Lifestyle & Fashion: college

Friday, 2 May 2014

| Simple D.I.Y | Pom Pom Pillow Cases |

Here's a simple textiles D.I.Y for you to try at home! It's very sweet and adds a little Kitsch touch to any plain bed cover!

What you will need:

❤ Pillow Cases

❤ Pom Pom Garland

❤ Needle & Thread

❤ A Sewing Machine

Step One:

Choose your Pillow cases & Garland.

I purchased by Bed covers from Tesco, But they are no longer available! However I found this cute monochrome Zig-Zag/Stripe Bedding in Wilkinson's Available here.

Alternatively, There's also a Monochrome Dog-tooth Version, here.

I purchased my Pom Pom Garland from Hobbycraft where it's £2.00 per meter. It's available to buy online from their website in lots of colors here.

I got Three Meters and had some spare from this D.I.Y :-)

Step Two:

Pin your Pom Pom Garland along the seams of your pillow case, taking care to observe the way it hangs, if you want your pom poms to stand out you need to attach them so that when the pillow is turned the opposite way they stick out!

So sew the the opposite way to the way up!

Tip:

Don't forget to choose a thread color that blends in.

Make sure you keep the fabric and the Garland taught so they sew straight, you don't want to be left with parts that are loose or the Garland will catch easily!

Make your way all around the pillow case leaving the opening, Once your pillows are lined up the Pom Poms will meet in the middle anyway!

That's Virtually it!

Step Three:

Fill your pillow cases with pillows and enjoy!!

They are so sweet and make any bed a little funky! Use clashing colors to get a really Kitsch look!

Why not add pom poms to throw pillows too? Or Lampshades! I just love how crazy and cute they look! That's all for now, Hope you give this one a try!

Love Love

xxx

Saturday, 22 March 2014

My Final Major Project | March 2014 |

Hello! Sorry I've been away for a little while, It's been my College FMP these last few weeks with the live Theater Performances running from the 19th-21st!

Me and my fellow Techies, have been running a promenade theater performance for young school children about the human body for our final project this year.

The general idea was that you made your way through the experience, passing through the eardrums into Billy's body where there were Drummers.

You then made your way past the lovable Iris in the Eye room, through a corridor into the nostrils where you were greeted by the disco dancing boogie boys. You then traveled into the Mouth Room were Mr.Mouth had a game to play.

Past the touch wall and into the Operation room where they played a Puzzle Piece game!

The finale was a singing of Heads, Shoulders, Knees & Toes in the Brain Room which drove us crazy after playing it all week haha!

It consisted of lots of structural aspects including tent like rooms and lots of UV Lights & LED's.

There was also a butt-load of costume and make-up which I was in charge of and I can honestly say I don't want to see another sequin or feather for a while now!

Although It's been a pain in the bum at times (3 hour get out!!) it felt like we were working in a Fun House? We had to reset each room every time and you could easily get lost in our theater layout haha!

Anyway, enough babbling, I'll share the Photos, I know it's not spectacular, but from a bunch of kids that would rather sit on photo-booth and warp their faces than do anything (lolol) We did good!