Simple Belt Refashion

Spring cleaning left me with this big ol’ pile of outgrown belts that I cleared from the pit in the daughter’s closet.

Lot’s of repurposing possibilities here, but I particularly had my eye on extending the life of this little belt that I’ve always loved on my daughter, though it has long been outgrown and damaged:

Not an especially earth-shattering refashion, but a useful one for us, I turned this belt into a headband.  I simply measured my daughters head, salvaged as much of the belt as I could and attached a piece of elastic to both ends.

Voila!  So simple.

 

Ignoring my daughter’s perpetual state of ragamuffin hair, the headband is cute, no?

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An Owl Dress

Well I showed you my work in progress last week and I finally have some pictures of the finished project.  Hopefully soon I will have some of it being worn.

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Work in Progress Tuesday

This is what is on my sewing table for this week.  A vintage Simplicity pattern and some adorable pink owl fabric, the makings of a 1st birthday gift for my niece.  What are you working on this week?

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Easy Girl's Skirt From Women's Shirt

The other day Julee and I were thrifting it up at the D.A.V. and I came across this cute shirt from Old Navy.  It wasn't really our style but the fabric had a cute flower print that I couldn't pass up, so I threw it in the cart and figured I would make something out of it.  Well with warm weather officially here I decided to turn it into a cute skirt for my daughter.  This was so easy and now I'm on the lookout for other cute shirts that I can make skirts out of.  Here's the how to:

I started with this button down ladies shirt, there was no size marked in it but I think it was a med or lrg.

I cut straight across right under the arms.

Get rid of the top part for now, you can use it later for something else.  Flip the bottom part inside out and press down 1/2 inch, stitch.

Flip over 1 inch, press and stitch, leave an opening 2 inches long.  You are forming a casing for your elastic.

Measure around your child's waist and cut a piece of elastic to fit.  Attach a safety pin to one end and thread it through the casing.  Note- use a wider piece of elastic than I did, it will stay up better on your child's waist.

Stitch the ends of elastic together and then stitch your opening closed.

Put it on a cute kid and let them do their best Wonder Women pose.

-Kim

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Home of Fast Women and Beautiful Horses

Wait.  Strike that.  Reverse it.  (Or not.) 

It’s our claim to fame, and we embrace it with the strength of ten-thousand thoroughbreds.  I’m talking, of course, of the Kentucky Derby. 

Despite the recent uncertain weather, topped out Ohio River and flooded streets, the town is all abuzz as we get ready to celebrate our two-minutes in the spotlight.  And no Kentucky woman in the spotlight would be caught at any Derby soiree without her fancy Derby hat.



Luckily for our friend and D.I.Y. Louisville member Craft E Magee, she’s all ready for her close-up at Churchill Downs.  Using sun hats she purchased at Target for $2.50 and fancy supplies from her crafting stash, she turned plain hats into these stunning trackside showpieces.


Check out her full posts for her hats HERE and HERE.

I love these so much, I might have to plan a Derby party just so I’ll have an excuse to make my own!  Thanks, Craft E Magee, for sharing your hats with us!

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Teacher Appreciation Week

Well it's that time of year again folks.  It's Teacher Appreciation Week.  Please take some time time this week to thank the teachers in your life or your child's life, what they do every day is remarkable and important.  Even if you don't have the funds to buy or make a gift, send them a note to show them you care.  I usually am the one who is going all out for Teacher Appreciation week.  Last year I did a gift each day, but this year my son is in school also so together we have seven teachers.  It really wasn't practical for me to do something each day so i went to Lowe's and let the kids pick out flowers for their teachers. I wrapped each in the bottom part of a plastic grocery bag, then tied a piece of fabric around it to look pretty.  We topped it off with cute little flowers made of cardstock and scrapbooking stickers.  The flowers were attached to wooden skewers using glue dots.  All in all it cost me two dollars each for the flowers, since I already had the other supplies.  Here is how I did it:

I cut the bag in half, just using the bottom half to keep the fabric from getting wet and dirty.

I traced a flower shaped cookie cutter for the tags and added a scrapbooking sticker.  They say "Thanks for helping me bloom".  I attached it to the skewer with a glue dot and then added a little twine bow.

All finished.  I think they make a cute, affordable and usable gift for teachers.


-Kim

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