Summer Kimono Robe

Just something I whipped up.  I can't possibly tell you how I did this, so no tutorial.  But I looked at a robe I liked from Victoria's Secret ($50) and tried to copy it.

It took me about 2 hours, and the fabric was about $3 on clearance. So yeah.  VS is overpriced and I have what I need to take the dogs out in the morning.  Sorry for the terrible quality of these photos-the fabric was monstrously shiny!

Pants to shorts Tutorial!

This is a basic pants-hemming tutorial with a twist!  We were in Old Navy this weekend when Mr. S found a pair of pants on clearance for $4.  Well, they were a bit high-water.  Have no fear, though, because we made them into shorts!

We started by hacking off the bottoms below the knee, then pinning them up about where Mr. S likes his shorts above the knee.  Then, after he took them off, I laid them on the floor and made sure each leg was the same length, and I ironed the edge so I would have it marked!

 I then trimmed the ragged edges all the way around to 1.5 inches, using my trusty seam gauge.

 See how pretty and even the edges are now?

 Then I unrolled the pant legs all the way down and turned up the bottom a half inch, again using the seam gauge for reference.

 With the edge turned under, I folded  the bottom back up for the hem.  Note: I have it pinned wrong in this pic.  When you sew the hem, you will want to have the shorts right-side out, so you can watch your topstitching to make sure it looks okay.

 Just topstitch all the way around.  I topstitched at 3/4 inch all the way around, starting in the back.  That way, the threads from the start and finish won't be so obvious in the front!

And Ta-DA! My husband has some $4 shorts!

Thrifty Find!

Just wanted to show you our new mirrors.  We found these babies at Target for $12 each...marked down from $50 each!  So yeah, in exchange for a few little knicks (easily solved with stain or paint), we saved $75.  I seriously don't understand why people ever pay full price on anything...with clearance like this, why would you?????

Special thanks to Darla the Puppy for modeling the usefulness of the mirrors.