Vintage Inspired Pillow Slip Covers

I recently discovered a fun little treasure of printable fabric from my favorite sewing spot The Sew N Sew in Glendora, Ca.  With some fun vintage prints, my printer and printable fabric I turned some Pillow Slip Covers from ordinary to extrordinary!

These super beautiful one of a kind lovelies are now available at Knot Too Shabby Furnishings in Glendora. 

Beautiful Birds with lovely Antique Vintage Broaches

Seasonal Fall and Halloween Decor!



Lovely Chandeliers paired with vintage jewels, doilies and pins

And other fun Vintage prints such as Root Beer labels, Laundry Room and Campbells Soup!  Vintage buttons, earrings and ribbons!

 

 

It is so enjoyable to share the fun I had making these slip covers and I hope you stop by to see them at Knot Too Shabby!  I can't wait to see these lovelies sell so I can dream up new designs and pair them with new prints! Contact me to place a custom order!  Sew Fun!  Sew Savvy!

Tshirt Fun...the Lalaloopsy way!

Months ago I found 4 T-shirts at Wal-Mart that had Lalaloopsy dolls on them.  My daughter is NUTS...completely NUTS about these dolls!  Similar to how she reacted when she was a toddler and would hear a Barney song or see the purple monster on the television!  So needless to say...when I spotted them on the rack I had to grab them up.  Imagin my horror when I found that there were only sizes Small (size 4/5) left on the rack! Ugh!  So the good mommy I am I bought them anyway knowing I could tweak them somehow and make them fit my size 8 baby girl.   So they sat for a while in my sewing room...waiting for inspiration...

Over the summer I bought the book Sewing ModKid Style by Patty Young.  I ADORE her knit fabrics and her patterns and was so oh so excited to find she published a book!  She had super simple patterns for kids using knit fabrics which my serger loves and my daughter does too!  So I took one of her simple shirt patterns and adjusted for the size to the Lalaloopsy store bought shirts.  Since the sizing was obviously 2 sizes too small I added a panel on the sides to allow for the size differental.  cut off the sleeves and got rid of the back of the shirt.  So all I used was the front of the shirt...the important part!  The result?  See for yourself!

 

Here is Peanut Big Top!  I added a Hood to the back!  And made matching yoga shorts with a pattern from the book.  I used the label from the inside of the shirt that says Lalaloopsy and put it on the bottom of the shorts to tie it all together!

 

 

Here is Bea Spells A Lot and and Jewel Sparkles...this one has matching yoga pants.

 

 

Jewel Sparkels is super fun in pink and turquoise!  I made a strip/wedge twirl skirt with yoga band again from the book!

 

For Spot  Splatter Splash I made it into a tank top and she has a matching skirt with yoga band top.

I hope you enjoyed this little blog on how to re-purpose a Tshirt!  My little girl loves them and as you can see they have been worn with love and many of the pieces I wrote about are in the laundry because she wears them so often!  Have a sew happy day!

Crafty Dishtowel Makeover

I bought dish-towels a couple months back that have been sitting in my craft room just waiting for some inspiration.  This past Saturday morning I decided that it was high-time to give them a pick me up new look!  I have a ton of 1930's re-production prints by Michael Miller and others that are scraps and I LOVE them!  I thought what better way to use them then by putting them on something I will see practically every day while I do my dishes! LOL! 

Adding some fun to a dish-towel is easy, fun and can be done in a matter of minutes.  I really had no plan on measurements I just took what scraps I had hoped they fit the length of the towel pinned them down and sewed around them in the rectangle shape that you see above.



Here is a close up of my seams.  If you can sew using a straight sitch you can do this!  It is a fun project for young and old.  This is great for kids to do for a Mother's day gift or great for friends to do for birthdays.  They are fun and useful gifts that are great reminders every day of the handmade item that was given.

  I just made some for a friend for her birthday and she adored them!  You can pick up dish-towels most anywhere and the SewNSew carries them specifically for this reason!

I love this print the most with the flower girls on it!

Here are some additional shots of the towels.  I hope I inspired you to grab your sewing machine and make something "Sew" wonderful today!