Some funny irish dance pictures and memes

I took all of them from pinterest, some of the sources it quoted were these:

http://peaceloveirishdance.tumblr.com/

http://awkwardirishdancemoments.tumblr.com

http://treblejigs-solos-andcrazywigs.tumblr.com

Omg!! I found this picture around the web and couldn't help laughing!!

Dealing with ankle pain!!

Well I do not like dealing with pain in my ankles, who does ? This Saturday after practise I was feeling lots of pain and used this method to reduce pain that my orthopedic gave me: 

Ice

(15 mins approx,  or less if you can't deal with it)

Yeah, well you could put ice directly on the area or just put cold water with some ice in a pail.. I personally put some ice inside a fabric tissue and put it over the treated area.

Hot Water + Salt

Same amount of time of ice

+

I surprised you! I know you already knew about Ice, but this treatment goes like this: 15 minutes cold, 15 minutes hot and it will have more  inflammatory results. You should add some salt to the water to have an even better result. Do it as many times a day you can and try to take a rest from dancing for at least one day 

This is a good thing to do after a long practise, or before a competition. There is no contradiction to this though always see a doctor if your pain is persistent. 

Fleece Ghillies Baby Boots TUTORIAL

 Remember these?

This is how I made them!!! I hope you make an Irish Dance Mommy Happy!!!

TUTORIAL! 

Well here is the pattern. Very simple.

For the sole (1) you could just trace the foot part of some leggings or even another pair of boots. If you trace it add some extra for seam allowances.

The next piece (2) has to fit inside the sole and be smaller from the sides. (Woa I don't know if I explained it well)

The long stripe will be the perimeter of the sole.(3) (I cut it larger, so no risks)

The short stripe will go round the ankle.(4)

And a thin strap (A)  that I didn't do pattern for it.

So this is how you do it:

This fleece had wrong side and right. Put the pattern (1) in bias position, then fold the fabric leaving wrong sides inside. 

Pin it and cut.

Those are the wrong sides facing each other. (Lame photo, sorry!)

Cut a 0,5 cm long strap.(A)

Cut each strap 4 cm, then fold. (A)

Cut this pattern piece (2) in white.

Also cut the stripes. (3)black  and (4) white

Sew the black pieces (A) On top of the right side of (2). (Good thing you have photos haha)

Sew the long stripe (3) along all the border of the sole. Wrong side should be facing up. (in the sole It won't matter unless you have a side you want to use as an actual sole)

This is how it looks like!

I trim and sew the edge.

So now you got this 2 pieces.

Remember the shoe is inside out. Sew the white part to the shoe borders.  

This is how it looks like when you turn it to the right side.

Now you got something that looks like a shoe and a white strap (4).

Match the edges of the strap with the edges of the shoe. And Zig zag sew them. If your (4) has wrong side and right, wrong side should be facing out and right side touching the outside of the shoe.

*Note: go for a big zig zag so it's strechy. I didn't do the bigger but it was big enough.

I start this way.

I have to turn out the shoe at some point because it gets hard to sew (4).

Finally zig zag the end.

You are almost there!!

Cut a black lace of desired length

This would be more or less the length, you can cut excess.

Sew each stripe to the side. (you didn't think I tied it, didn't you?)

:-) It's done!!! Looks lovely! plus warm for that baby's feet!

Baby Fleece ghillies

The other day I saw this cute little socks that resemble ghillies. So I came up with the idea of making little ghillies fleece boots.

And they ended up lovely!!! Check them out:

I took photos of the entire process, I'll be posting it soon as a Tutorial because now my house is too messy. A pattern is not necessary though I could upload it.

Dancing in silence

I was in need of practising with my hardhoes, but my plywood would be just too noisy for my little baby. So when I was organizing some things I came up with this small, but thick cardboard. Guess what?

   

It's perfect! It offers a little absortion, a little bit of sound (not too noisy so baby can sleep) and it's pretty easy to storage and carry. It's almost 5 milimeters thick and it's pretty decent. Plus If you got more than one you can tape it with paper tape and it will be good.

So now I can practise with my hardshoes at home... and happy baby sleeps!