A little flour sack fun!

I have a bunch of Blue Bird Flour sacks in my sewing room.

 

 

I had NO IDEA what to do with them.

 

 

Until I talked to a sweet lady at The Kalona Junction who gave me the idea to make super cute bags out of them.

Why didn't I think of that!

 

 

 

I came up with a couple of adorable Market Totes!

 

I am positive each one that I make is going to be different.

Good thing I have lots more flour sacks because I have lots more ideas!

 

They will be at the Kalona Junction soon!



Upcyled "Corn Fed" T-shirt!

I love it when I make somthing cute for Preston!

It doesn't happen nearly as often as the cute stuff for Peighton.

I found an XL Mens shirt that said "Corn Fed."

Perfect for my little farming man.

I am choosing to ignore the fact that this shirt is in black and gold and a bit hawkeye-ish.

We're just going with it.

I did pull out my pattern for the Made by Rae skinny T, but then just grabbed a shirt he had that I knew fit him and used that instead.

It was much faster.

It really only took me about 10 minutes to make.

I used the neckline from the original shirt and the sleeves as well.

The only part I had to hem was the bottom!

He cracks me up.

I asked him to sit and show me his shirt....instead he tried to see himself in the lens of the camera...

 

He calls it his "Zorn" shirt!

Love it when I make something he likes!



Upcycled T-shirt dresses!

I must be feeling Green lately-I did another recycled clothing project and this one might be my favorite so far!

I used the Sienna T Shirt dress from Lil Blue Boo as a pattern.  Great pattern as far as the pieces but to be honest I never opened the file that has the directions!  I've made enough shirts like this that I didn't want to read the directions-I just wanted to start cutting!

When I was at Goodwill looking for my Men's shirts for this project I also picked up a bunch of fun T shirts with The Sienna pattern in mind!  I found some great ones!  The four leaf clover with Cy in the middle is probably my favorite!

The only semi-difficult/annoying part of this dress was doing the neck.  I took my seam ripper to the original neck line so I could use it again.  I dislike seam ripping.  But the end result was worth it and looks really good.  I had to make it smaller to use the old neckline though. 

Here is my first attempt:

She LOVES it (as do I!!!!) and I am probably going to have to wrestle this one off her to wash it!

The pink stripes were left over knit from another project and there wasn't much left-that is why the stripes are vertical on the chest part but I really like it!

One of the best parts about using old T-Shirts is that you use the original sleeve for the new, smaller sleeve, which means the sleeve is already hemmed for you! Bonus.

The one on the left of this picture is one I learned from but I will share anyway.  The design on the shirt was too far up, like right at the neckline.  So, part of the design ended up in the neckline.  It's just ok-nowhere near as cute as the green and pink one!  But still a good play dress for this summer.

And the dress on the right was my second attempt at making a dress out of a Men's shirt like I did here yesterday.  Still needs hemmed (that is one crazy LONG men's shirt) but I want to try it on Peighton before I hem it.  I even used some of the leftover purple stripes from the first dress!

I got quite a few more T-shirts that I'll be hacking up someday soon-I can't wait!

I even got some boy-ish t-shirts to make into hoodies for my little guy! 

I would definately recommend this pattern-it is quick, fairly easy, and uses up old T-shirts you probably have laying around!

A little upcycled love!

 Peighton and I were both getting sad that her adorable monogrammed shirt had suddenly turned into a belly shirt-she is getting so tall!!!!

So, I decided to do a bit of upcycling-and (thanks to my fabric hoarding tendencies) I still had some of the Amy Butler fabric that is in the "F." YAY! 

 I cut off a bit of the bottom because I wanted it to be kind of high-waisted, added a skirt and attached a bow.  And we have a new and fabulous summer frock! 

It was a very quick project and I can't wait to see Peighton wear it!  

I saved the part of the shirt for some matching accessories-stay tuned for those!!!!