The Week of Sportswear - Day 6

Keeping to one project a day -- somehow or another. Mind, this awful rainy weather is keeping me out of the garden so it really has just been a matter of picking a project and getting to it.

Today’s project is made from the front facing of the Laura Ashley dress recycled for the Day 1 project , a top I made but never wore and the hem of the too-long skirt made on Day 3

and is more or less (more more than less) based on this project. 

IWOM

Pajama bag from pillow case

Cute pajama bag from IKEA pillow case. I remember when I was little I dreamed to have one but never did. But as we all know we try to realize our hidden wishes on our kids. I'm not an exception. :) I decided to make a pajama bag for my son. :) And it was very easy to do from this pillow case. Follow me.

Originally posted @ Trash to treasure 

One pants, two shorts!

Hello creative people!
Sorry it took me more than I expected to come back with my second entry. That's because I wanted to post the tutorial for this refashion in my personal blog first.

From a pair of pants, I made myself a new pair of shorts. And, then a made the most lovely shorts for my little princess too.

The shirt I am wearing here, was also a refashion I made a while ago. I plan to share here sometime soon, I just need to find the photos first. =)

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Ruched Strap Cover

After making Scrappy the Snake 

I want to use up more of my leftover fabrics.

So yesterday I made this strap cover for my camera.

Completely out of leftovers!

Want to make your own?
Follow my tutorial here. 

~Yelena~

Scrappy the Snake

I have a few scraps projects that I would like to do,

but just never seem to get around to them.

Thanks to the Refashion Co-Op book giveaway,

I decided to make a few projects this week.

Meet Scrappy the Snake!

 Made completely out of scraps :)

For those of you who like to see the making of

and for that extra ticket to win the book

here is my Scrappy the Snake tutorial:

Have fun making a snake for your snake lovers :)

~Yelena~

Mini Quilt - What I did...

Hello!!!  This is the process I followed for the mini quilt I posted about... 

Cut the pieces....

Worked out the design...

Here it is pieced together and basted to a fleece inner and yummy Egyptian cotton backing. (Basting quilt sandwiches is a beast!!)...

I saw this trick ages ago on Martha Stewart's site and thought it was super clever. You run a strip of masking tape from corner to corner.....

Sew either side of it (I loooooove this walking foot!! Borrowed it from college. Really helps stop the layers moving about).....

Peel away the tape and hey presto...straighter and more even quilting lines than I could ever hope to achieve by eyeballing it....

Then lay a strip of tape along each of your newly stitched lines and repeat the process....

Keep repeating this step working your from the middle outwards.....

I then repeated the whole process crossways as well....

Trimmed the piece....

Quick shot of the back....erm...

Ooops! This quilting malarkey is trickier than it looks!

I used some of my thrifted bias binding for the edging...

along with some gorgeous toggles I found recently, and created loop ties from bias tape...

So that it can be rolled up.....

and fastened, ready to pop into baby's bag!!

Using leftovers...

I recently finished this mini quilt using leftover scraps from clothing refashions and bedlinens, finished with thrifted notions...

Px

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Using up my scraps

This week I have been making a few 'bag tags' using up left over fabric and felt scraps. Have you ever notice that kids get really frustrated trying to do and undo the zippers on their bags?Personally I have trouble finding which side the zipper is actually on.

My bag tags solve both problems. They are bright, easy to locate and hold. Best of all they are made from 100% recycled materials and scraps!

Who hearts scraps?!?

Yay! A FREE book! **Giveaway Now Closed**

Book Giveaway!

Our very own D'Arcy Jean Milne (aka IWOM) has generously offered up a copy of her book (and some really cute samples) as a giveaway prize to help ReFashion Co-op!

**GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED**
Click on the Book Giveaway tab above for more info on how to WIN!

This time, we are making it easy for our quiet but avid followers out there to get the prize and be inspired by this really creative book!

Scraps to Doll

OK I don't know if you can classify this as a refashion...

But I did use scraps of fabric and yarns left over from other projects..

I hate to throw away scraps and I love to use them up :)

This was a fun way to do it!
 

If you want to know how I made it

You can read about it here.

~Yelena~

Thanks for letting me share :)