Blue Lace Tee

Last summer (I think), I made myself a t-shirt from an extra-large shirt I had laying around. I didn't finish any of the edges (yay for knit fabric) so it was super duper easy to make. I wore it a few times and then stopped. It was boring. But not anymore!!

I took some lace and some royal blue Rit dye and got to work.

Once my lace was dyed and dry, I tried my shirt on and pinned the lace in place. I (very) carefully took the shirt off and sewed in place. Here was my first (and failed) attempt at sewing the lace straight. My advice, put more than 3 pins in to hold in place.

crooked... oops :)

And here it is after I unpicked and sewed that blue lace down.

This shirt has now been put back into my summer wardrobe rotation! Success! If you'd like to dye some lace of your own, pick up your supplies at Hobby Lobby! They have a great coupon promotion going on right now! Check it out!

I've linked up to:
Dittle Dattle
Craft-O-Maniac
Running with Glitter

Hair Pretties

Lookie what I made!? Aren't they pretty?

For the first rosette I used a purple (I promise it looks purple in real life) satiny fabric and a sparkly tulle. I just wrapped them together and hot glued to my hearts content. I also covered a black button with the tulle (a couple of times because I didn't want the button to show through) and glued it on. I also added a sparkly tulle tail. So cute. Then I glued some felt and a hair clip on the back.

I heart it.

For the white rosette, I used a soft cotton and added 3 lace folds to the underside (my 8-year old sister-in-law thought it looked like toilet paper without it) and added a button on top.

So simple and pretty! Yay for cute hair accessories (too bad they aren't for me...)!

Better Late Than Never

I am so so behind on making birthday presents this year. Last year I was awesome and so on top of things... and this year (so far) is the exact opposite. Oh well...

Anyway, I just barely finished my sister's birthday gift (her birthday was in February... yeah... I'm officially the recipient of the bad sister award) and I love it! She wanted me to refashion a shirt and I kept on putting it off because I didn't know what I wanted to do with it. I needed to be inspired and that inspiration finally happened a few weeks ago.

The shirt started as just a regular sweater. I cut up the middle and added some hem tape and lace (I sewed the lace and the tape on at the same time). It needed a little closure of some sort so I hot glued a button on to a broach back and pinned it on.

In case she wanted to switch things up, I also made a white one. I only took a picture of the back but you get the idea...

Also, if this shirt is familiar to you, it may be because I refashioned one back in December for another sister.

Jackpot!

The other day I ran to the local thrift store looking for a metal zipper (for a tutorial I'm planning) and found the lace and trim jackpot! Seriously, look at the loot I picked up for only $5 (and there is more there than meets the eye)!

Plus, I got 3 large embroidery hoops for $1 (not a $1/each but a $1 total!). Yay for the thrift store!

When I showed my husband he asked what I was planning on making with all that lace and trim. My response: pretty things. I'm so excited for all the pretty things in my crafting future! Happy New Year everyone!

Sweaters to Cardigans

Now that Christmas is over I can share a gift I did for my cute sister. Fortunately she isn't picky and luckily she doesn't have expensive tastes and all she wanted from me was to refashion a few of her sweaters. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me. She provided the most expensive part so this was a gift of love and hardly any money was involved.

Both were sweaters she wanted turned into cardigans (just cut up the center and add some bias tape). This one I added some vintage lace along the front and buttons on the sleeves.

I love the addition of the buttons. It really ties in the lace. So cute.

For the other sweater my sister wanted something along the lines of this sweater she found at Anthro (no longer available on their site):

Here is what I came up with. Navy bias tape with some navy roses sewn onto the collar. I promise, in real life the blues are more similar in color than they appear here.

I'm happy with the results and (hopefully) my sister is, too!

Linking up with Just Something I Whipped Up with The Girl Creative, Christmas Show & Tell with Tip Junkie, and .:Sumo's Sweet Stuff:. Market Yourself Monday.