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 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 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 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 18 - she turned the bag into a bowl

Ok, more accurately I turned expired coupon inserts into a container. Lest this become the 365 monkey project, I decided to shake things up a bit.

It started with a pile if expired coupon inserts. I made this project up as I went, not sure what the end result would be.

Step 1 - roll pages up using a pencil
Step 2 - flatten the strip
Step 3 - sew strips together on either end
Step 4 - weave strips
Step 5 - sew woven ends
Step 6 - sew bias tape around the perimeter
Step 7 - pinch corners and sew
Done!