Our YW recently threw a surprise baby shower for one of our leaders. She was surprised! It was a lot of fun. All of the girls were asked to make a handmade gift for the mommy to be. Our theme was pink, pink and more pink. We played games like, guess the baby food, make a play dough baby contest, and how well do you know the mom to be. It was a lot of fun...and I luv how endearing the girls were about their gifts.
This is the gift I made. A sweet hooded cardigan, hat and booties. I love the strawberry colored yarn and the shell stitches. Once in awhile I get to make something as delightful as this and I can't help but smile. Aloha!
The best thing about refashioning an article of clothing
is the fact that you do like a quarter of the sewing to get a whole new
look. This sweater dress served its purpose until it was ruined by
chocolate stains all down the front of the dress. It went into hiding
for awhile...until I found it in my mending basket.
So, I took my Ginghers and snipped a line across the top and one up the middle to create a little shrug.
I then cut 2 inch strips of printed cotton fabric in order to make up some bias tape. With the bias tape I pinned it from the top around the front, side, back and around to the other top corner and stitched it into place. I added a button loop and a sparkly button.
{The natural lighting made the shrug look lavender-ish.}
I made a fabric flower out of a piece of the bias tape and added some green polka dotted ribbon for the greenery in the little accent.It was delightfully simple to sew up and turned out quite cute. Season appropriate and perfect for any little sundress.
Aloha!
~Christie
Just a little piano music that I've been listening to.
Last year I posted a tutorial on how to sew up some Laundry Bags. Remember these?
I recently used my own tutorial to sew up a masculine version of the Laundry Bag.
I used a canvas for the body and a black and white palaka print for the accent material. A turquoise blue thread was utilized in a zig zag stitch around the seam of the two contrasting materials.
I also embroidered some initials and added blue buttons. I think it will hold up well. It is a great gift for someone going off to college or on a mission. Aloha.
