trial and error this is what I did:

Cut 2 pieces 12″ x 54″ of your favorite fabric
Sew together one of the short ends on each (right sides together) to make a 12″ x 108″ strip.
Fold the short length in half (right sides together) and sew along the long side.
Turn the tube inside out (like a sock).
Fold in and press a seam on one of the open ends
Tuck the other short ends into the folded end and top stitch them together

I won’t deny that those are the worst instructions ever. I am positive that there is a MUCH easier way to do this, so if you figure it out, let me know! Even so, I am loving my new infinity scarf. I can’t wait until it is cool enough to sport it out!

Disclaimer: The following was one of my first furniture makeovers. Before I became obsessed with Annie Sloan Chalk Paints, I would enlist my husband to help me out with all the un-fun stuff that comes with refurbishing a piece of furniture (mainly sanding, although he often took over the painting as well). This is one of the projects we worked on together.

About this time last year I pulled up to a thrift store that had recently opened in my old neighborhood and I saw this beauty sitting by donation door. I asked right away how much they wanted, and since it had just been dropped off, the manager let me have it for $10!

It was kind of gross, and the trim had been painted a bright blue, but it had a gorgeous shape!

I love finding surprises (of the non-organic kind) when I purchase a dresser, and this one was great. The underside of the drawers were lined with a newspaper from 1996 (which is probably when they first revamped this dresser with the blue paint!)