Day 247 - Birthday T for Mr D

I forgot to take a before photo of this plain tshirt, but I have appliqued a number 1 using a scrap of fabric and sewed a little pocket handkerchief using another scrap for Mr D's birthday tshirt. A photo of the model wearing the T will no doubt be posted at a later date.

Day 200 - T party dress.

Wow! Can't believe I'm up to day 200. I definitely would not have made it this far without my blog and the people who stumble upon it and take time to read it, so thankyou all very much.

Today's craft is a t-shirt refashion. I love the print on this top but I  like to wear my t-shirts a little longer so I never wear this. I was going through my clothes looking for some stuff to send off to the charity shops and I decided to refashion this one.

First thing I did was to cut off the sleeves and the side seams.

Then I cut a V shape in the back as shown below, took the sides in a little more for an a - line shape, and made the armpits and shoulder section smaller by picking apart the seams, cutting some out and sewing them back together.

Then I found this lace in my stash of trims that used to be my Grams. Very girly, perfect for my girly girl Juliet.

I added some to the back of the t-shirt, and some to the bottom.

Mum and daughter are both pretty happy with the results. Ms J thinks it's a princess dress. This little princess really didn't need another dress, but she's just so gorgeous to make things for, and little grade preps do seem to get invited to a lot of parties. She seems to have the best social life in the family. ;-)

Day 137 - Do you like green eggs and ham?

My husband was giving away this old t-shirt and it seemed perfectly suited for a bubba refashion.

I decided on a cute little pair of overalls. First I cut out the pieces, 2 bib pieces and some pieces to make shorts, with a little bit of extra length at the back for an elastic casing.

I decided to add these vintage braces to the bib.

 I cut off the blue bit of the braces in the picture which was a little old and stretched, and sewed the mouse bit to the top of the shorts.

Here's the finished product.

Day 27 - T-shirt + T-shirt = cute skirt

If you've got some old t-shirts you like the design of but don't really wear anymore this could be the solution for you. For me, this project started off with one of my favourite skirts which is made from a sort jersey and just so comfortable. I wanted another one.

Craft cupboard materials

- elastic
- t-shirts

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Next came this owl t-shirt. I love owls but this was too short so I never wore it. I coupled it with another t-shirt that is a couple of sizes too large because I bought it when I was pregnant with my fourth baby.

I forgot to take photos but I simply cut a paper pattern off the old skirt by drawing around it, and used this to cut a middle panel with the owl tshirt and side panels with the other tshirt. The back of each t-shirt forms the back of the skirt. Then just sew all the panels together, add the band and hem your skirt.

Here is the finished skirt. I added some wide pink elastic I found in my Grandma's old stash but if you have a longer t-shirt you could double some over and make a waist band using the bottom of the t-shirt. I did a little mistake sewing the waistband and learnt not to try to unpick small stitches using my huge dressmaker sheers. OUCH plus bloodstained carpets. Oops.