my creative space

I love the magazine section at our library. Today I’m devouring Country Living, House Beautiful and Dwell. They are due in a few days. Must soak in a little more inspiration before I return them.
You can find more creative spaces over at Kootoyoo.

wardrobe refashion: shirt to apron

Here’s the third shirt from last week’s garage sale purchases. These big, flouncy shirts came in style right after I had my daughter and I refused to buy any. I had just gotten out of maternity clothes. I didn’t want to buy shirts that made me look pregnant!

I really liked the band around the middle [...]

remnants!

Last Saturday I discovered a little store called Stitches that creates custom drapes, valances, slip covers, etc. I found them through a garage sale listing on craigslist and I couldn’t resist the words “fabric sale.” I had originally planned to just look. I had no idea that things would be so inexpensive. I picked up [...]

wardrobe refashion: de-ruffling a shirt

Here’s the shirt from yesterday’s garage sale finds. I really liked the fabric, but the shirt was a little bit too frilly for me.

The first thing I did was cut off the gathered cuff and replace it with a simple rolled hem. Next I removed the ruffle and reattached the fabric with no gathers. [...]

wardrobe refashion: shirt to skirt

I found some cute shirts at a garage sale this morning. I’ve already refashioned two, but it was too dark to take the second “after” photo. Here’s the first one.

The top portion was a little tight and the bottom was big enough to be a skirt. Ha! A skirt! I cut off the top and [...]

my first granny squares

I needed a small, portable project for our trip to Kearney last weekend. In the past, my travel projects have mostly been socks. Now that my daughter is older, I prefer something that doesn’t require so many needles and won’t completely unravel if I throw it in my bag to chase her down.

I decided [...]

wardrobe refashion:
pajama pants from thrifted sheet

It seems like everyone in blogland is making comfy pants out of vintage sheets. I don’t think mine are that old, but I still love them. They turned out a little big, but after my too-small skirts, I wanted to make sure they were wearable! I’ve adjusted the pattern a little for next time and [...]

kearney cruise ‘09: the people

Here is the second set of photos from the weekend. Larger pics in my gallery.
I had so much fun taking these, but don’t worry. Tomorrow I’ll be back with some sewing!

kearney cruise ‘09: the details

It’s been a long time since I’ve taken pictures just for fun. Usually, I’m trying to document a milestone in my daughter’s life or get a close-up of something I’ve made. On Saturday, I took pictures just because I was feeling creative. This set is the detail set. Larger pics in my gallery.

no vacation yarn for me

Wooly Mammoth Yarn Store, Kearney Cruise 2009
I’m kind of surprised I didn’t buy any vacation yarn yesterday. I’ve found so many exciting garage sale deals this summer, that going in and just buying yarn seemed kind of boring. There’s no thrill of the hunt. There’s no adventure in bargaining. I did go in and look [...]

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