projects!

For a year or so (maybe more) my mother-in-law has been helping me learn to sew. This post is to show off some of my recent projects. Don't worry, this won't become a blog where you come to get cut DIY project ideas. I don't have nearly the creativity for that nor do I make enough stuff to become a pinterest or etsy sensation.

What I specialize in is taking stuff that was leftover or junk and making something not quite junk. (ie, the old tattered quilt that we turned in to the crib bedding).

This was a little dress that was in some hand-me-down clothes given to Catherine.
I took out the gathered skirt, cut apart the front and back and turned it in to a mom and daughter matching apron for a friend.
And the bottom of the mom-sized apron was made from an old dress shirt. Total cost for this project was $3.50 for the red bias tape (I think that's what it's called) I used to make the tie.
When I went to visit my sister in November, I borrowed a friend's sling. It was PERFECT for air travel with Catherine. I made this one out of leftover fabric from making curtains and leftover fabric from making another apron for a wedding gift for a friend. Total cost was $0! James loves that both his "girls" are wearing camo in this picture.
I made these towels for my sister and brother-in-law and a hooded towel to match for Jeremiah, my nephew. The "C's" were pieces of old t-shirts. The cost of this project was just the cost of the towels, which were on clearance :)