{"id":7812,"date":"2010-10-28T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/?p=7812"},"modified":"2010-10-27T21:22:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T02:22:06","slug":"diy-ruffled-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/28\/diy-ruffled-jacket\/","title":{"rendered":"diy {ruffled jacket}"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was pregnant with our oldest I remember walking through Baby Gap. At the time our income was nearly non-existent so the fact that I was even in BabyGap is odd. In the sale racks I saw a little red jacket. It was simple, light weight and seemed perfect for the baby boy I had yet to meet. The only size they had was 12months, but his birthday would be in the spring so I thought it would work just right. One of my favorite pictures of Biggest Brother is of him learning to walk in a park, holding his daddy’s hands and wearing this jacket.<\/p>\n

The jacket got passed down to the other two boys. The bright red color has faded quite a bit. It has held up for 6 years. I put it on FireCracker, but it just needed something to make it more her and less her brothers. So a little diy project was born.<\/p>\n

Warning<\/strong>: I know basically nothing about sewing. I know only a few correct terms, which I am sure to use incorrectly. If you are a seamstress I apologize now. If you are not, well my tutorial might make sense to you!<\/p>\n

Supplies<\/strong>: Well worn jacket & and well faded pjs that are too small. If you use t-shirt fabric you don’t have to worry about edges fraying…<\/p>\n

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Step 1<\/strong>: Cut the pjs into 1 inch strips. It is fine if they aren’t perfect. Just cut as many as you can.<\/p>\n

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Step 2<\/strong>: You are going to create ruffles by sewing a gathering stitch. To do a gather stitch put your machine on the dotted line stitch (#5 top of machine) and set the stitch length as long as possible. Stitch down the middle of all the strips. On the end you will have 2 threads, pull on them…one will let you keep pulling. At this point slowly pull the thread as the fabric gathers (or ruffles). Repeat this with all your fabric strips.<\/p>\n

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Step 3<\/strong>: Once you have made all the ruffles pin them down on the jacket. Since I re-purposed pjs I had several short strips. If you use longer fabric you could do just one long ruffle. I overlapped mine to go all around the jacket. Make sure to move the stitch length back to the shorter end.<\/p>\n

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Step 4<\/strong>: Stitch the ruffles down the center.<\/p>\n

Step 5<\/strong>: Once the ruffles are sewn onto the jacket you can go back and remove all the gathering stitches. This is pretty easy, just snip it in a few places and pull.<\/p>\n

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And an old jacket and passed down pjs get new life….<\/p>\n

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Crazy to think I bought the jacket when he was just a dream in my head and a flutter in my stomach.<\/p>\n

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For the life of me I can’t remember who passed down the pjs to FireCracker, <\/em><\/p>\n

so if you are reading this and can’t believe I cut them…just know she REALLY wore them <\/em><\/p>\n

and they were getting holes in the feet! Now they are beautiful on a jacket. <\/em><\/p>\n

Oh the things to think about when you write a blog!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was pregnant with our oldest I remember walking through Baby Gap. At the time our income was nearly non-existent so the fact that I was even in BabyGap is odd. In the sale racks I saw a little red jacket. It was simple, light weight and seemed perfect for the baby boy I had yet to meet. The only size they had was 12months, but his birthday would be in the spring so I thought it would work just right. One of my favorite pictures of Biggest Brother is of him learning to walk in a park, holding his daddy’s hands and wearing this jacket. The jacket got passed down to the other two boys. The bright red color has faded quite a bit. It has held up for 6 years. I put it on FireCracker, but it just needed something to make it more her and less her brothers. So a little diy project was born. Warning: I know basically nothing about sewing. I know only a few correct terms, which I am sure to use incorrectly. If you are a seamstress I apologize now. If you are not, well my tutorial might make sense to you! Supplies: Well worn jacket & and well faded pjs that are too small. If you use t-shirt fabric you don’t have to worry about edges fraying… Step 1: Cut the pjs into 1 inch strips. It is fine if they aren’t perfect. Just cut as many as you can. Step 2: You are going to create ruffles by sewing a gathering stitch. To do a gather stitch put your machine on the dotted line stitch (#5 top of machine) and set the stitch length as long as possible. Stitch down the middle of all the strips. On the end you will have 2 threads, pull on them…one will let you keep pulling. At this point slowly pull the thread as the fabric gathers (or ruffles). Repeat this with all your fabric strips. Step 3: Once you have made all the ruffles pin them down on the jacket. Since I re-purposed pjs I had several short strips. If you use longer fabric you could do just one long ruffle. I overlapped mine to go all around the jacket. Make sure to move the stitch length back to the shorter end. Step 4: Stitch the ruffles down the center. Step 5: Once the ruffles are sewn onto the jacket you can go back and remove all the gathering stitches. This is pretty easy, just snip it in a few places and pull. And an old jacket and passed down pjs get new life…. Crazy to think I bought the jacket when he was just a dream in my head and a flutter in my stomach. For the life of me I can’t remember who passed down the pjs to FireCracker, so if you are reading this and can’t believe I cut them…just know she REALLY wore them and they were getting holes in the feet! Now they are beautiful on a jacket. Oh the things to think about when you write a blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-be-creative"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t