Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Repurposed shirt to jacket

Using this tutorial I made this jacket for Liam today. When I saw this tutorial I thought it was so cute and since I had 4 bags of clothes in the garage waiting to be donated it was the perfect time.
On Saturday I rooted through the bags and found a few shirts that I could use. I got a zipper at Joann Fabrics last time I was there. I even used an old shirt instead of ribbing for the bottom and sleeves of the jacket.
It didn't take too long and was pretty easy. I ran into a little trouble with the hood and had to do some fixing. But it didn't turn out too bad. He likes it.

That is one cute boy.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Freezer paper stencil T-shirts

Using this tutorial, or this (they are different) we decided to make St. Pattys Day shirt. Really only Liam's is technically St. Pattys. The girls wanted something a little different.
Since Travis was out of town, Steve and Shawna dropped by to visit and I made them stay and help with the t-shirts. I was very happy to have their help! One t-shirt (with a decisive child, or predetermined design) would be pretty easy, but 3 were more involved.

I think they turned out super cute. You can't see the bottom of Lydia's shirt but it says Lydia in "princess cursive".
I have to give complete credit to Steve and Shawna on the girls' shirts. They cut out all the frezzer paper and helped the girls figure out what they wanted.