On Monday Doddlebug had a wonderful treat, she was out of school and her great granny was here for a visit. After being patient with us old gals at the fabric store, we took her to the park. She played for a little while. She is still getting over a respiratory infection and didn’t have as much energy as usual but she still had fun. I think her great granny had fun too. They love spending time together. After we left the park, we went for lunch and ice cream. It was a good day. We were all pretty tired in the evening.
Yesterday, I had a chance to sew a bit and to get to use my new little Singer serger more. I love that little machine. With my mom being up for a visit for Easter, we started a little project for her and made her a lady bug table cloth. She loved sewing with the serger and I think she may get her one before too long.
My time spent sewing yesterday was fun and productive. I made a couple of t-shirt dresses and a pair of shorts for my little gal. She seen them today and loved them. I told her when she had time to try them all on and let me take photos of her in them; she could take them home and start wearing them. Hopefully, we will get to do that soon.
After a little tweaking and measuring Doodlebug several times, I came up with a couple of good basic patterns to work with. I drew them out on poster board because I plan on making many of these over time. My first pattern was drawn out on the backside of Christmas wrapping paper and ripped after making my first dress. I love the idea of using old knit shirts for reworking them into other useable items. I am going to be making shopping bags from t-shirts next. Now I do look at people’s t-shirts and think…”hum, I bet I could…”
My daughter just dropped off a bag of t-shirts a bit ago and I can’t wait to go through them and see what is there. She has all of her friends passing on t-shirts to me now too. Yeah! I appreciate each one too.
Below are a few of my first few dresses. I think I will just keep rolling on these and see what happens. They are great fun to make. I will be posting some of the other creations that I come up with using t-shirts. I do have a few ideas and can't wait to try them out.
Those are too cute! I love them. My daughter would love to wear stuff like that. It has a fun feel but is still girlie! I might have to try that. But I will have to borrow my moms sewing machine. Those sergers are awesome.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joy. They are fun. My granddaughter loves them because of comfort and she thinks their fun. I do make a little pair of shorts for her to wear underneath each one. We never know when she will feel the need to do a cart wheel or hang upside down from something. She loves girly things but still love to have good tomboy fun.
ReplyDeleteHope you do get to make a few. I would love to see what you come up with. They are very fun to make...