Day 236 - Chenille and crossbones.

Hello! More shorts being made today, this time from a few different fabrics.

The back of the shorts uses the vintage quilt I also used here Day-84 to make my daughter a dress. The pocket is a tiny scrap from another vintage chenille quilt (hard garbage find) and the front is a fine corduroy my mum gave me a while ago. Then I added a pirate symbol from a scrap of fabric leftover from party loot bags I made when my 7 yo turned 6. I love the way they all come together. These are a gift for a little boy whose party we are going to later, but I think I am going to have to make some for Aidan now too.

As usual the model had a lot of trouble keeping still.

Day 71 - Repurposed quilt cover to baby yoga pants.

I made these cute little yoga pants for my beautiful little 6 month old boy using some of a vintage kids quilt cover - also used in my Day 69 - bookcase project. I love the fabric it's so bright and fun. Of course this model would look gorgeous in just about anything. Just look at those lips and cheeks. And how about those toes. x

Day 49 - Cute girly skirt from Vintage quilt

Day 49 and I finished my dictionary challenge yesterday so am back on the sewing machine for a super quick project. I've made a couple of these little skirts before from a vintage quilt I bought at a market and I think they're really cute.

The quilt I'm using is quite well worn in a few places so I have to pick the right areas to cut, which makes it perfect for making little skirts where you only need a little bit of fabric at a time and can pick and choose.

I like using the fringe around the quilt as a feature, then I have just added some fabric scraps to make a flower, a cute little vintage button, and of course some ric rac. I love ric rac.

The skirt is the simplest design of cutting too sides with a little curve and adding an elastic band to the top.