Sunday, February 07, 2010

New clothes for Claire

Well the furniture make overs are not done yet, but the projects are started and progress is getting made. Last weekend, while I was really sick, Justin was kind enough to go out to the garage and sand down the two furniture pieces. This weekend, he applied two coats of paint to my future bookshelf. It looks really good so far and I know it's only going to get better. I hope he can finish it this week, so I can get some use out of it!I haven't been doing too much since I've been sick, but I have worked on a few orders and then made some stuff for fun. This afternoon I made Claire the jammies in the photo above. When I saw the flannel fabric a few months ago, I originally bought it to make jammie pants for Elise. I ended up not having quite enough, so Claire lucked out! I love the pattern that I used as it only takes about 20 minutes to make them from start to finish. Not bad huh?This upcycled dress I made a few months ago. I bought the ugly mint green men's shirt from a thrift shop and turned it in to a cute girly dress after I added some pretty Heather Bailey fabric. This was my second attempt at a peasant dress and I love how easy it is! I found a couple more shirts recently that I'll upcycle as well, but I'm not sure what pattern I'll use yet. Maybe sun dresses?

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2 shout outs:

. Becca . said...

That's gorgeous! I wish I could figure out how to use my sewing machine. It's got a mind of it's own!

PapayaStudio said...

Love the upcycled dress! I have a shirt waiting to be transformed, I just haven't got around to it yet.