Saturday, June 11, 2011

T-shirt Dress


They changed the dress code at school so next year they can't wear pink polo's anymore. So what to do with all the pink polo's? I used one and made a t-shirt dress I saw at I am Momma hear Me Roar.

You just cut strips from other old shirts and sew it all together, super easy!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Happy Birthday Jack

Here are some pictures of the outfit I made for my nephew Jack's 1st birthday.

The sweatshirt and tshirt are both from Target and I added sailboat appliques. I got the fabric for the shorts at Joanns, they have a few different plaid patchwork fabric.



I also made him a MADE hobo bag. I've made quite a few of these this month for birthday gifts. They are really easy to sew and a great addition to a birthday gift for any age kid.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Bow Board

Ellie's hair bows, which she only wears sporadically, have been driving me crazy. So I made a board to attach them all to. I started with a 9x12x1 canvas, covered it in fabric and stapled six ribbons on. Pretty easy and it only cost me about $3 to make!


Bike Basket

Ellie got a new hand-me-down bike last weekend and I decided she needed a basket for it. I found a tutorial on the noodlehead blog, it was really easy to follow and only took a couple hours start to finish. I covered my fabric in an iron on vinyl so it would be water proof. Since the vinyl made the fabric stiff I only used the stiff interfacing on the bottom. The vinyl also made it a little harder to sew since it was so thick.

All in all I think it turned out great and Ellie likes it! Now time to make on for Michael:)

Friday, May 6, 2011

Hobo bag

I made a MADE HOBO BAG to give as part of a gift for Ellie's friend Katie. I made the lined version and added a applique K!
Then we added some stickers and silly bands and wrapped the straps around her present.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Matching doll outfits

I made matching doll outfits for Ellie and her best friend Karstyn. I was going to make jumpers but didn't have quite enough fabric. The fabric was in a pack of scraps I bought at our church garage sale for $1!
The shirts are 0-6 month onesies from the Dollar Tree, they fit the American Girls almost perfect.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Easter bags

Here are a few Easter bags I sewed for various kids to find Easter morning (or in their mail box)! I got the idea from the purl bee.



And some bunny eggs we made last year, I think we saw these in Family Fun magazine.