We've been framed!

Isn't it annoying to have to dig through everything to find a matching bow? That's why I decided to make this cute bow holder with a frame I saw sticking out of someone's bulk trash (think whatever you want about that) and some lace I got at SAS for $0.25 a yard. This whole project cost less than $0.75. Yeah!

Very cute and Very functional. Just hanging it up in the bathroom and we're ready to go!

Added Personality

For our family reunion, I wanted to make matching shirts with a "W" (for our last name) on them, for my daughter and me.

I traced a "W" onto the shirt and then pinned the fabric onto the inside of the shirt. Next, I sewed on the lines and then cut out most of the t-shirt on the inside of the stitches.

Then wash it so it curls the fabric back a bit.

Now we have cute matching shirts.

Of course you could do this with any shape or letter that you'd like.

Chenille Baby Quilt

If you can sew a straight line, you can make a chenille quilt. You layer 5 fabrics on top of each other, draw your diagonal lines, sew down the lines, cut in between the lines (only on the top 3 layers of fabric) and then bind. I have complete detailed instructions if anyone wants them.

Before binding and washing

After washing

I didn't actually bind this one, just sewed all the way around on the edge, to give it a more rugged look.

This 'n' That

Jessi made these flower hair clips out of scrap fabric. They were fairly quick and easy to do, it seemed to me (I watched from the sidelines) Jessi makes her hair clips with the alligator style clip, that way she can put a safety pin on her shirt and attach the clip to that and it doubles as a cute broach of sorts.

Another fabric clip.

For this clip, you just sew along the edge of a piece of ribbon and then gather it. As you gather it, it starts to curl a bit. Just help shape it the way you want, glue it in place, put it on a clip, and voila!


Nan made this cute play make-up. Get a real make-up case and take the make-up out. Fill it in with fingernail polish and let it dry. Let the nail polish bottles dry too. (clean out the brushes though with polish remover) Now you have pretend make-up eye shadow, blush, and fingernail polish for your little girl.

(We saw this idea on this blog.)

Heart Baby Quilt

This is a baby rag quilt. I sewed the hearts on leaving an outside margin of fabric that I could cut the edges of so they would fray also.

maternity shirt refashion

This ugly maternity shirt turned into an adorable little girls shirt. I just did all the seams inside out and used one of her tank tops as a "pattern". I added some extra scraps of the t-shirt onto the right shoulder and just tacked it on. SOOOO EASY.

shirt refashion

I bought this shirt for Lilli for her birthday, but she never wanted to wear it. I asked her why and she said it was because it looked like a boy shirt (it used to be just a crew neck shirt). So I decided to play with it a little. I just cut the neckline and added some ruffle and flowers that were made out of a white t-shirt I didn't ever wear anymore. Much better and now she wears it all the time. It was fun working on it with her being right there telling me what she liked or wanted.