Upcycled sweater becomes "Mittens"

Mittens

what you will need:

 1 old winter sweater
 1 piece of paper to trace your hand
 sewing machine,scissors, thread


step 1

trace your hand.

step 2

lay sweater sleeve on flat surface. pin paper hand so that your sleeve wrist is un cut and will become the wrist of your mitten. cut out. repeat on the oposite sleeve.  right and left really dosent apply.

step 3

reverse it so it is inside out.

step 4

sew, Now i tried this two ways. first i tried a tight zig zag , this curled the mitten. it was still fine but didn't look the best. then i tried a short length straight stitch and it did seem to work better. it just layed better. if you have a serger, i don't, you could try that.

the one on the left is the zig zag one, see what i mean.

SO THATS IT. YOU CANT HAVE TO MANY MITTENS, EXSPECIALLY WITH KIDS LOOSING THEM EVERY OTHER DAY.  PLAY AROUND WITH IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

Well I'm trying again.

Pincushion Sewing Kit

What you will need

mason jar or any jar that a mason jar ring an cap fits

fabric scrap

hot glue gun

a small hand full of fiber fill

needle and thread

1. trace a circle onto fabric (wrong side)

the circle should be larger than the ring (i used a cereal bowl.)

cut it out.

loosely stitch around the diameter and gather.

stuff with fiberfill.

pull your gather you should have a mushroom cap, tie it off.

Thats the pincushion.

2. Place ring in cap.

run a small bead of glue and a dollup in center of cap.

you can be as generous as you like you just want pinchushion secure.

and attach cushion.

i kinda went around the rim with the glue just to make sure it was

solid on there.

optional:

decorate the rim with lace or ribbon.

3. fill with basic sewing supplies.

measure tape,needles , thread and small scissor. whatever you like .

makes a great teacher gift!

I think I did better this time.

thanks for looking!

Laura

 



My very first blog post. my focus is my creations, or crafts, sewing. Whatever I happen to be doing.

Tonight while my husband watches football, I made a few Boo boo Bunnies.

                                                                Lay washcloth flat

                                         Begin rolling corner to oposite corner.

                                                               fold in half

                                               I think you can see where this is going.

                                               fold up the front so the ears are pointing up and

                                               attach rubberband to make head.

                                                                sorry this pic is so bad.

                                                                       add eyes and a piece of

                                                           felt for nose, a fuzzy ball or cotton for

                                                                               tail.

                                                                Boom! BOO BOO BUNNY!

If this is used for teething do not add eyes, tail. and nose. but it can be froze for teething. or stick a piece of ice in it for your childs booboo. sorry if this is a little off for my first time. I will get better!

Laura