Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Stain-coverage discovered!

What do you do with a childs shirt that has been stained multiple times and been placed in the rag-pile? Throw it out? I think not!
If you have a few pretty scraps of material laying around and a few hours you can do THIS!
I used strips of dark gray crepe and light gray chiffon to sew little ruffles over the stained area.
With the scraps left over from the scraps, I made this matching hair clip. Matchy-matchy, but cute!

A few things I learned from this project:

1. Fray Check is your friend.
2. USE Fray Check.
3. Use Fray Check on the material BEFORE you sew it into little ruffles. It sure is a lot easier to apply it to flat material.
4. A sewing machine would make this project a LOT faster. I think I logged about 3 hours on this project by hand-stitching it.
5. I need to buy a sewing machine. And learn how to use it.

Look HERE for more idea's on re-fashioning old clothing. This woman is brilliant and inspired me to try my hand at it.

5 comments:

  1. Who knew you were so crafty!? Wonderful stuff!

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  2. Really nice work Kayley. I love how it turned out and yes, you will want a sewing machine to help in cutting down your sewing time. It will at least cut your time in half. If you make the investment, buy a really nice sewing machine.

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  3. This is amazing! I wish I had this kind of talent. Hopefully I can pick up a few tips from you. I also love your candy cane vases. So cute! Thanks for sharing your talent with those of us who are not so fortunate in the creative area. :)

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  4. dang i am amazed i could NEVER do that! i can not believe how big your girl is!

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