Feb 3, 2008 | quilting, thrifting
So here are the spoils from the 11 pairs of pants and 1 jumper that I cut up in the last week. I only cut up two legs out of four for all of the pants, and I cut up the whole red jumper. There is a sample block laid out in the bottom right corner. I will need 20 of...
Jan 27, 2008 | Christmas, sewing, thrifting
These are two of this year’s Christmas gifts wrapped up in furoshiki cloths that I made from thrifted satin. I really like the double-knotted red one. All I wound up doing for these is cutting out the largest possible square from some item of satin clothing from...
Jan 26, 2008 | quilting, sewing, thrifting
I made this for my Grandma for Christmas this year to hold the beaded pieces that I also made her. It is made out of a thrifted floral silk scarf and a thrifted coral silk shirt, both of which I needed to fuse some light interfacing to the back of to render useful for...
Jan 17, 2008 | sewing, thrifting
For Christmas this year I made a fleece hot/cold pack. The inside is stuffed with barley and is sewn from a thrifted pillowcase. The barley smells a little wheatey when it is hot, but I also tried lentils and that smelled really bad. I didn’t figure out until it...
Jan 13, 2008 | Christmas, sewing, thrifting
I can finally start to post all of my Christmas crafts! I found these trees on mollychicken and couldn’t resist making something very similar. I made these out of a semi-felted sweater I got at the Goodwill outlet. I couldn’t do the nice blanket stitching...