Old Dress Shirts

Over time Jared has accumulated a few dress shirts.  He actually has accumulated many shirts, but I've never thought of the dress shirts as something I could repurpose.  This sleep sack is so cute, but for not exactly something I think I'd make.  Now a cute little dress... that I might try.

Found at Floating World.

Quilt in an Hour

Found at DIY Wedding.

Pillow Repurpose

This may be gross to talk about, but I have a ton of old misformed pillows.  I can wash the insides, so I wonder if this will work for me.

Found at The Shabby Chic Cottage and use dropcloth fabric for containing the fluff. 

Made A Dog Toy

So just the other day we talked about how our dog Toby's rope toy had lasted the longest of all the toys we've had for him (and we've tried em all.)  Lo and behold, hours later, he found a way to shred the living tar out of it, after YEARS of good play.  So when I saw the dog toy tutorial, I thought I'd give it a try eventually.

I don't anticipate it lasting more than a day, as its made of an old t-shirt, but so far, he's passionate about it, and its longer than our old stand by, socks with holes in them, aka 'sock rocks'.

Made by me from an old shirt.

Cute Messenger Bag

Found at Between the Lines.

Dog Toy

Found at Wipster.

Super Simple Tied Quilt (No Idea What That Means)

Two pieces of fabric, sew the edges together.  This could almost be done in a day, actually it really could be done in hours I suspect.

The complete tutorial found at Cicada Studio.

Elastic Gold

Use this, to turn tee shirts into...

this...

Found at The Sewing Dork.

Layered Legs

Super cute layeredness found at The Sewing Dork.

No More Paper Towels

Even though my dad makes paper towels for a living, I don't use them.  I've always thought it was the most wasteful thing to do.  For years we've used rags cut into squares and just machine wash them.  Old towels, old fabric, you name it.  It ain't pretty but they work great.  I need to make some proper when I get some cash to buy some fabric.  What about sewing some for a gift?  How great is that?

Found at The Sewing Dork.

Leg Warmers for Kids

I've boughten these under the name Baby Legs, and I'm sure you've seen them and admired them in some capacity.  My son never wore them much as a baby, but he LOVES to wear them now as arm warmers in the house - I dunno, its fun I guess for him?  Anyway, they are supposedly super simple to make, and if you are lucky enough to have a dollar store nearby you can really make em CHEAP!

Tutorial at The Sewing Dork.

See, There Are No Quilt Color Rules

Sometimes the prospect of starting a quilt scares the beJesus out of me.  I worry about color scheme placement, etc.  But then again, I really don't.  I know what colors I like, I just don't know which color scheme to start first.  I like seeing quilts that just don't have an agenda and go for it, like this one...

Found at Carina's Craftblog.

Another Bag

Supercuteness.

Tutorial here.

Dresses for Girls

Please let me have a girl this time so I can make this cute dress from skirts I get at the thrift store.

Found at Blue Cricket Design.

Tiny Valentine

Are you ready for non-Christmas crafts?  I am!  Cause you can't make anything in time for Christmas now!

Adorable tiny valentine garlands,

found at A Field Journal.

Fabric Boardgame

Found at Feeling Stitchy.

Pretty in Pinks & Yellows

Found at CraftyPod.

Quilt Confidence

Sometimes you need to see a quilt that really isn't complicated to know - you can do this too!

Found at ETSY.

Fabric Pom Poms

Oooo, aaah.  

Found at Once Wed.

White Ornaments

Found at Two Nuts in a Shell.