New Plaid Flannel Scarves...

In honor of Plaid Flannel Party week....and to reduce my sizable plaid flannel stash, I came up with some new scarves for the Vintage Dutch Girl ETSY shop.

First up, another Wide Ruffle Edge Scarf in Red and Black Plaid on sale for $15:



Remember the original Wide Ruffle Pink Plaid Flannel Scarf? Yup, I've got another one available:



Next I created some infinity scarves. You know, the ones you loop twice around your neck and they STAY THERE. Yup, no long ends that flap in the breeze and swat you in the face (no offense to Mrs. Ruffliscious up there). These are EVERYWHERE right now. Super stylish and easy to wear.

I made some for myself as well as the Etsy shop and am LOVING them. Super cozy and easily added to sass up a boring outfit....because I tend to dress rather blah monochromatic.

First up was a delicious Chocolate brown, Cream and Burnt Orange Plaid Flannel Infinity Scarf. Of course, I added a flower pin, I HAVE to. It's a rule around here. This $20 scarf includes a removable Vintagey lace flower pin:



Our little family at the pumpkin patch this year. It's hard to see but I'm wearing my infinity scarf that matches the one above:



I found this charcoal, yellow and cream plaid flannel and fell in L.O.V.E. So, what did I do? Bought 7 yards. Cause I'm silly like that. Good for you though, plenty of fabric to make a delicious Charcoal, Yellow and Cream Plaid Flannel Infinity Scarf. This one is only $15, perfect for chilly Fall and Winter mornings running the kiddo over to preschool:



Guess what? That charcoal plaid shown above that I LOVE? Well, it came in red too.

Uh oh.

Yep. LOTS more yards of Plaid Flannel fabric to turn into scarves. A Charcoal, Red and Cream Plaid Flannel Infinity Scarf with a removable coordinating deep red sheer flower pin for $20:



Think how lovely your girlfriend, sister, mother, aunt, daughter and granddaughter will look wearing one of these. A handmade scarf is a delicious surprise to open on Christmas morning!

OK, OK... you could just get one for yourself :)

Have a happy chilly fall day! I'll be busy trying to figure out how to continue decreasing my Plaid Flannel Stash and listening to my Glee playlist and wishing there was a Glee club here in my town that I could join. I'm no Lea Michelle but I do love me some singing...

A

p.s. The Plaid Flannel link up party is cancelled for tomorrow. Let's see if I can get my act together for November. There's always hope, right? Yay optimism :)

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Dorothy and a Swordless Pirate Distracted Me...

We interrupt this Plaid Flannel Party to present you with the following concerns:

-Amanda's been too stinkin busy with cranky high energy kiddos that she doesn't have much free time.

-She also was a single parent all last week and grossly miscalculated the need for R and R after the loooonng days. (R and R is roughly translated as: Watching TV and Eating Cookies.)

-Um, hello, the church Harvest Party is tonight. Yep, TONIGHT. Missed the memo on that one when planning the sad Plaid Flannel Party. So yes, I've been busily trying to fit in outfit creating during my gobs of spare time. I promise I won't send my kids to the party half dressed (maybe).

-I invited some people over for the express purpose to motivate me to clean the house. It worked. And when the cleaning bugs are finally, belatedly biting, I don't ignore them. I let them keep on biting and enjoy the rewards of (finally having) a clean house.That means crafts and blogging go on the back burner. Not my favorite place for them. I prefer my front right super industrial fast boil burner to be loaded up with crafting and blogging and my piddly slow simmer burner to be laden with the housework.

*** INSERT EIGHT HOUR BREAK***

-I'm so scatterbrained and ferklempt I didn't even finish this post. We are now back home from the harvest festival with one tired out Lil Dorothy:



And sadly, my best photo of my swordless pirate:




There was no way on God's green earth that I was going to willfully hand a sharp weapon over to my boy. Not with his track record.

Sad picture, huh? I'll have to wait for all the Grandma's and Aunties to send me better pics of the kiddos when we did the "Look at how cute they are in their costumes!" show-off circuit around town before the harvest festival.

I had a riot making their costumes. SUCH fun. I decided to make many of the pieces adjustable for future hours of dress up playtime

I may have gotten a little carried away with all the costume fun. Dorothy DID wear ruffle butt bloomers in The Wizard of OZ, right?



These bloomers are stinkin cute and rather easyish to make. I think she might need one in every color.

Hmmmm, maybe in PLAID with a tutorial so I can get back to my sad Plaid Flannel Party???

A

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Plaid Lampshade Recovering Tutorial...Plus Giveaway!

Welcome to Plaid Flannel Party week! Let's get started on the Plaid Flannel goodness:

Hello there, meet my friend Uglampo:

He's a lamp shade and he's kinda ugly. He doesn't really fit in very well with our bedroom decor. (No, that face is not for reals. Hello photo software stickers, I love you).

Uglampo's twin brother Uglampi did not sign the media and press waiver so we are unable to post pictures of him. We deeply apologize.

Sadly, (OK, not too sad for me) we need to say buh-bye to Uglampo. He needs an extreme makeover....but needs so much work that his former identity will be null and void. New identity, here we come!

Lay Uglampo on your chosen piece of fabric (PLAID! CHOOSE PLAID!) and while rolling the lampshade cut out the basic shape of the lampshade with a good 2 - 3 extra inches all around:




You'll end up with a piece as shown below and your Uglampo will end up with motion sickness. Perfect.



Put a dab of glue (I used my hot glue gun because it's fast and easy) where each of the arrows is pointing and lay your Uglampo on it, being sure to smooth out any wrinkles or folds. Glue small 3-4 inch sections on the lamp edge and roll along your fabric to attach it. Do NOT be afraid to quickly rip off sections of misshapen, folded and rolled on fabric before the glue fully dries and redo them so they lay smooth.* AHEM*.

Uglampo is feeling a bit dizzy after all this rolling and gluing going on...but he's looking FAB:



Where the two edges of the fabric meet, glue one side all the way down flat against the lamp. On the remaining edge, fold the raw edge under and glue it down forming a smooth line with no raw edges showing. Think about wrapping a present and tucking the ragged edges on the bottom under forming a smooth folded line. Same thing. Clear as mud, right?

Cut slits into the top extra fabric where any lamp hardware is attached to the outer rim. I had three metal bars to work around so I cut three slits:



(Hee hee, those scissor photo stickers are making me giggle )

Glue along the inside edge of the lampshade and tuck the fabric in leaving a smooth edge. Then trim off the excess fabric:



(Why yes, I DO realize I'm overdoing the use of photo stickers. Let me have my fun)

And there you go, you are DONE. I really can't believe I turned such a rather simple project into a post this long.

Meet Plaidlampo:



Ain't it a cutie pie?

BEFORE:



AFTER:



And you betchyourbuns I'll be ripping that plaid flannel off and recovering those lampshade anytime I am the least bit sick of them.

Looking at that picture makes me want to restain those tables....and spray paint the lamp bases....and stencil a quatrefoil pattern on the wall. You get the general idea. Anywho...

OK, giveaway time!

Up for grabs is this teal, purple, pink and black plaid blossom pin...because sometimes a full plaid shirt/skirt/dress/coat is just too. much. plaid. This gives you just a nibble of plaid to accentuate an otherwise dull outfit:



Please don't ask me why a fiery glowing pumpkin is peeking out from the right side of the blossom pin. I won't have an answer for ya.

Oooo, I have an idea...



That's better.

Giveaway Rules:

1. LEAVE ME A COMMENT telling me what outfit/article of clothing you'd use this sassy pin.

2. Earn another entry by FOLLOWING ME via the Google Friend Connect Follow Me doodad located on the right sidebar and LEAVE ME ANOTHER COMMENT telling me you just signed up or already DO follow Vintage Dutch Girl.

3. Earn yet another entry by subscribing to the Vintage Dutch Girl blog via a reader and LEAVE ME ANOTHER COMMENT telling me you newly subscribed or already do so.

4. Earn another entry by "Hearting" or "favoriting" the VintageDutchGirl ETSY shop and LEAVE ME ANOTHER COMMENT telling me you did and WHAT YOUR FAVORITE ITEM IS CURRENTLY FOR SALE IN THE SHOP.

5. Earn another entry by BECOMING A FAN on the Vintage Dutch Girl Facebook Fan page found HERE...and LEAVE ME ANOTHER COMMENT telling me you became a fan or already ARE a fan.

6. STILL need some more entries? Whew...OK. Earn another entry (if you're still counting, that's up to FIVE) by blogging about, facebook posting, or tweeting about this giveaway (with links added in to spread the fun!) and LEAVE ANOTHER COMMENT telling me you did so.

7. OK, last one, I promise. GRAB THE Plaid Flannel Party BUTTON located on the top right side of the blog and post it on your blog to spread the news during this Plaid Flannel Party week and LEAVE ME ANOTHER COMMENT telling me you did so.

(Sorry, but for shipping reasons, this contest is only open to residents of USA and Canada)

*why so many entry possibilities? I want to say THANK YOU to those who read and follow along with my blabberings and projects!*

I will leave the contest open until THIS FRIDAY, October 29th, 10 PM PST at which time I will select a winner through Random.org and post the results.

Remember!!! You do NOT have to run a blog or have a google/gmail account to enter. Just click in as anonymous and make sure you tack your first name and email on the bottom of your comment so I can contact you if you win. Enter to win and join the fun!

A

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