But don’t forget to accessorize! Bags with matchy pouches. Oh and a cool wristlet keyfob.
Lots of dots:
Stripes and squares:
Materials used in this group:
canvas twill
cotton
wool felt
craft felt
interfacing
dmc thread
zipper
buttons
nickel keyring
Another hobby of mine is thrifting. I love thrift stores and thrive on sorting through junk to score something cool for next to nothing. I don’t get to do it often enough because quite frankly Matty’s not a big fan of it. Maybe it’s that old musty smell at the Salvy.
So here is a skirt that I picked up recently. I really loved the skirt itself, but knew that I no matter how many alterations I did to it, that 20 inch waist was set in stone and there was no other alternative than to hack it up and make other pretties with it.
Before:
And after:
Materials I used in addition to the yellow print:
twill
wool felt
embroidery thread
interfacing
zippy zippers
I haven’t figured out what I’m going to do with that lace piece yet, it came off in one long strand and just screams at me to do something creative with it. But I’m at a loss so far. We shall see.
Mike and I decided to make t-shirts for each other’s anniversary gift.
Cotton being the traditional gift for the second year, we thought this was a good way to go.
Unbeknownst to the other, we both had planned on screen printing t-shirts.
We used this wonderfully awesome cheap screen printing tutorial. We used the exact materials Kristy listed in her tutorial. It worked beautifully and here are our results:
I had such a good time and was so pleased with the results, I made one for Little Face:
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