Valentine's Day T-shirt

Valentine's Day T-shirt

This recycling project was very dear to me as I repurposed the outfit my daughter wore for Valentine's Day last year into another one she will be wearing this year.

1. I got a very inexpensive white t-shirt and some permanent fusible web.

2.  I ironed the fusible web onto the back of the old onesie I used for the applique.

3. I freehand drew a heart shape on the back of the stabilizer

3. I cut out the heart applique with very sharp scissors

4. I bonded the applique to the shirt

 

10 Minute Ballerina Tutu

My daughter loves everything blue and ballerinas. I wanted to combine the two of them and it had to be something that did not take a long time to make. I made a very cute blue ballerina tutu in just 10 minutes!

I got two yards of blue tulle that I cut into 4-5 inches wide strips.

I took a pink headband elastic I had leftover from another project and I measured it to fit my daughter. I folded each strip of fabric in two (lengthwise).

I slipped each folded strip through every whole in the elastic band

 and I made a tie knot

Make a Hopscotch Inside

On a long winter day it gets a little boring to stay inside.
With some utility tape and some sticky foam sheets I made a hopscotch for my toddler.

She was very enthusiastic to help me cut out the numbers and stick them on the carpet.

She played for an hour! Counting and jumping, jumping and counting.
Besides giving us something to do, the hopscotch also became an education tool for learning the numbers.

Recycled T-shirt Rug

I am in the process of making a baby memory quilt for my daughter using her cute baby clothes. I mostly use the front of the shirts with the fun little appliques. I did not want to waste the rest of the clothes since they mean so much to us and we also like to recycle and repurpose as much as we can.

So, I went to work and I created a colorful rug for my daughter's room.
Besides being so pretty it is also meaningful because it is made with fabric strips from her baby clothes.

It's quite a simple DIY, albeit a little time consuming (it took over two days to finish) but it is worth the time and effort. This is a cute little wall art that we will be treasuring forever.

I started by cutting strips of fabric from my daughter's baby clothes. I did not feel too bad using her old clothes since they were quite worn out. I donated the ones that were still in good condition and I kept the ones that were stained and worn out. Those were the most loved and they were worn out by my daughter using them.

The strips were about 1 1/2 inches in width maybe 8-9 inches long. They were not perfectly equal because I wanted the spirals to be different size anyway.

The process of making the spirals is quite simple. Twist and sew. I used the same technique when I made my other recycled t-shit rug.

After the flowers were all done (I made around 50 of them), I set out to bind them together. I just sew them in a continuous circle, overlapping some of the flowers to cover all the gaps and to give a little more texture to the rug.

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