Refashion a Baby Dress into a Toddler Skirt (II)

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Refashion a Baby Dress into a Toddler Skirt

I have quite a few cute baby girl dresses that were probably worn only once or twice. I thought of turning some of them into skirts so my little rambunctious toddler could still wear.

 I cut off the skirt part of the dress and I sewed it onto a pair of leggings. That's it! Cute and super duper comfy!

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Unique Basket Made with Old Jeans

So many pairs of jeans laying around. They are either not fashionable anymore or they are too small!

I really wanted to try to reused them in some useful way. So I made a really unique basket.

I cut one pair of jeans into 4 inches wide strips.

I rolled the strips and I sewed them around. When I finished one strip, I started another one. I did not sew the strips together because I wanted a more ragged look for my basket.

I continued to sew round and round, this type of wrapping naturally curves the fabric into a bowl.

I  made two baskets, one a little smaller to fit into the bigger one.

I wanted a very sturdy basket so this was a great solution. It also conveniently hid all the stitching.

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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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Repurpose a Sleep Sack into a Cute Pillow

The cute baby sleep sack is no longer used my now rambunctious toddler. Still a favorite, I could not just get rid of it so I repurposed it into a fuzzy pillow.

Repurpose a Crib Fitted Sheet into a Pillowcase

Since we no longer use the crib fitted sheets, I decided it was time to repurpose them in some way. They did not get much wear to begin with and they were in perfect shape.
I turned them into colorfull pillowcases.

My Knitted Wool Sweater

Still a work in progress