Baby Knee Pad's

 lil' Miss Fia, needed some knee pads for 

protection when crawling around on

hardwood floors.

Enter: Walmart clearance tights

 girls size 12, too big for a baby right?

NOT.....

 I chopped them up :) lots of extra parts 

for future projects. I stitched together 

2 pcs. thin batting, tucked them inside

the wrong side of fabric, held with a 

zigzag, and finished them up. Note to self:

next time make the top of the fold longer 

so it can be folded over to make a more

tidy finish.

Re-fashioned Sweater

I bumped into my friend Mira from Our Daily Minutiau

the other day and she had on a great re-fashioned sweater .

She gave me a few tips and inspired me to fix this cashmere

sweater I have been holding onto. Thanks Mira for taking the

scarey out of this for me :)

Yup! it was that simple. I laid out my best fitting sweater

trace, cut, sew!

No-Sew T-Shirt Scarf

Seriously NO sewing what-sew-ever :) Same scarf 2 different looks. My oldest daughter works at a trendy clothing store and has a similar scarf that cost mucho $$, I found an ugly t-shirt on the clearence rack and decided to give it a try for less $$.

1. Did I mention ugly? I dont know who designed this t-shirt but it was the most mis-shaped shirt that I had ever seen. ENTER cheap experiment. (thanks mis-shaped-ugly-t-shirt-designer)

2. Cut off bottom edge and top

3. Re-fold the middle piece so the seams meet. Cut from the edge up to 1 inch from seams.

4. When your done making all those snips grab the shirt by the seams (one in each hand, kind of like one of those rubber exercise bands) and stretch gentley. This will make the cut strips roll around the edges and give it a finished look.

That was easy wasnt it!

okay, now I have to get back to work and do some serious sewing. Wait till you see what I'm finally finishing. Its been a long time coming.

Experiment

Its been very hot and sticky around here, so this strappy top that my cousin gave me got to budge to the front of the line at my sewing desk. The main problem was that it was too wide for me so I took it in on the sides. Then I used the trimmed off scraps to make a ruffle for the front.

I cut the scraps in strips. No measureing just guessing. Stuck the little bugger under my machine on a baste length stitch and then scrunched it up to make a ruffle.

I Hand stitch the ruffle on and now a have a cute new top

Canine Couture

Woo hoo, I've been wanting to experiment a little more with knits. After seeing all of the cool things that Sachiko makes over at Tea Rose Home, I decided to experiment small scale.

I used the scraps from a previous re-make . I love the ruffles and flowers made from the knit fabric, one of these days I will get brave and fancy up some knit shirt for myself, but for now Bridgette gets some flashy doggy couture.