Sweater turned cardigan

Back in November & December Kathleen from Grosgrain did a whole bunch of sweater refashions. A couple included taking sweaters and making them into cardigans. I loved the idea and knew that that was something I could do. So I waited for sweaters to go on sale at Target and scored a couple at $5 a piece. They were both just plain pull over sweaters, very much like this one.

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Just like Kathleen did, I cut right up the front of each sweater and covered the edges with ribbon (because I didn't feel like making bias tape). On this green one I added a tie to the middle and some bows with button centers.

I love the bows!

On this blue one I pleated ribbon and sewed it right along both sides of the front.

I have yet to wear the blue one out, but I get compliments on the green one every time I wear it.

Gingerbread apron & matching candy jar

This is LONG overdue...here are pictures of the apron and matching candy/cookie jar that I made for my brother and sister-in-law for Christmas. I took some of the left over fabric from the apron and Mod Podged them onto the jar. I thought it was cute that they matched. The apron is similar to the ones I made for my sister and her daughters last summer (post here). Maybe one of these days I'll make a tutorial for how I make the apron out of an old pair of jeans.

Purple and teal flower shirt

Purple and teal are my niece's school colors. She is almost 7 and is a skinny little thing, so none of the shirts that her school sells actually fit her, they are all baggy. My sister picked up a purple shirt for super cheap at Walmart and asked me to cute it up with some teal. Here is what I came up with.

And not that you really need it, but how about a close up?

I used my Silhouette (which I totally LOVE!) to create a flower shape and then had it cut some freezer paper to use as a stencil. I can't wait to see it on her! If you don't have a Silhouette (or other craft cutter) you can just send your freezer paper through the printer and then cut out your desired shape with scissors or a craft knife.

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Shirt Dress

I'm sure by now you've probably all seen at least one version of a shirt dress. Well this is mine. It is a combination of several tutorials I've seen floating around the web.
It's perfect for dancing like a princess...

or feeding the birds.

A view of the back:

 And when asked for a pretty smile, this is what I got:

Not quite what I had in mind, but it made me laugh. :)

Let me know if you're interested in a tutorial for my take on the shirt dress and I can put one together!

Mommy & Me Aprons

For my sister's birthday I made her an apron...with matching ones for her two daughters. The girls' aprons even have their initials appliqued on the pockets. I used some old jeans and some fabric from my stash, so it only cost me my time! Apparently they turned out pretty good, because one of my sister's friends asked me to make some for her and her daughter. Hopefully I will remember to get a better picture of the "mommy" apron before I send them off this week.

Polka Dot Pleated Sundress

A few weeks ago my little sister was getting rid of some old clothing and other random things, so I asked if I could look through her stash before she dropped it off at goodwill. I scored several shirts, a few skirts and a comforter. I have no need for a twin sized comforter, but I loved the fabric so I deconstructed it. I wanted to make either a skirt or a dress for Madie and as soon as I saw this tutorial for a pleated sundress on Crafterhours yesterday I got straight to work!

I did mine a little differently. I didn't do the growth pleat hem, instead I cut my lining fabric about 2 inches longer than the top fabric (since the polka dot fabric was a little bit see through it needed lined). I also added two bows to the middle of the bodice.

This was my first attempt at shirring something and it was WAY easier than I expected!

I LOVE IT! I'm pretty convinced that I need to try and make a matching one for myself.

Denim Shorts Turned Bubble Skirt

I basically combined this tutorial with this tutorial and came up with this!

I know it's not a great picture (don't you love the ragamuffin hair?! I'll try to get a better one) and apparently I need to attach some bloomers underneath because she kept pulling the skirt up. WAY UP! Like to her armpits...yeah, not so attractive.

Boy's T-shirt into Girl's T-shirt

I wanted to make a cute shirt to match this skirt that I made for the little one. Well...I waited too long to get the clearance shirt I wanted from Target! I was totally bummed, but then I saw this shirt in the little boy's section.

It was boring (this is after I had taken the front pocket off) and looked like a shirt for a boy, but for $1.25 I was willing to try my hand at making it look like it was meant for a girl.
Here is what I came  up with:

Not too shabby! Here it is with the skirt:

And a little modeling session, for you:

I do actually do her hair *most days* but this was first thing this morning and I was too excited to see how it looked on her to waist time with pony tails.

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T-shirt Refashion

This is my first refashion ever and I love how it turned out! So much, in fact that I've already started a second one.
I followed this tutorial that I found on Epicurean Style. I took an old shirt of mine that had holes in the bottom of it and cut it apart and in one hour I had created this beauty! Seriously it only took me an hour (not counting cutting because I had done that the night before but that part only took maybe ten minutes) and I not much of a seamstress.

Here is a close up of the clips I made using leftovers from the shirt:

She thought it was the perfect skirt for dancing in.

Hopefully, I'll get the second one finished up soon and then I can show you all what I did differently on it.