Time and Space

My how the time's flown! Dad just called me today and we discussed our trip for a long time. We fly out to Paris on July 2nd, which is almsot exactly one month from now.

In other news, Aislynn and Ronan's birthday is coming up as well and I'm working on a tunic for Aislynn. It's gonna be so darling! I've made a sleeveless tunic base with purple jersey, and am covering it in 4.5" circles that have been folded to make ruffles. The circles go up the top about 2/3s of the way, so it's got an empire waist. I can't wait to see her in it! I shall take many pictures and put them up here.

...and now I have to think of something for Ronan. FAST! I only have a month! What would you make for your ten year old brother?

Also, I've gotten to the End of Time in watching Doctor Who. Since I've never written about this before: I only started watching this in November, but I wanted to do it properly so I started with Series One, with Christopher Eccleston. So I've yawned during Aliens of London, cried during Doomsday and all through the Runaway Bride, couldn't blink for a week after Blink*, and had a heart attack as I watched Silence in the Library in the dark. And now, apparently, Rose has her own living copy of Ten. I'm jealous. So, now I've reached the End of Time, and now I'm depressed. Because I've enjoyed David Tennant as Ten. And apparently he regenerated in this special. Why do all the bad things happen during specials?

*So, about Blink. Possibly the scariest episode during the Tenth Doctor's tenure. It's called Blink because the creatures in this particular episode are angels that turn to stone if you watch them, but as soon as you look away, or even blink (they're wicked fast), they can move. And kill you. And poor Sally Sparrow (and her friend's brother) has to fight them off with only a video of the Doctor to help.

I watched it for the first time with my cousin Mikey.  She and I were in my room, in the basement, in the dark, at flipping 1:00 a.m. My mother was napping (yes, at 1:00 a.m.) upstairs. She had a pretty good rest too, until Sally and that other guy realised they had looked away from a certain angel. Mum was none too pleased about being woken up by our screams. Yeah. I couldn't go into a dark room for weeks.

Little Girl's Jumper

All right everybody! This is my first tutorial, so tell me if its any good! ^_^

I made this darling (if I do say so myself) jumper out of a hideous sweater that my mother bought at DI. I will admit, its not *that* bad, but it was too busy for its size. I figured if it were smaller it would look much less chaotic.

To make this you will need a sweater, two large, cute buttons, and the general sewing necessities, like thread, scissors, machine, etc.

So, lets begin! Firstly, grab your sweater. Make sure it is long enough to reach the knees of your little one from below the collar, since you'll be cutting the collar and original shoulder seams off.

Cut off the sleeves just behind the seam and straight across the shoulders under the collar, like so. Save the sleeves. You can also save the collar portion for later, if you want.

Now, making sure that it is big enough to go around your little one, sew up the side seams to make a tube and cut off the excess. Leave at least a half inch of fabric by the seam. After you have your tube, go ahead and hem the top so it doesn't unravel. This is the body of the jumper.

Out of the sleeves you set aside cut two rectangles 10" x 4 1/2". These will be the shoulder straps. Fold these in half with the wrong side facing OUT! Sew them into little tubes as well, hemming one side. When you do that, be sure not to fold it over too much or the shoulder straps won't be long enough! I only folded over 1/2". Of course, you could also just cut a longer strip to begin with. ;)

Choose which side of the body you want to be the back and attach the unhemmed ends of the shoulder straps to it. They should be about 2 inches from the side seam of the body.

Now, grab those buttons and use them to attach the other end of the shoulder straps to front of the body. Sew them on nice and secure. So cute!

Now it's all finished! You can add extra features, too. Use the leftovers to make pockets, or use the ribbing from the sleeves and collar to make rosettes.

This can be worn with a long-sleeved tee and leggings or tights.

I also made a little hair clippie out of one the ribbing rosettes!

Thanks for looking at this tutorial! Tell me what you think and leave a comment.

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