"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.
We develop ourselves and others when we take unorganized matter into our hands and mold it into something of beauty."
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

What can you make with a shower curtain a pillowcase and some pretty vintage handkerchiefs?

1st project was a fun little skirt for Addi. I had an old battenburg lace shower curtain. I always thought the valance would make a cute skirt. I also have some vintage handkerchiefs I bought from ebay, so I made an easy layered skirt with a piece of purple fabric, a piece of the shower curtain, and one of the handkerchiefs. When I finished it there wasn't enough room at the bottom for her to be able to run. A mistake that I remedied by adding another handkerchief cut in half as a bustle in the back. I embellished a pre-loved onsie from the thrift store with some flowers and ribbon to make a complete outfit.


Project #2, this time I used a pillow case that I found at a garage sale still in the package of 2. I made one of them into a jumper and added another handkerchief as a little apron. This is also for Addi. My cute little friend Celeste was kind enough to model it for the pictures.

Both of these projects were fun to design and sew. I really like the way they turned out. hopefully I will be getting pics of Addi wearing them soon. I also like the idea of up-cycling. My next sewing project is a summer dress made from bandannas.

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