Men's Dress Shirts to Reversible Baby Dress

This week I am working on baby gifts for my sister's triplets. For the first gift I made a reversible baby dress, that will hopefully save her some closet space.

I did have to unpick the pockets, to make room. After that I had just enough fabric. I added some ric  rac from my stash, to make the dress a bit more interesting. See more about how I made this adorable dress here.

30 Minutes or Less

It has been a seriously busy month for me. I've fallen way behind on my sewing. The problem is that a heat wave is coming and I am not even close to being prepared for summer. With only a half hour to spare, what can I possibly get done?

Step 1: Trim Sleeves from 3 shirts and 5 inches off ugly stir-up pants.

Step 2: Hem sleeves and pants.

Step 4: Cut Hello Kitty Applique off old pj's.

Step 4: Sew applique to plain black t-shirt using a simple straight stitch.

Step 5: Look awesome in your new pants and get hugs from little girls who can never have enough Hello Kitty.

Denim and Lace Mother's Day Refashion

My mother absolutely hates when my kids wear jeans with holes in them. In fact I'm pretty sure they do it just to see her give me "the look".

This year for Mother's Day, not only will she have one less pair of ripped jean's to look at, she will also have a brand new cell phone case to make it much easier to keep track of her phone!

To make this case I used the scraps from the cutoff jean's, scraps of lace from my stash, a broken necklace, and some Velcro that I always have on hand. I also borrowed her cell phone while she was taking a nap.

I used the cell phone to determine the size of the case and then cut and lined the fabric. From there it was just a matter of sewing everything together. You can see a full tutorial and more pictures here.

This also works great for a small digital camera case as well.