An old T-shirt

Another item that was in the box full of old shirts, t-shirts and many more, I love the color of this shirt....made it into a girl's dress.  Elastic was placed in the back of this dress up to the side front...I made an applique to enhance the color of the shirt.  The original shirt shown...

 

An old dress refashion into a baby girl's dress plus matching headband

A neighbor across the street had a garage sale last week, she asked me if I wanted some of her items that weren't sold, these were old shirts, dresses, and many more....she brought 3 boxes to give them away...that was very nice of her.  I was elated as I can do a lot of things to these old clothes, some of them will go to good use....here was one of her old dress, a floral print dress with an a-shape skirt.  I cut up the upper front and used the buttons, cut up some portion of the bottom skirt and used them as headband as well.  I also cut up the original sleeves and used them as sleeves as well.

Original dress

 

Re-fashion baby girl's dress with hemmed ruffles

 

Headband  matches with the dress

 


Up-cycled polo shirts made into baby girls dresses

I am having fun checking and looking at Bob's closet as his closet is full of polo shirts that he hasn't used for ages....here were some of his polo shirts made into girls dresses...;-) Refashion polo shirts into dresses...

 

 

 

Summer and cool seat cushions and pillow cushions for our wicker chairs....

Our wicker chairs needed a new look as we have a very harsh winter season last year, it gave our wicker old seat cushions a dingy old look, so I changed the old seat cover to look a bit cooler this summer.  A fabric that I took from China Pot Design....quilted seat cushions and quilted back cushion pillows.

 

 

Handmade Jewelries

With cutting fabrics, sewing, sorting out left over fabrics, household chores, looking after 5 dogs, I have to find time to sit and make some jewelries to be given as a gift as well.....

Necklaces made of freshwater cultured pearls

 

Bracelets made of red agate and mix color agate beads.

More sewing on baby ideas....

These were my latest projects on baby ideas....sewing dresses for my granddaughter, Lilah Mae who is 4 months old...sewing baby dresses is a passion since I had my daughter 34 years ago...I learned to sew dresses from my late mother......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have not been in my blogger for quite sometime due to problems with my computer....

Due to some problems with my computer (blogger) I was unable to post some of my creations, ideas and finished projects, now it is working again....I would like to showcase you some of my humble sewing projects for girls...these were hats for the summer plus the pattern how I made them.

 

 

 

 

 

Left over material from my bedroom curtains and pillow cases

I have a box full of left over fabrics that were sitting in my craft room for quite sometime, so I finally made an attempt to check and to sort them all out, I found some useful scrap fabrics to make as a handbag, cosmetic pouches and potholder.

 

 

 

Scrap fabrics made into tops for 6 months to a year old girls

These were left over fabrics that I pieced together to make them into a top for 6 months to a year old baby girl.  Also dresses made from scrap fabrics...Made a pattern small size for the dresses...easy to make, just measure the chest, shoulder, length, and armhole.

 

 

 

 

Recycled, re-purposed, and Up-cycled T-shirts

My daughter gave me a great idea how to recycle and up-cycle old T-shirts...these are some of them that I had made for my granddaughter.  An excellent idea for those who hoards their clothing and t-shirts...why waste them if you can make them into useful dresses or something else.