Day 42 and 43 - Upcycled pants

Do you live pants? I do. I wear pants, and I love to make them. Just not for myself, at least not yet.
But tiny pants? Heck yeah!
Yesterday I took an old pair of pants (let's not mention how many pant sizes ago) and made some baby girl pants. Size 6 months to be exact. I loved the pin tuck detail on the original pair so I cut out my pattern with that in mind.

Today I found a pair of my middle son's jeans that had been in my mending pile so long that they now fit my youngest. Since my youngest is my little hipster, I knew just regular random patches wouldn't do. I found a suede leather jacket sample from my fancy designing days and cut out some oversized rectangles.
However, I don't have a needle needed for sewing leather, so I used 'heat and bond' and my heat press ( read 'super power iron'). And there you have it. 2 'new' pairs of pants, $0.

Days 39-41 mostly Halloween

Today I made a tossle, just a fun quick project.
What I really want to show you all is what I worked on Friday and Saturday. It was one of those projects that came together in my head and worked out just as I planed.
My niece asked for my help with her Halloween costume, a spoof on Toddlers and Tiaras.
Friday I made the skirt, out of bits and pieces I had on hand. Saturday my niece and I put the top together, together. It was very fun to work with her. :)

Days 35-38 A Pumpkin a Day

I know, I am a total slacker, putting 4 days worth of crafts in 1 post.
You see, I joined a gym (ok, I didn't join, I won a free month) and I have gone the last 3 nights in a row. I took tonight off, because if I didn't go grocery shopping my kids would be eating frozen peas for breakfast.

Don't fret though, I have been crafting. These quick little pumpkins combined a few of my obsessions of late.. Pinterest ( where I got the idea) recycling (all but a tiny bit of fiber fill is left over scraps from other projects) and quickness ( they each took about 5-8 min to make.

Quick and dirty directions
Take a long rectangle, fold it to make a shorted rectangle, stitch the short end.
Baste stitch the bottom an gather.
Flip right side out.
Fill 3/4 with fabric scraps and the top 1/4 with poly fill.
Baste stitch and gather the top, pole you needle thru the pumpkin and tie off on the bottom.
Cut out a little rectangle of fleece or felt, roll into a stem and hot glue it on
Ta da!

Day 34 - A baby shirt Grows up

Today we had a Star Wars party. Everyone was getting in the spirit by wearing their Star Wars shirts, when I realized my 4 year old didn't have one. He used to have one when he was a baby, and I kept the onesie thinking I would do something with it one day. Today was that day. The project took about 5 minutes from start to finish.
I cut out the graphic from his Yoda onesie and sewed it on to a plain black t-shirt using a zig zag stitch. And Voila!

Days 31-33 Pants Pinterest and lightsabers

Day 31 I worked on some cute little pants for my baby niece.
Day 32 I used a tip I saw on Pinterest and hemmed my son's pants while preserving the original hem.
Day 33 (today) I made lightsabers for my middle son's birthday party. They are foam inside so beating your brothers is safe. Well, we will see how safe tomorrow when 9 kids are battling each other.

Day 30 - One month and no Cupcakes

Whoo hoo! I have been at this project 365 a full month! One down, eleven to go.
For today's project I made birthday treats for my son's kindergarden class. His class has a no food policy due to lost of kids with allergies. So in leu of edible treats I put together a little pack for each kid with a pencil and some cute little erasers.
Trouble is, if i would have bought treat bags to put them in, they would look small and not very special. So what is a crafty mama to do? Make some out of tracing paper left over from college of course. ( yes, college was a long time ago, and I still have my left over tracing paper... I might be a craft supply hoarder, maybe).
All I did was fold a sheet of tracing paper (freezer paper would work too) and sew lines. I had the birthday boy write his name on each one. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the explaining

Day 28 and 29 - mother of invention

Day 28 I made a monkey, one I promised to make a few days ago. He's the one on the right.

Today, or rather a few minutes ago I made something in about 3 minutes that I have been thinking of for months. You see, the day was coming to a close and I had yet to make something. So I went to my craft room intent on whipping anything up that would take 5 min or less.

So what do you get when you add an iPhone addiction, a sock and less than 5 min to make something? An iPhone holder for your arm of course.
(there was sewing involved, about 2 inches on the back side to keep the sock folded). Necessary for me because I must have my phone with me at all times. But sometimes I don't have a pocket. Up till now I have been so classy and just tucked it in my bra. This caused my husband to call me iBoob.

Not anymore my friends. Now he may call me robo arm or something... I'll let you know.

Day 26 and 27 - Repurpose

I must be in a 'green' mood because the last 2 say I have made projects out of cast off items, to give them a new life.
Yesterday's project was a repeat of on I did a week or so ago. The coupon insert container. Only this time I picked out sheets that were mostly blue for the warp and mostly green for the weft. (side note explanation: in weaving the warp is the vertical part and the weft is the horizontal).
Today's project could not have been easier! It was inspired by a cuff I saw on pintrest today. It uses the end of a necktie. The one I saw used the larger end and a button as a closure. Since I was making this one for my 4 year old, I oped to use the narrow end and used Velcro. I didn't take pictures of the process because it was so simple. Just measure your wrist, add about 2 inches for overlap whack off that much off the end of the tie. Hem the raw end, add your Velcro, and you're done!

Day 25 - Cozy pants and a blanket

Shhh, don't tell anyone but I didn't make a monkey today. Instead a sewed up a cuddly blanket for a customer and some cozy pants for my littlest niece.
The pants are a first run, to make sure the pattern I made was a go. Little Carleigh will be getting a few pairs of these with some fancying up of course.

Day 23 and 24 - Monkeys and medical Bills

Huge surprise, I am working on another monkey today. Not done yet, but since I am about to start a movie, u thought I would get my blog update done first.
I bet you're wondering about my title today. Just something one my mind today. I had an medical issue a month and a half ago and the bills are pouring in. The good news, we have insurance, the bad news, it blows.
Now if only I could pay the doctors in monkeys. :)
Enjoy this pic of today's monkey in progress, I hope to have it and it's sibling done for your viewing pleasure tomorrow.

Day 22 - Again with the monkeys

Meet Kate, she and her bro ( to be made tomorrow) are being sent off to some very special babies yet to be born. The whole time I worked on Kate I thought about those precious little lives. I can't wait to hear of their safe arrival into this world.

Day 21 - O Christmas tree

What to do with a couple of expired coupon books? Why make a Christmas tree of course.
I just folded each page twice. Each book made 1/2 a tree, I then hot glued them together.
I think this would also work well with smaller magazines like Reader Digest or Guide Post.

Day 19 and 20 - Monkeys and more Monkeys

Yesterday Bobby the third was born (made) for a customer. And today, I made a baby monkey, let's call her Pumpkin.