This is the first lipstick that I have ever used up! I know I could go in with a lip brush and dig more product out, but it is getting really old and I feel that I have enjoyed it enough. I also have a lot of other lipsticks that are in line to get some love.
I also finished the Skin79 BB-Cream sample I have been using. They do not mess around with those samples. They look like it would be easy to use them up in a few wears, but they seem to have more product in them than the little squeeze tube lets on.
I have had these sitting around for way too long. I remember they were from a demo a long time ago at JoAnn Fabrics. This was back when we had enough people to spare someone on a Saturday just to demonstrate something. It was also a good time before I switched to just teaching there.
The demonstration was to sell the little baby hats and headbands that were ready to wear. The twisted ribbon flower things are clips that were also ready to wear and can be taken off the hat/head band again. The strawberry and frog were iron-on patches. I liked this because everything turned out to be really cute. It was also really quick and easy.
This is another one I have been unintentionally aging. The store where I worked had three mannequins on a display. A child sized body, a teen/young adult body, and an adult body. We would receive seasonally appropriate clothing for the mannequins to try and sell patterns and fabric. This was the one for summer child mannequin. The problem we had with this was that it kept wanting to fall down, so we would put straight pins near the top. Then people would try and see how it was made, so they would pull at the top and then there would be straight pins on the floor.
The way these are made is to measure the chest of the recipient, take off an inch or two from that number, and that is how much of this style of fabric you should get. Also, make sure the person cutting the fabric cuts through the ruched part, and then tears the bottom because it won't want to lay flat for cutting. The last step is to either sew or surge the seam along the back and you are all done. You could add ribbon straps if you would like to help hold it on, but those are optional.
This is something that I have actually made. I started it soon after I finished my Shear that I posted about not long ago. While I liked the pattern, you know how I like messing with patterns as well. I think this would be really interesting as the body of a sweater, so you can really get a feel for the stitch pattern on a larger scale. A scarf might also be fun because both sides are interesting looking.
