Santa Mittens Sweater Upcycle

Good day!
So do yall have a huge pile of things waiting to be upcycled, like I do?  Oye!  I have so many sweaters that don't fit me anymore for whatever reason, and this one just hollered at me that IT WAS READY TO BE NEW AGAIN:

Sodenote: this little girl is SUCH a ham in front of the camera these days!  I love it!

So this sweater is from Old Navy.  I got a Large Tall - I wanted it to be long and oversized for maximum coziness.  This is what it looked like before:

This is literally how it came - with one arm about 4 inches longer than the other.  WTFON?!

After trying to wear it a few times (lol yeah, I wore it a few times), into the upcycle pile it went. It's got sparkly threads running through it - I couldn't throw it out!  C'mon!

So to the chop shop that is my dining room table it went.  I cut all the seams, and then cut raglan sleeves (of identical size.... ahem).  I didn't take any length off, and luckily it hits her right above her knees!  Win!

Then, even though the sparkly bits were cute, it still needed something.  It was just a little too plain.  Wearable and darling, but just plain.

Enter: Santa mittens!  I used super soft red wool felt, and black pompom trim, and just freehanded the mitten shape:

I didn't even sew them on - I used fabric glue.  So fast and so easy!

Emmy loves it.

LOVES.  IT.

Mittens!

One old crappy sweater is new again, and one sweet little lady is pleased as punch!  Huzzah!
I'm totally going searching in my upcycle pile to see what else I can redo.  These sweater dresses are just so perfect for the winter months.  :)
Have you guys upcycled anything lately?  Leave me a link, I want to check'm out!

Happy Sunday, peeps.  

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New Sewing Room - The Grand Tour

(((* UPDATE - Go HERE to see the latest tour of my sewing room! *)))

Ah!  It's finished!  My new sewing oasis!

Care to join me on a tour?  S'go!

[See some of the construction photos here.]

Let's start here at the ironing board (that needs recovering):

Ironing area!  Note the dryer vent trying to encroach.  Don't think so buddy.  WIP shelf bottom left - not too full!  Yay!  Also serger mat in progress on the ironing board!

Moving along to the left:

Ahh.. Gettin' to the good stuff!  Under the desk - trash can, small scrap basket, large scrap/wadder basket.  Up top - old CD rack turned ribbon holder, wall mounted spool racks, and of course, machines!

Here's a close up of the CD/ribbon rack!  The real small spools of ribbon don't fit on this - they fall through - but I've only got a few of those anyway, and they've been demoted to a drawer.

My desk is technically an artists' desk - it can be angled up for drawing and painting and whatnot.  But, obvi, I keep it flat.  What I LOVE about it though, are these little compartments on the right:

My scissors, rotary cutters,  rulers, bias tape makers, bobby pins, pattern weights, old paint stains, dust kittens.

Glorious!  Notion drawer to the left of the desk... Wood shelf with patterns, large cuts of fleece, flannel, etc.  Look how I stealthily covered all the wires and cords under the desk with my sewing machine case!

Moving along to the Shelves of Sewing Paradise...

SwooOOoon...

Patterns!  The ones in the large box are PDF types, like Burda and other printables.  The regular envelope patterns are in the cardboard box I have yet to cover & make pretty.  Yummy fabrics rolled in a basket just cuz, FQs, sewing basket (with manuals, needles, feet, etc.), a basket with various trims, and some wools I couldn't fit elsewhere.

So whaddaya think?!?!  Amazing, right?  I love it so much!  How super inspiring to have everything all in one place, and SO organized!

Ok, I can't chat anymore.  Must go sew.

Love to all!

A (good) break in sewing.

No Pendrell.  No Marie.  No vintage dress.  No quilting.  No nothin'.

YAY! 

Why yay?  Because I'm moving into a brand spankin' new sewing space!!!  I'm sharing it with the washer and dryer, but they have been alloted about 10% of the space in the room.  Ha.  Take that, Kenmore.

We have been working on it for the past two weekends, and it's almost ready to occupy!  I use 'we' loosely here - it's actually been my uncle Kev and stepfather Bobby - thank you guys!!!  This room required a complete overhaul - Robins Egg Blue faux wood paneling removal (I know, sad), new insulation (we actually didn't think it was insulated, it was so cold!  But, oddly, it was), stud repair, drywall, new flooring, some minor electrical fixes... Phew!  So it's been quite the transformation, and well worth the wait!

Before: washer and dryer hogging too much space.

Oh paneling, you were lovely, and I will miss you.

Drywall up!

Washer and dryer behaving in a more civilized manner.

Future home of Sewingville!  And carpeting!

Aforementioned 10% of alloted laundry space.



My new nook... with glowy paint going up.

My paint color is Cool Morning by Valspar, and it absolutely gllllows in daylight (but is subtle at night).  Exactly what I was looking for.  I also got a Minwax stain called Special Walnut (fun) for the baseboards and trim and whatnot, but I can't decide whether to stain or to just paint all of it white.  The stain matches most of the wood in my house, as well as the door into the shiny new Palace of Sewdom, but I also like the freshness of bright white trim.  Thoughts?

 

What would yall do?

So anyhow, all things sewing/craft related are in bags and boxes and upstairs and downstairs, etc.  You know the drill.  But, I should be done painting and staining and moving furniture by the end of this week!  And [in my dreams] I will have the most fabulously productive sewing weekend! 

YAY!

Love to all!

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Redo-beedoo!

Hiyo!  

I did this crazy awesome shelf redo a couple weeks ago, but I've been too busy enjoying it to post about it!

Here she be!