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.
I wanted a wreath to go over the mirror by our staircase and thought that this would be perfect. It was really easy to make(and cheap!), however a little time consuming.
I needed something to hang above our bed, so I made these canvas paintings with three different stencils. You can't see it from here, but there are streaks of blue showing through the white paint. It helps to subtly tie it in with the blue in the room.
The best inspiration for creating childrens accessories is a beautiful little child herself. How lucky am I to have this little piece of heaven to inspire me and create for?!
I can't stop making these headbands! They are so fun to make and I love coming up with different styles, so I have decided to sell my handywork. Look for a link to Etsy soon, I am working on setting up an account at the moment. If you are interested in my headbands, please take a look and see if there is anything you like, and spread the word! We'll see how I fare in the crafty mom buisness world...
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