Belted

When I saw this, which then led me to this, I remembered making this belt about a year ago.

I made several of these in various color schemes and sold a few on ebay. It was tedious work sewing all those strips of grosgrain ribbon so the excitement about ribbon belts was short lived. When I saw the patchwork belts Sally and Tammie made it sparked my interest in belts again. Making one with cloth proved to go much faster than ribbon.

I am not entirely pleased with the final result. I should have used some interfacing between the patchwork I used for the front of the belt and the ribbon backing to give it a little more stability. It is my kind of project though, fast and fun. You'll be seeing more of these in the near future.

No hair drama to report. The hair nazi was very agreeable and all is good in hair land.

Comments

[Darlene Weigle]

These are rad!

[capello]

Yay, no fights with the nazi!

Love those belts, they are seriusly cute.

[beki]

Very cute idea! I wish I had enough of a waist to wear one, LOL.

[Angie]

These are so great!! I luv!!

[clarice]

Great, great idea !!! Clarice

[Laurie]

Love the belt!!

[tammie]

nice job!
i used a cotton webbing on the back of mine which worked really well. a little stiffer, but not TOO stiff.

i have quite a few lined up on my sewing table just waiting to be sewn! addicting, i tell you

[Chris Howard]

Those look very cute!

[mijk]

nice belt! Need to do that I think..

Oh you'r much better then me with the hairgrowing thing I chopped it all of last week (and am so glad) I'm a short hair gal!

[Gisele Schoene]

The belts are gorgeous!! Great color combination! And I loved you blog! You make beautiful things.

[lla]

There you go again with that cocoa and aqua combination! How I love it so.... (and I see Goldie, too!)

I can't speak to the interfacing issue - the stability (or lack thereof) does not come through in the pictures - it just looks fab.

Could it be reversible? So that it could be all fancy on the days you need fancy, or just plain brown on plain brown days???

[June]

The patchwork belts are a grand idea!

[wendy]

Glad to hear you haven't had a hair drama. The belts are great.

[Toni]

Very cute Autum! Fast and fun is my kind of project too.

[lera]

cute belts! thanks for the inspiration.

[monica]

Very nice indeed. I can see how addictive they could become... In my head I still have tons of aprons to do first!

[kim in Camas - ScrapToMyLu]

I have seen it all! A belt? WOW! PLease don't tell me you make your own underpanties too. My mom tried that when I was young. She used to sew ALL my clothes, but she wasn't as good as you.

[Angela]

That is the cutest belt I've ever seen. Really. 8-)

[Tanya Nichols]

You escaped the hair nazi!! i have an eyebrow nazy...she is CRAZY...i wont go into details except I will NOT be going back since 1 eyebrow looked like it had a flat top...SCARY!!! OH and in response to one of your comments My grandmother made my underwear as a child...sooo goozy soft ... with hearts or stars...