My final make for kids clothes week is a t-shirt sundress. Its quick and easy, have a go:) DIY T Shirt Sundress Start by cutting out the bodice part of the dress, either using a pattern or following the layout of an existing dress. Sew together the shoulder seams. Cut out and add two layers of t-shirt …
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Create awesome valentine fabric hearts using embroidery stitches The house always looks a little barren after Christmas, this year we decided to transform our wooden Christmas tree it into a seasonal tree. For January is it is decorated with snowflakes, February is going to be hearts. I am delighted to be guest blogging over at SewMamaSew with a …
This week I am delighted to be guest blogging over at onthecuttingfloor with a tutorial for this gorgeous tweed bag. You know me, how I love to uypcycle. This bag is created from a tweed pleated skirt, a hundred percent wool. I started by unpicking all the pleats and removing the waist band, its amazing …
Remedy the lack of clock in the sewing room with a fun DIY Embroidery Hoop Clock. I love this upcycled clock, utilizing clock parts from a clock from a charity shop, using buttons from my stash. Its so quick and easy to make. This is a fun project, how about whipping up some unique Button …
I have had great fun the last few days on twitter – becoming rather involved in a question about what can be made with crisp packets, what would you recycle crisp packets into? Somehow that chat has morphed into the desire to research the question.. recycled crisp packet dress anyone? This is a fab design …
There is nothing quite like homemade and upcycled christmas decorations, especially of they are upcycled. I have been having lots of fun coming up with ideas to enter a competition being run by Light Bulbs Direct. The brief is “This competition involves redecorating light bulbs into Christmas baubles and other festive decorations” Regular readers will …
Have fun creating a felt memory game – as a child I spent hours playing similar traditional games:) Today I am delighted to be taking part in fleecefun’s Handmade Saturday series. Not only is this game good for memory, use it to help children learn their colors and shapes. My three year old loved playing, …
Who doesn’t love handmade christmas decorations? There is something magical about Christmas, which for me includes making and creating many of the decorations. This year I am focussing on felt christmas decorations. This decision may be biased by the fact I happen to have a pile of felted jumpers.. time to make some knitted christmas stockings with no …
I have made my nephew a variety of felt food for his Christmas present (he will be just 2 years old). Today’s tutorial is to create the toddler bag to keep them in, go pretend shopping with, anything a two year olds imagination stretches to! I have utilised an old pair of jeans, an old …
How to make a quick and easy halloween spider costume… Twenty four hours prior to a halloween party my daughter decides she wishes to go, dressed up. I don’t know about you but it would grate to spend money on a costume she is only going to wear once. Likewise I didn’t have hours to …
Are you wondering what to do with fabric scraps? If you are anything like me you generate lots of fabric scraps! There are so many different projects you can make from tiny projects like jewellery to bigger projects for example scrap fabric quilts. As you can imagine I generate quite a bit of scrappy bits …
Upcycled Plastic Sandwich Wrapper , take two – Yesterday I wrote about fusing plastic to create a thicker plastic, which can be sewn. Today I am going to share with you another DIY sandwich wrap- perfect for zero waste week (anyone notice a theme?!) Start by fusing your plastic, I have used plastic shopper bags but …