tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66247199966831250542024-03-08T00:17:55.542-08:00Thrillingly ThriftyCassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-40652032024628942602011-09-24T12:40:00.000-07:002011-09-24T12:40:11.381-07:00Why I've dropped off the face of Blogland...Our family recently moved halfway across the country. A difficult enough task as it is, but then you add three toddlers into the mix and...well, craft blogging had to take a back seat.<br />
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I <em>have</em> still been crafting here and there despite the upheaval - and I would LOVE to say that I'll be back to blogging about it soon - but, well, I don't know if/when we'll get internet at home. (What?! Life without internet, is that even <em>possible?!?!?!</em>) ;)<br />
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<i>Also, there was a question posted on the <a href="http://thrillinglythrifty.blogspot.com/2010/10/recycled-wool-sweater-slippers-tutorial.html">Recycled Wool Sweater slippers tutorial</a> and I tried to comment with an answer but Blogger and I just aren't getting along I guess, so I'll answer in this post and Cathy I hope you read this!!!!</i><br />
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<i>I did put grippers on the bottom of my daughter's slippers as an afterthought. She was 'skating' all over the kitchen and kept hurting herself, so I used fabric puff paint (they come in the little squeeze bottles) and put dots all over the bottom of the slippers. Once they were good and dry the skating stopped! (And the tears started of course - she was SO mad at me!)</i>Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-75058354405737548382011-05-13T10:09:00.000-07:002011-05-13T10:09:02.995-07:00Kids Clothes Week Challenge - Days 2 & 3I couldnt bear to post pics of unfinished projects, so I'm combining Day 2 and Day 3 and just showing the end result.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is such a lightweight cotton, it makes this the perfect summer shirt!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I drafted the pattern myself, and it needs a little work so I think a couple more tunics are on the way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(And that yellow button on the top...I thought I'd like it. I don't.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My only worry about this shirt is that it might be a little <em>girly</em>. This was reinforced when my husband tried putting it on our daughter the morning after I finished it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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This time last year I stumbled upon Kids Clothes Week Challenge on Elsie Marley, and I had every intention of joining in...but didnt.<br />
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This year, I almost dont have a choice...my kids have out-grown all the hand-me-downs from their cousins (and actually are bigger than most of their cousins now!) and I can't really let them run around naked, even if the weather is finally warming up!<br />
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For the challenge, you're supposed to sew an hour a day on kids clothes. My personal goal is to sew an hour a day <em>per child</em>. I have a tendency to want to make fun girly outfits for my 3 year old, but my two boys need clothes MUCH more than she does!<br />
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Here's last night's hard work:<br />
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I got a few yards of stretchy knit from the thrift store awhile back, so I thought I'd try to make some easy t-shirts. It would have helped if I'd thought to take my kids' measurements before I sent them to bed last night! I ended up re-doing a lot after trying them on the kids this morning.<br />
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I also cut out a pair of shorts for my 2 year old (it took an hour because I had to print the pattern too - more on that for Day 2s post!) and I sewed them up this morning, only to realize they were JUST BARELY to small!<br />
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<div align="center"></div>Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-90125820315616496392011-04-01T21:13:00.000-07:002011-04-01T21:13:19.142-07:00Giveaway Winner!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">My apologies to anyone who might be waiting for the template and tutorial to the Stacking Puppets...I got slammed with a nasty cold earlier this week and I'm just now starting to function again. I'm hoping for Monday...so plan on Tuesday. :)</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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tomorrow. Or probably next week, at the rate I'm going.Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-32280828290340463602011-03-28T23:54:00.000-07:002011-03-29T07:17:50.803-07:00Bookshelf Puppet Theater, Stacking Puppets, and a GIVEAWAY!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><em><strong>Hello and Welcome to all you T Shirt Diaries readers!</strong></em></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Are you loving this Spring Stashbust as much as I am?! It feels <em>so good</em> to be whittling away at my stash of stuff, instead of constantly replenishing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">You know how you think you've come up with the most genius idea in the history of the world, only to discover that somebody already beat you to it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, this is one of those times for me...kinda. After I came up with the idea of a Bookshelf Puppet Theater, and even sketched it all out, I happened to do a Google search, and found <a href="http://www.infarrantlycreative.net/2009/09/how-to-make-puppet-theater.html">this tutorial</a> on Infarrantly Creative. Of course, her bookshelf was a little different, so I still had to put my thinking cap on to make this work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what I started out with:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6KWoAW8BK4hGgmu_Zf_o1Bb2MgDBOP96wIeqAKISw1rgK_rTI_P_eIYoJskqjEMxzKohg40Jl8RXRcl4yXNHfgtgTKYTcF-98jRhSYu6F_5JKy0RWZm8NyzZgn7I1yIEZtqpmDQ8Jqc/s1600/ugly+duckling+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6KWoAW8BK4hGgmu_Zf_o1Bb2MgDBOP96wIeqAKISw1rgK_rTI_P_eIYoJskqjEMxzKohg40Jl8RXRcl4yXNHfgtgTKYTcF-98jRhSYu6F_5JKy0RWZm8NyzZgn7I1yIEZtqpmDQ8Jqc/s320/ugly+duckling+003.JPG" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Does it look like its missing something?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like...<em>shelves</em> maybe?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a $20 assembly-required bookshelf we bought at Big Lots a few years ago. Its made from pressboard, and has those little metal peg things that you stick in holes on the side and then set the shelf on top of the pegs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made the mistake of putting it in my toddlers' bedroom. Less than half an hour later it was stripped...and the worst part is that they hid the metal pegs and I have yet to find them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, the first thing I had to do was make a SECURE shelf. I used some blocks of wood I found in our shed to nail to the inside of the bookshelf, like this:</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EVaIlXacVPPCV1GFCza4LIVjaFZnZxG4iJ9w_-lujjIpgjm6Scrc01QQZqnIdK2ZLQoE5NaYFS6De4PXsqZkyRZqtfiviVnzdcdEufAy3waXD4371HCa39j3Jd4qKbAfIDPyH4XXxek/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EVaIlXacVPPCV1GFCza4LIVjaFZnZxG4iJ9w_-lujjIpgjm6Scrc01QQZqnIdK2ZLQoE5NaYFS6De4PXsqZkyRZqtfiviVnzdcdEufAy3waXD4371HCa39j3Jd4qKbAfIDPyH4XXxek/s320/018.JPG" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(We don't own a saw, or really any tools other than a hammer and screwdriver, so these blocks of wood are a wee bit longer than the bookshelf. I just made sure it sticks out in front, so it won't be jabbing my kids while their putting on their shows.)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I set the shelf on top and nailed it to the blocks of wood. I admit - despite my best efforts it did not end up completely level. But my kids aren't complaining, so neither will I :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCGUpie6tTYpJzRvkl3FOMu2YTwh3N3d85A6QwfutEm-9PNolQGVrGxG2xdef_bsoeYQV3cUnIoPw5r1UQrqzz7JJ5UbdD4t3jo3DOtE1Lcmh3AI8dA9sdi2QG9RAHsDgXid1COufSx4/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCGUpie6tTYpJzRvkl3FOMu2YTwh3N3d85A6QwfutEm-9PNolQGVrGxG2xdef_bsoeYQV3cUnIoPw5r1UQrqzz7JJ5UbdD4t3jo3DOtE1Lcmh3AI8dA9sdi2QG9RAHsDgXid1COufSx4/s320/028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also hammered a nail on each side, right near the top, letting it hang out a bit. This is where the curtain "rod" will be later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY3sQaNxgYBZJOsd5G6nTD6ijvwi5hyGqJYoDB02JN93HZqUh3tIKy0cFSx_BJ-ZhyphenhyphenZI7B3Ysq7s4CNho5Nmhc52nF2qmQZG8r-n9xSl7s0ejXXibEl8M84uIqCtQFP7DZ3qmOGBYz4w/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY3sQaNxgYBZJOsd5G6nTD6ijvwi5hyGqJYoDB02JN93HZqUh3tIKy0cFSx_BJ-ZhyphenhyphenZI7B3Ysq7s4CNho5Nmhc52nF2qmQZG8r-n9xSl7s0ejXXibEl8M84uIqCtQFP7DZ3qmOGBYz4w/s320/029.JPG" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a couple coats of grey paint (leftover from painting bedrooms!), I added a flannel board front. And of course forgot to take pictures of the process, but its pretty straight forward. Using the backing from the original bookshelf (it was flimsy, a little bit better than cardboard though) I cut it to fit in the front. I covered it with yellow flannel, folding the edges over to the back and hot gluing them down. Then I nailed it in place. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now one of my kids can use their <a href="http://thrillinglythrifty.blogspot.com/2011/03/toddler-tuesday-felt-faces.html">Felt Faces</a> and other felt cutouts on the front while the other is putting on a show up above!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16r-ZbdJx7L24qWPR1KjSehtrJd7NDJeYvwLfQkjydXD8iCkY7ZZOab7af_L7Ek91Ax9bPpbKtk0nlduPddWCUk8VTsiyMgf6jC_kIVPFFZ4eiwGYqj_J7b3YQML0oUjimibHmUB9pn4/s1600/107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16r-ZbdJx7L24qWPR1KjSehtrJd7NDJeYvwLfQkjydXD8iCkY7ZZOab7af_L7Ek91Ax9bPpbKtk0nlduPddWCUk8VTsiyMgf6jC_kIVPFFZ4eiwGYqj_J7b3YQML0oUjimibHmUB9pn4/s320/107.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The curtains were made from some black and white checked cotton fabric I've had for a couple of years. I made strips from the yellow flannel to glue on the side. It forms a loop and velcros on itself to keep the curtains back.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1IUjqEkzRs5PK8p2eTRBhIXPAm7USOoKuaIgiXKC65tiXEc70uxebkdPvODb3yxqy5I3S4mEnhBQnJ4zMiAWot_Yby5SCLmk1rnIpSsUGK1DUu4ySLt3-5GCbSNwKkCEe5YzLwV9s7M/s1600/131+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1IUjqEkzRs5PK8p2eTRBhIXPAm7USOoKuaIgiXKC65tiXEc70uxebkdPvODb3yxqy5I3S4mEnhBQnJ4zMiAWot_Yby5SCLmk1rnIpSsUGK1DUu4ySLt3-5GCbSNwKkCEe5YzLwV9s7M/s320/131+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The curtain "rod" is a wrapping paper tube painted white. I was scrambling all over the house, trying to find <em>something</em> I could use to hang these curtains from so I wouldn't have to break my Stashbusting oath, and finally I had this stroke of brilliance. I had to cut it a little shorter, and put a slit in one end so I could slide it over the nail, but it is surprisingly sturdy, considering its just cardboard.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZL6IhIOhuznHEGv4QpZ3rAe-x-h10_otAr8ERahj32EsWBwvz5T8FuQjG8eBypZQ3WwBR_gQqLfNRBHBSSfA8hP7mRTdSzmukZ4fc11rDTNCtifEm7ms08VVbTgZJB6yffGzZewh3Fc/s1600/132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZL6IhIOhuznHEGv4QpZ3rAe-x-h10_otAr8ERahj32EsWBwvz5T8FuQjG8eBypZQ3WwBR_gQqLfNRBHBSSfA8hP7mRTdSzmukZ4fc11rDTNCtifEm7ms08VVbTgZJB6yffGzZewh3Fc/s320/132.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">And there you have it...the Bookshelf Puppet Theater!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMr2r__wGi2I_LtX8_od6gEMsOe7aggVLULn1Cin3cUVJRPAdpKliwOHC3BzowRS9dtYfpkj2_iUlDvAH8WVm-VGs_IMY6hnehIneI0YTfHrZf4tjOMM8I3Jv_P_ut3BQpn_GCfqSpmZk/s1600/101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMr2r__wGi2I_LtX8_od6gEMsOe7aggVLULn1Cin3cUVJRPAdpKliwOHC3BzowRS9dtYfpkj2_iUlDvAH8WVm-VGs_IMY6hnehIneI0YTfHrZf4tjOMM8I3Jv_P_ut3BQpn_GCfqSpmZk/s320/101.JPG" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">But, if you have a puppet theater, you really better have some puppets too, right?!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I ran across <a href="http://faithpray.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-crimes-and-free-gorillas.html">these fantastic nesting puppets</a> on <a href="http://faithpray.blogspot.com/">Sacred Dirt</a>. Seriously, hop on over there and take a look...I'll still be here when you get back. ;)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyways, my Munchkin will be turning 3 soon and since she is FINALLY into Princesses I thought I'd make her a set of Princess and the Frog puppets as a birthday present.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I admit, this first attempt is not the prettiest thing ever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the puppets were a BIG hit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Munchkin loved how she could stand them up...lay them down....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be posting the template and tutorial for these stacking puppets in the next few days, so won't you pop on back and check it out?</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I have one set of Princess and the Frog Stacking Puppets to GIVE AWAY to one lucky person out there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEcxg01z_2BAOInGv2Swz2juRHd1J3SddEBt7bvhcv3ulNO9NSDHloKXGYzYvlpJ9V2fPt_8A4_4B6HOkWQpYbfR1egh2mQ7c7gG0pmAC-Aq0koGXHyG0OJe51knZzmETmFOKGuu5DUI/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEcxg01z_2BAOInGv2Swz2juRHd1J3SddEBt7bvhcv3ulNO9NSDHloKXGYzYvlpJ9V2fPt_8A4_4B6HOkWQpYbfR1egh2mQ7c7gG0pmAC-Aq0koGXHyG0OJe51knZzmETmFOKGuu5DUI/s320/005.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I've had so many ideas of book-inspired outfits, but as usual many a mishap has happened along the way, so all I have to show (so far) is my interpretation of <span style="font-size: large;"><strong>The Ugly Duckling </strong><span style="font-size: small;">by Hans Christian Andersen</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Robin over at <a href="http://www.thetshirtdiaries.com/">The T Shirt Diaries</a> is hosting a Spring Stashbust - and I am so in!!!! My craft room is overflowing (see a pic <a href="http://thrillinglythrifty.blogspot.com/2011/02/bridal-shower-cake.html">here</a>) and I've got a busy month or so ahead of me...two birthdays, one wedding, Easter, and Earth Day of course! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, to make this Spring Stashbust even more exciting (for me, at least)....I'll be guest posting on one of the days!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Go on over to the TShirt Diaries and sign up for the Spring Stashbust, and stay tuned for a lot of fun around here starting...next week. (Lame, I know. But our family is just now getting over almost a month of being sick, so I intend to get outside and do some yardwork this weekend!)</div>Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-62196840475940750312011-02-23T16:04:00.000-08:002011-02-23T16:13:12.540-08:00Ruffles make me happyI think I've found a new crafting idol. Kelly from <a href="http://sewingin-nomansland.blogspot.com/">Sewing in No Man's Land</a> is absolutely fantastic!!! Chances are, if you're bothering to read my lil' blog you've already heard of her...if you haven't then get on over there! Seriously, it is THAT fantastic.<br />
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Especially because she does everything on very limited resources - not doesnt-have-money-to-buy-designer-fabric, but she lives in a very remote place (East Timor - yeah, I had to look it up on a map too) and simply cannot run to the store and buy what she wants! She took 15 yards of fabric with her when they moved there - amazing!<br />
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Anyways, when I saw <a href="http://sewingin-nomansland.blogspot.com/2011/02/project-run-and-play-finale.html">this finale</a> for Project Run & Play, I fell head-over-heels in L.O.V.E. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5295/5457746679_1cd570a8d7_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5295/5457746679_1cd570a8d7_z.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Oooh, just looking at it gives me tingles all over. That jacket especially has me dreaming in turquoise!<br />
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Sadly, I don't have any turquoise in my stash. Hardly any vibrant colors like this at all...but when I went thrifting the other day there was some pea/avocado/lime-ish green fabric that practically had a halo glow and hallelujah chorus surrounding it on the rack. AND, it pretty much matches this beautiful floral cotton I bought last year at Joann's and have done nothing with.<br />
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So, for less than $5, I give you my 'knockoff' of the Petite Chouette jacket:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BrgdXzUBuDaBoN5Zga04lBwwT8ubebyJu0Y6bCrRf7f7LcvG7j-bnqBC1lWQXPzruHzzvGyYe15AtBLG-iNx2Rf-AeJV_lM3k3lO7Xj7t1vc0lJ8EZ5OAIW__PBYLBTX9iN-F6t1Z_8/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BrgdXzUBuDaBoN5Zga04lBwwT8ubebyJu0Y6bCrRf7f7LcvG7j-bnqBC1lWQXPzruHzzvGyYe15AtBLG-iNx2Rf-AeJV_lM3k3lO7Xj7t1vc0lJ8EZ5OAIW__PBYLBTX9iN-F6t1Z_8/s320/035.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I also didn't have enough of the green fabric to make a 5t size for my daughter. But, I am such a slacker that I STILL havent finished some Christmas presents. So when my sister-in-law sent me the link for this outfit (after I'd already been drooling over it) I knew I should make it for her almost one-year old daughter. (Thats why I left off the belt loops and tie - I figured they'd be a little pointless for someone that little. And maybe it was getting a little late and I wanted to go to bed.)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm hoping this is about a 2T - I used some of my daughter's old clothes to make the patterns from. Crossing my fingers that this will fit her this fall!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzI0jVIWoyQjN15IErNJBMxQKa2LiHRLbP35CLi2PKX2KQlznDFRdDHu0zYUIQ5YR3hKiY99PObz5YwrPZy25adnsiLR4EYA3vjb5DODvCzGXHx-oBxHpdjGvdtc3Ktb_vhuctt75gaAE/s1600/037+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzI0jVIWoyQjN15IErNJBMxQKa2LiHRLbP35CLi2PKX2KQlznDFRdDHu0zYUIQ5YR3hKiY99PObz5YwrPZy25adnsiLR4EYA3vjb5DODvCzGXHx-oBxHpdjGvdtc3Ktb_vhuctt75gaAE/s320/037+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>I've decided, if I do no other sewing each day, then I need to at least ruffle something. Seriously, just making these ruffles made me giggle like a school girl...I'm so tempted to make a jacket for myself, to wear when I'm having a bad day!Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-7852599966369289052011-02-23T15:43:00.000-08:002011-02-23T15:43:54.301-08:00Bridal Shower cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't done very much crafting lately, mostly because we rearranged just about every room in our house, leaving my new sewing room combined with our office and looking a little something like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGzQCOK7shG7ZqXEe0WNds3VcES3D7pOfb6IBEFd0vH-ijW7MGctrWpQ6AJP4JA3ZcQHK7I6s3PenzlWUjCfqH1BOWkvmtUL6LZSdyP3on_FVqmK1UVadhrNShIjqTiYT6pxBcYNurW4/s1600/084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGzQCOK7shG7ZqXEe0WNds3VcES3D7pOfb6IBEFd0vH-ijW7MGctrWpQ6AJP4JA3ZcQHK7I6s3PenzlWUjCfqH1BOWkvmtUL6LZSdyP3on_FVqmK1UVadhrNShIjqTiYT6pxBcYNurW4/s320/084.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I shudder just looking at that hot mess...it took an entire day to organize! (Plus bring a few more boxes and bags and shelves of <em>stuff...</em>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, I did some cake decorating this last weekend for my sister's bridal shower. Nothing fabulous or even very special, but because my computer is getting overrun with craft photos, I might as well post it here. They say when you put something on the internet its there forever, right? Can't say the same thing about my computer...so <em>should</em> I ever feel inclined to make another man-popping-out-of-a-scrumptious-cake, I'll be able to look on here.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">First off, I have to say, everything that could go wrong this last week <em>did</em>. Making this cake was no exception. It was a dark chocolate, 2 layer cake with rasberry filling and a shiny ganache. As you can see in the pick, not only did the ganache end up with little bubbles, and not as smooth as I'd hoped, little fingers also found their way onto it. (Personally, I don't blame them. It was <em>good.</em>)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVV5OLq1vekzhCb11zdUwH4CuDuEj7LY6ROKZdQYOpiQOGULdN_HeFsx74XPKQpigCLHiy8lxfiTY1rRm7UZwFUnez5_kmhPPuld-pIDOZePwhhqJ1bnhEC5rJe0wwWil-Z4VAjwP-Pt0/s1600/141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVV5OLq1vekzhCb11zdUwH4CuDuEj7LY6ROKZdQYOpiQOGULdN_HeFsx74XPKQpigCLHiy8lxfiTY1rRm7UZwFUnez5_kmhPPuld-pIDOZePwhhqJ1bnhEC5rJe0wwWil-Z4VAjwP-Pt0/s320/141.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">For the centerpiece, I made modeling chocolate - except we had a track-dog-poop-all-through-our-carpeted-living-room incident happen right as I was making it, so I messed it up somehow. (By the way, we dont have any pets - just an annoying neighborhood dog that better not be showing his face any time soon!) So, not only was the consistency off but I couldnt get the color I wanted (he looked more orange in real life) and then of course little (chocolatey) hands got a hold of him too!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDX8sLDcZotEBEGGIPyW_bI1aWyduqp5r_p-S5egEGhT-a8aXgHvxLaWNvfSRVBp9Hr3j2TtRvRx4FcqyhnXduQKCuptQ42Lu8q1IRClxuvLyhfDQMlLvE0ujOKD4iI9G6HwzgcW0FWOA/s1600/152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDX8sLDcZotEBEGGIPyW_bI1aWyduqp5r_p-S5egEGhT-a8aXgHvxLaWNvfSRVBp9Hr3j2TtRvRx4FcqyhnXduQKCuptQ42Lu8q1IRClxuvLyhfDQMlLvE0ujOKD4iI9G6HwzgcW0FWOA/s320/152.JPG" width="295" /></a></div>The bow tie is supposed to be cow print...lil bit of an inside joke, but if you've seen the SNL skit with Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley then you get the gist.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have to say, other than this delicious cake, the highlight of the bridal shower was my almost 3-year old daughter helping my sister open a present that happened to be lingere, and then picking up the thong and asking "What is dis?" (with the little kid lisp) And then when we said it was underwear, she looked sideways at my sister and said, "You has to be weally wittle!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Classic.</div>Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-19403509155656483742011-01-10T13:23:00.000-08:002011-01-11T19:42:10.996-08:00Upcycled Belt Headband<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I recently cut my hair short - pixie short - and while I absolutely LOVE it (so easy to take care of!), sometimes it looks pretty manly. Usually a good headband will pretty things up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The only problem is, little hands like to play with my headbands and usually end up breaking them. I finally gave in this last week and made one myself:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkC7Z0hkjn3eZhE8KBUos5nJES1wbTxnMcCPa3MH8zp2fjHH-RHUFKAe7ouIj96HGFGBisLDKYIKLRsnpxZP55p5q0jJxLaZPzzddYWoMY3llK_ZPKb9kdtpc_6Vs2JyDGJZGibVrJDc/s1600/068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkC7Z0hkjn3eZhE8KBUos5nJES1wbTxnMcCPa3MH8zp2fjHH-RHUFKAe7ouIj96HGFGBisLDKYIKLRsnpxZP55p5q0jJxLaZPzzddYWoMY3llK_ZPKb9kdtpc_6Vs2JyDGJZGibVrJDc/s320/068.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If it looks a little familiar, I took the concept from the marvelous Disney of Ruffles & Stuff's <a href="http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2010/07/lauren-headband-tutorial.html">Lauren Headband Tutorial</a>. The biggest difference is....<em>I made mine from an old belt!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seriously, SO EASY. And fast, too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPYlFPEPGH-FxlFUzEhsFMce9mXZg2_2lhmtrYQgOT1yCRiVcFqtHc3qctahxAj6urFzdGXDsjtTdqTZqpZjMm37WXiIp0oGux3-5MmJogdi8h7zuBrttp4xSpFQfhiOCBP7vSkk163A/s1600/144+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPYlFPEPGH-FxlFUzEhsFMce9mXZg2_2lhmtrYQgOT1yCRiVcFqtHc3qctahxAj6urFzdGXDsjtTdqTZqpZjMm37WXiIp0oGux3-5MmJogdi8h7zuBrttp4xSpFQfhiOCBP7vSkk163A/s320/144+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see here, I just cut a portion of the belt and rounded the corners, then cut a slit in each end (like Disney did with her headbands), and instead of elastic I used a piece from one of those stretchy headbands. You know, the kind that never seem to stay on...at least they don't for me. But they work perfectly for this headband...I've pretty much been wearing it non-stop since I made it Friday.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Oh, and I <em>did </em>trim the edges of the ribbon and add Fray Check so they arent quite so hideous.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><center><a href="http://naptimecrafters.blogspot.com/p/american-crafter.html"><img alt="Button Redo" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SZJk3-7p-2m_ioYrhfPrvbALt4PQA0vyfSH0yqT36EWERedJJIY60ootAK7O55sLayC2XeWxvJ4SqnFzKGWEZ6nD1v893ZbnlBwNYVcAQ8ABgCb11yMo0HuRx6Heh43ValkKpl-E99M/s1600/American+Crafter+Auditions+125.jpg" /></a></center>Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-37817037793255995412011-01-02T20:04:00.000-08:002011-01-02T20:04:52.090-08:00Shirt Protectors (and a little catch-up!)<div style="text-align: center;">It appears that December got the best of me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even though I hardly posted, I certainly did craft...but mostly Christmas presents, which of course I couldnt show! I'm still finishing a few up - thank goodness for an understanding sister-in-law! I'll hopefully show all that stuff later.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I do want to say <span style="font-size: large;"><strong>THANK YOU </strong></span><span style="font-size: small;">to everyone that voted for me in the <a href="http://firefliesandjellybeans.blogspot.com/2010/12/who-reigned-supreme-at-iron-crafter-7.html">Fireflies & Jellybeans Iron Crafter: Clothespins contest.</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I won! Woo Hoo! Totally made my <strike>day</strike> <strike>week </strike>YEAR!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://firefliesandjellybeans.blogspot.com/search/label/Iron%20Crafter" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="blank"><img border="0" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0FBfzeD2DNmwlBVcM8iw6xWWq6M2NoB1EemiuPmmQ0fAlrBb8bixDJ51QUs-egZrSfUeFWq3XuOeMYJeghZfGS7wvJxXeL4ucyRZFV4fNtFHaDRLdIQS7nMevWjX53djP3DkCGRJ6gM/s1600/iron+crafter+3+sweaters.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(I know it says "sweaters", but it really was for the clothespin round...)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And now, on to the good stuff....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've made a goal for myself this year to post at least one project per week. This week's project is</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shirt Protectors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCfgFsh8Iy3e7xzImZqreHKgry3f8qsnbfwwCN3Sra9P7-6-uQaNwvmxMNxXcezOW5T1y7gCGuSoHaG8Ct5v0sWKQt01XMEuS0UbKu2MiY4_a2qzu_rr_x_F6vEOkBVapEGHZs7uqbsY/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCfgFsh8Iy3e7xzImZqreHKgry3f8qsnbfwwCN3Sra9P7-6-uQaNwvmxMNxXcezOW5T1y7gCGuSoHaG8Ct5v0sWKQt01XMEuS0UbKu2MiY4_a2qzu_rr_x_F6vEOkBVapEGHZs7uqbsY/s320/063.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, <em>maybe</em> this looks like just an oversized bib to you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's because it is.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This was my inspiration:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJlo15C1YdClwII08QH0y1d6GKHWmyGzx7i0L2KWZzcq4B-R-KzgxgfW5_5sX2p6uXP346UMYctM8R6EzsDUlLgJ_v3ulY2h-WK-HMWOVshOywjV4yIVzt4gXRSEWdzYcn-IjMxm-qy5c/s1600/081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJlo15C1YdClwII08QH0y1d6GKHWmyGzx7i0L2KWZzcq4B-R-KzgxgfW5_5sX2p6uXP346UMYctM8R6EzsDUlLgJ_v3ulY2h-WK-HMWOVshOywjV4yIVzt4gXRSEWdzYcn-IjMxm-qy5c/s320/081.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My mom made this for my dad years ago, from the fabric leftover from making him a dress shirt.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, according to my dad, REAL men dont wear bibs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They wear Shirt Protectors.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My husband is in desperate need of a shirt protector. Despite his best efforts, he always manages to get food on his shirt. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And I <em>strongly dislike</em> spending hours trying to get stains out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">So, I took one of his<em> VERY</em> old t-shirts </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0_tn-WBeuhTFvil8ZP1nRdLtj459VB_lSPKCDKhPXYNn81aJZJdFvy6iC88ecuH72s6_dwRv1bVYGAuasT1_r0JOdUevfdCwUmSjFWSO9chmOz_9tM-uj0FJmTdxAfkE5c5tQvc6MAk/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="304" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0_tn-WBeuhTFvil8ZP1nRdLtj459VB_lSPKCDKhPXYNn81aJZJdFvy6iC88ecuH72s6_dwRv1bVYGAuasT1_r0JOdUevfdCwUmSjFWSO9chmOz_9tM-uj0FJmTdxAfkE5c5tQvc6MAk/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">(this one saw me through 3 pregnancies, plus the 10 years that my husband wore it) and upcycled it!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">It was so easy - I'll show you how:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">First, you're going to cut up the shirt. (If your man's pretty attached to the shirt, you might want to make sure he's not in the room. My husband almost had a panic attack, <em>even though</em> he had already given the shirt to me to use.)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">*I was cutting this out while trying to play Dominoes with my in-laws, so in my haste to keep running back to the game apparently I didnt take pictures of everything. I'll make do with what I have, but if you have any questions PLEASE ask!*</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vH3jEQZMUOmimwiVHWOdS9tTKxFV0kvvLzeliIN_vOhVLhlDFnW0pMIe7AlMwpqGJ4D0b4d6QeyzNaoNhThCZDUsPXi9AT0BpjnBocAxq59wBHuvdQVqu9F9mFsA4jL6VbiNsEXqPlY/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vH3jEQZMUOmimwiVHWOdS9tTKxFV0kvvLzeliIN_vOhVLhlDFnW0pMIe7AlMwpqGJ4D0b4d6QeyzNaoNhThCZDUsPXi9AT0BpjnBocAxq59wBHuvdQVqu9F9mFsA4jL6VbiNsEXqPlY/s320/029.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Round the bottom corners. I used a bowl as a guide.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Next, you're going to taper the sides in just a bit. The top should be just a few inches shorter than the bottom, looking something like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXKzZ0RkKbQT-9r6wk7RIdon3W36rJDDjohgpjInVYhkepiHsciSbqlWXxaarCx-Gl8YX5496VQCCtve1-TnF6c7qcRaFr1ujLWtCAHV8Mid4tm4qi72dquAEFU9vVqwQStv9H01ho1g/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXKzZ0RkKbQT-9r6wk7RIdon3W36rJDDjohgpjInVYhkepiHsciSbqlWXxaarCx-Gl8YX5496VQCCtve1-TnF6c7qcRaFr1ujLWtCAHV8Mid4tm4qi72dquAEFU9vVqwQStv9H01ho1g/s320/031.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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With RIGHT SIDES together, you are going to stitch around the outside(the dotted black line below), leaving the straight top unstitched.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now you're going to gather that straight top edge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Set your sewing machine to the longest stitch, and increase your tension (I took mine all the way up to 9, the highest it goes).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stitch across the top edge, making sure NOT to backstitch when you start or finish. Your machine should gather it as you sew.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>*note: this t-shirt was pretty thread-bare from lots of use. When I made one with a newer, and slightly thicker, t-shirt it didnt really gather. I just grabbed a thread from one end and manually gathered it, although I think if I had tried to gather the two layers seperately they probably would have been okay.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Now you're going to add the tie.</div><div align="center">Take the piece you cut off the bottom (it should be kind of a loop), and cut it so its one long strip. If your shirt had side seams, just cut along one of the seams.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Lay the strip with the WRONG SIDE up and the hem of the t-shirt at the top.</div><div align="center">Place the shirt protector on the strip, centered, so that the straight gathered top hits right below the hem (top picture below).</div><div align="center">Fold the strip over, so the hem is now on top of the gathering, with the right side facing you (bottom picture below).</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Starting at one end of the tie, stitch along the lower edge. Go slow over the gathering, and make sure that you are catching the back of the strip/tie too. (Thats why I suggested cutting at least 2 inches off the bottom, so you have plenty of fabric to sew on. And if you used a rotary cutter you will have a nice clean edge on the back.) You will have a raw edge on the back of the tie, and on the ends (unless you think to tuck them in before you sew, which I didnt) but with a T Shirt thats okay because it wont unravel. It might curl a little with washing, but I think it'll look just fine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was kind of hard to get a decent pic of the shirt protector, because the gathering makes it look funny when its laying flat. But it does a great job of keep food off my husband's shirt, so thats all that matters, right?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>***I've got a few other projects that I hope to post this week or maybe early next week, and they're pretty neat if I do say so myself, so if you dont want to miss them you can enter your email address at the top of the blog (to the right) and you'll get an email every day that I post something!***</em></div>Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-53105966271698631232010-12-13T08:50:00.000-08:002010-12-13T08:50:35.573-08:00Top 10 - I mean 5!You're probably getting sick of hearing me say this, but head on over to Fireflies and Jellybeans to vote for you favorite project!<br />
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My <a href="http://thrillinglythrifty.blogspot.com/2010/07/t-shirt-butterfly-mobile.html">Butterfly Mobile</a> made the top 5 (usually they choose 10, but they went with 5 this time)...but I really think you should head on over there just to look at the other projects. Seriously, they are SO creative!<br />
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<a border="0" href="http://firefliesandjellybeans.blogspot.com/search/label/Iron%20Crafter" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DX9knNOn0cAwr_c9M0nKBL-I4dr-EKtLUewqdbYq5s7Ia1tC8igfh8bXmuICqdEmG0plPMFcSn9fTkZDgSZUEK-mjLtAaHrHTU3UAv9QIUM32RhlDMHCpwaTctVc2tdbYH6V-3vo7gAv/s200/iron+crafter+top+five.jpg" /></a>Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-40236549706228399222010-12-03T16:27:00.000-08:002010-12-03T16:27:23.246-08:00Reindeer Bib<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxU9FbdFev6GMLuUgZtmTN4mTAYoW7arZSsKZufrUj6JyI0DbzTe5U9cFk_OlUPJ97fIeV-UgAqvscdTdrxILDbHQ9xmB65lKSqEahYnIzqO19LmJZk7XK4h5cdBGH6PurFTYNn1LZns/s1600/rbib3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxU9FbdFev6GMLuUgZtmTN4mTAYoW7arZSsKZufrUj6JyI0DbzTe5U9cFk_OlUPJ97fIeV-UgAqvscdTdrxILDbHQ9xmB65lKSqEahYnIzqO19LmJZk7XK4h5cdBGH6PurFTYNn1LZns/s320/rbib3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">A spin on the old trace-your-hands-and-turn-it-into-a-reindeer-picture...my Monkey is always in need of bibs, so why not a festive one?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The front is vintage cordouroy, the back is a white T-shirt, and the reindeer is made from various scraps I had laying around.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I even handstitched his name and the year on the back, so I can remember which kid this was actually for!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4ZNt-i4IGlR8vwbcfoXEpt2j6D-VLIIlm-N-S7jgnIO6LIE8_7smVfulQ7yJzVWzYCURcphz_jA_RsUv_4Ix2X5bLQQNkr_ex8RRBV3IGDID42nF8tuL8kQpLmEKxP8y_4_nNebhKC8/s1600/rbib2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4ZNt-i4IGlR8vwbcfoXEpt2j6D-VLIIlm-N-S7jgnIO6LIE8_7smVfulQ7yJzVWzYCURcphz_jA_RsUv_4Ix2X5bLQQNkr_ex8RRBV3IGDID42nF8tuL8kQpLmEKxP8y_4_nNebhKC8/s320/rbib2.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(Showing this totally goes against the whole "code name" thing...hmmm. Too late now.)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Do you see the vest my Monkey is wearing here? I just bought that for him, its size 9 months but apparently runs small. He'll only fit it a few more weeks.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Which is sad, because I think he looks downright studly in a vest!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTukqi29eXFcU6aRC6V03z7lKK4hqt93N7sERaZVUIhKcg_AjZN7QoNEbpUa6wdQK2Yk5PEs2h-xuJWdjthupTl3wxTGq5i1eg6MAsW7q3AMPl3kikMaZmSm6RoiYo7uM2V8quPFVm-Lk/s1600/083b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTukqi29eXFcU6aRC6V03z7lKK4hqt93N7sERaZVUIhKcg_AjZN7QoNEbpUa6wdQK2Yk5PEs2h-xuJWdjthupTl3wxTGq5i1eg6MAsW7q3AMPl3kikMaZmSm6RoiYo7uM2V8quPFVm-Lk/s320/083b.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also realized that this jacket of his just wasnt fitting right. It was tight through the shoulders and arms, but the tummy and length were just fine. And since its really winter now he wears a heavy coat instead of jackets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Now, I guess since its December 1st, I've got to get serious about making Christmas presents. Anyone else out there feeling WAY behind already?!</div>Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-50928630202893581582010-11-23T19:46:00.000-08:002010-11-23T19:49:57.926-08:00Why I'm a terrible blogger lately...I've got a few projects I keep planning to post about, but a couple things keep getting in the way like...<br />
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1. SNOW.<br />
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Anyways, so we've been spending a lot of time in the snow, which I'm not a huge fan of because its cold and wet and a huge mess to clean up afterwards...but we get a little Cabin Fever going on if we stay inside all day long. And I need all the sanity I can get!<br />
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(And, in case you're wondering, that is my Monster in the pic above, who does happen to be a boy. I just put off pulling out our winter gear this year, and when I did I realized he's too big for the coat he wore last year, and too small for the next hand-me-down I have for him. So he's wearing purple...and a flower hat because its the only one he'll leave on his head. Seriously...I made him one pretty much the same style just more boyish, but he always rips it right off. Which is why its now in my Etsy shop.)<br />
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B. ETSY SHOP.<br />
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I've been sewing like a lunatic, trying to stock up my etsy shop because I have a spot reserved in the Somewhat Simple Studio Boutique! So, on Friday morning make sure to check out <a href="http://www.somewhatsimple.com/">Somewhat Simple</a> to see all the fun shops and the discounts they're offering!<br />
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My shop, Loved Anew Creations, is under "Baby/Kids" and you'll find a code there to use to get 15% off your order!<br />
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PLUS...if you mention in the "message to seller" at checkout that you read my blog (you don't have to be a follower, although thats always nice...I'll just take your word for it!) you'll get a FREE GIFT too!<br />
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I'll post more on this Friday morning, I hope, because I've got to get my rear in gear and get back to work!<br />
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OH! One more thing I forgot...<br />
I joined a Holiday Craft Swap over at the Tshirt Diaries...because I love getting packages in the mail, and I love making things for others! If you want to join too, click the button below...you have until Dec 4th to join!<br />
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<center><a href="http://www.thetshirtdiaries.com/2010/11/holiday-craft-swap-time.html"><img src="http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy231/rneorr/Swapbutton.jpg" /></a></center>Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-49865719835238196282010-11-18T17:36:00.000-08:002010-11-18T17:36:37.155-08:00Batman Slippers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhWE9-HwQ8LmwR0Ovwt6rAfL3OWEG52xywGw05Iodge1pCHmA3YibXTFinRbzpO6NaQzRQcOZfvIk_FVWZnn_KzW-Uh9xWR5xpKePvtAMB0oc-Dy2_-qPosxGXm-fEMPqodVPCm6RCvo/s1600/etsybatsl1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhWE9-HwQ8LmwR0Ovwt6rAfL3OWEG52xywGw05Iodge1pCHmA3YibXTFinRbzpO6NaQzRQcOZfvIk_FVWZnn_KzW-Uh9xWR5xpKePvtAMB0oc-Dy2_-qPosxGXm-fEMPqodVPCm6RCvo/s320/etsybatsl1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hVk75-YPkglOjXPythYZDOpvHLNLXaQ7HenrRyxiz1kOkqHZMiFO0GL3oSrRGwKLlwAqx1t1xolLBbUoMgPrZRt_AxPZsiYETGWSFU9c4yWqWW8ZyN7wNkF-VxfM7kcJ5svhU2IVStg/s1600/etsybatsl4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hVk75-YPkglOjXPythYZDOpvHLNLXaQ7HenrRyxiz1kOkqHZMiFO0GL3oSrRGwKLlwAqx1t1xolLBbUoMgPrZRt_AxPZsiYETGWSFU9c4yWqWW8ZyN7wNkF-VxfM7kcJ5svhU2IVStg/s320/etsybatsl4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My hubby L-O-V-E-S comic books, superheroes and all that jazz. He's passed that love onto our kids it seems; my Munchkin can name just about any superhero by sight but, until we bought the Beauty and the Beast DVD this last week, she really didnt care much about princesses.<br />
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Go figure that my only girl just wants to be one of the boys!<br />
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Anyways, its getting colder so I thought my little Monkey could use another pair of slippers...since he's only 3 1/2 months old he can wear them anywhere, not just in the house which is great!<br />
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I used my tutorial for Wool Sweater Slippers found <a href="http://thrillinglythrifty.blogspot.com/2010/10/recycled-wool-sweater-slippers-tutorial.html">here</a>. The sweater I used for these had rabbit hair, so its little fuzzier than I like, but they are so soft!!!! The Batman Logo is made from recycled t-shirts...scraps leftover from the Batman bibs I've been making.Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-86169888616493744982010-11-01T15:56:00.000-07:002010-11-01T15:56:48.793-07:00Iron Crafter Top 10!!I remember back in college I was astounded by the fact that there was an entire TV station dedicated to FOOD. No, I didnt live in a cave before then...we just didnt have cable. And considering how much time my roommate and I spent watching the Food network, I'm glad we didnt have cable - I would have been a hermit!<br />
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Anyways, one of our favorite shows was Iron Chef America. One of the Iron Chefs would face off against a challenging chef and they would have one hour to use a secret ingredient to make all these courses.<br />
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The excitement of not knowing what they have to use, and the challenge of using it to create within a short time frame is what hooked me.<br />
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Which is EXACTLY why I'm so hooked on Fireflies and Jellybeans' monthly Iron Crafter competition! I entered my <a href="http://thrillinglythrifty.blogspot.com/2010/08/toddler-friendly-board-game-using-paint.html">Toddler friendly "Board" game using Paint chips</a> back in August and made the top 10. <br />
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This month's secret ingredient was sweaters, which happens to be my current obsession! I entered my Wool Sweater slippers and guess what...I MADE THE TOP 10!!<br />
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Now its up to everyone out there who wins this contest...go and vote for your favorite (it doesnt have to be mine although I would LOVE as many votes as possible! But there are plenty of other cute ideas to choose from). Just click on the link above, and then click on the star underneath the project you want to vote for...you can vote once, and voting closes on Friday.<br />
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Go check it out!Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-66509299989056658592010-11-01T12:16:00.000-07:002010-11-01T12:16:12.548-07:00Halloween costumes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ALL THREE kids are down for naps...HALLELUJAH! This NEVER happens, not all at the same time, so I fully intended to use my time wisely...by taking a nap myself!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But first, I wanted to throw up a quick blog about our Halloween costumes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since we are a family of 5 we went as THE INCREDIBLES!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I dont have the best pictures...it was a crazy afternoon/evening with a crazy amount of last minute costume making. Theres a lot of things I would do differently if I had more time...the biggest one being put a REAL waistband on my costumes, not just the hem of a black shirt! I had to safety pin my pants to my shirt and pray really hard that everything would stay in place! (Which, considering I've had three kids in the last three years, was praying for a miracle.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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For Jack Jacks costume, I took one of my Munchkins old Pink sleepers and dyed it red. Since it had bunnies on the front, I took a piece of white T Shirt and painted the "I" emblem on it and glued it to the sleeper.<br />
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For Violet, I did almost the same as Dash, except instead of leggings I had to buy tights because they were out of red leggings in her size. Shes also wearing the yellow sash, which my Monster WAS wearing but managed to pull off at some point. For the black underwear I actually had an old pair of leggings from my youngest sister that I cut the legs off. I had planned to use the legs for the high "boots" that Violet wears, but SOMEBODY wanted her pink polka dot rain boots. Oh well.<br />
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For ElastaGirl and Mr Incredible, I made the pants out of two ginormous red tshirts that were on clearance at Walmart. My black "underwear" were from the old maternity shirt, Hubby's were a pair of black leggings that I never wear. The legs of those leggings made my "boots" (I turned them around and used the cuff as the top so I didnt have to add elastic. I just had to bring it in lower on my leg, which was easy enough.) The "boots" for hubby were the sleeves of the maternity shirt.<br />
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My shirt was a white one I've had for years and had plenty of stains. I bought Hubby a white shirt at Walmart because I was running out of time and energy. I dyed both mine and Hubby's, then of course painted the emblem on. Am I forgetting anything? Oh the yellow belt thing is knit ribbing I found at Goodwill awhile back. I made an actual waistband for Hubby's costume using the elastic from an old pair of maternity pants, but like I said I ran out of time to do mine!<br />
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I hate looking at these pics, because of how unflattering this costume was on me! Not that I'm gonna be too hard on myself...its kinda expected to still have a tummy less than 3 months after giving birth - especially when its your 3rd kid!<br />
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And you know, being ElastaGirl, some parts are more stretched out than others! :)Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-41823243658916184852010-10-26T10:34:00.000-07:002011-01-07T07:28:11.080-08:00Recycled Wool Sweater slippers - tutorial!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16oish3mHNYRJSHLL2nPvem_XoQ_Q-n8WSzn5nCNXp-ejhWzs7N8wUy0unbGQaKvtWZ0nWzePOwDU7vFio33gRsEDIFJDRpRHiXFTkCAQu_OR58Cu2wfyBNmvV3ttBjrOs-sUhTYagAQ/s1600/043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16oish3mHNYRJSHLL2nPvem_XoQ_Q-n8WSzn5nCNXp-ejhWzs7N8wUy0unbGQaKvtWZ0nWzePOwDU7vFio33gRsEDIFJDRpRHiXFTkCAQu_OR58Cu2wfyBNmvV3ttBjrOs-sUhTYagAQ/s320/043.JPG" width="231" /></a></div><br />
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</div> Like I mentioned in my previous post, at my first craft fair on Friday I got TONS of compliments on these recycled sweater booties - but the most common comment was "I love these but I dont have anyone small enough to wear them!"<br />
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So, I figured I should try expanding my size range. Plus, I've got two toddlers that refuse to wear shoes or socks in the house, even when its FREEZING, so maybe if I make them special slippers they'll be a little more cooperative.<br />
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Want to make some of your own?! Then grab an old sweater (it doesnt have to be wool, but wool will give a much better shape and you wont have to worry about it stretching on you as you sew) and lets go!<br />
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FIRST. If you are using a wool sweater, try FELTING it! I just started felting sweaters in the last few weeks and it is SO COOL. All I do is cut the sweater apart at the seams and cut off any buttons and pockets, throw it in my wash machine, turn the water to hot and the most agitation possible, add a little detergent and let 'er wash. It should shrink it right up, making it thicker and also softer.<br />
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Even if your sweater isn't 100% wool, you could try felting it if it has a fairly high percentage of wool. The plum and grey striped slippers above are from a sweater that was like 93% wool. I had to felt it 3 times I think to get the result I wanted, but it was so worth it!<br />
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Okay, sweater is felted...now to make your pattern. This part is by far the hardest part, <em>but dont let that scare you off!</em> If making your own pattern is just overwhelming, you can just use any ol' shoe pattern you want. There's quite a few free ones online, plus a lot on Etsy to buy.<br />
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But, perhaps you're like me and you have children with...less than ideal feet. Alright, I'll spell it out...my kids have <strong>fat feet</strong>. (Inherited from my hubby - they also got their cankles from him.) I wanted to be able to make something that I KNOW will fit my Munchkin and Monster (plus I want to be able to make these slippers to sell on Etsy and at craft fairs) so I knew I needed to come up with my own pattern.<br />
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First you need to get your measurements. I'm going to show you with pictures, and I'll label the measurements by letter. (I apologize for lack of straight lines, or good angles...having 3 little kids around will do that.)<br />
A - Length of sole, toe to heel<br />
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B - Width of foot (at widest part, along the "knuckles")<br />
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C - Width of ankle (easiest to get when you trace the foot or shoe, make a mark where the ankle is and the measure the width of the tracing at the point)<br />
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F - Circumference of calf (where you want the slipper to hit)<br />
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G - Floor to top of foot (by the ankle)<br />
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H - Over the top of foot (by the ankle)<br />
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E - Height of slipper (ground to where you want the slipper to hit)<br />
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I - Length of top of foot, from ankle to toe<br />
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<em>(I didnt draw a pattern on paper for these slippers (other than the sole), so all these pictures show the actual sweater being cut out. I recommend making an actual pattern and possibly even cutting it out and sewing it on practice fabric before cutting up your sweater. Yes, regular fabric will be different than sweater, but it will give you a general idea whether the pattern you made is going to work or not!)</em><br />
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<strong><u>SOLE </u></strong><br />
The easiest way to get the sole pattern is to trace the foot and then add enough for a seam allowance (I used a seam allowance of 3/8"). Or you could trace one of their shoes (you probably wouldnt need to add a seam allowance). As for me, my kids were sleeping when I made these (I actually snuck into my daughters room and measured her feet as they dangled off the edge of her bed!) and her shoes are at least a size bigger than what she needs in order to accomadate the width. So I freehanded something like this:<br />
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<strong><u>ANKLE PIECE</u></strong><br />
Cut a rectangle using the following measurements (try to use the hem of the sleeve or bottom of sweater for the top of the rectangle):<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In one of the bottom corners (you'll do it to both), mark a little rectangle like in this picture:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2yF5vVd-voQWU0RccHOTjygJ74vMaOPL04uLhKEotqIey9K-PP0wb26Paxog-CNWFOi2yMoK-Bcu_Qv83S_dreI12JyfSE5iQ00m2ZOeqQgOmyR40piE2euaa40LU59ztid0L2qy6J8/s1600/036+b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2yF5vVd-voQWU0RccHOTjygJ74vMaOPL04uLhKEotqIey9K-PP0wb26Paxog-CNWFOi2yMoK-Bcu_Qv83S_dreI12JyfSE5iQ00m2ZOeqQgOmyR40piE2euaa40LU59ztid0L2qy6J8/s320/036+b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">G (floor to top of foot)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">C (width of ankle) divided by 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now make a little curve inside the rectangle, like the dotted lines in the picture. Cut out this curve.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do the same thing to the other corner so you end up with a piece like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="213" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGa0QoUsg827n19pE0oGLtE9RiDUxR25SnhX7M7rp8nZaOifsuDD_NzP_f1QzYfNwktw6lPzKBDLezGV6KK5W9d677rAGauhgfj5bUqTuK2081Sg7q42qq9A3nLSMvTOuXewJcUXtsCPI/s320/037.JPG" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(except, maybe do a better job at getting it EVEN! Uggh...well it worked out in the end even if it looks ugly here.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><strong>TOP OF FOOT PIECE</strong></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You'll be cutting out another rectangle to start with. I didnt take an actual picture of the rectangle, so here's a drawn one:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsfwpcuEIoZ4sDkO-XcnFyfCbaOUdUQSMSYqjNcXQWIlCEGKUS7MeMRkyRXCnoYLxl7aGL_uaTOpcKu3WC-vNNPf7yLqnAtn1cMEYi3RGdJCg9sMGw6BAfbUfPphKzplcmvA4WfEw0CY/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsfwpcuEIoZ4sDkO-XcnFyfCbaOUdUQSMSYqjNcXQWIlCEGKUS7MeMRkyRXCnoYLxl7aGL_uaTOpcKu3WC-vNNPf7yLqnAtn1cMEYi3RGdJCg9sMGw6BAfbUfPphKzplcmvA4WfEw0CY/s320/Untitled-1.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The "curved corner of the Ankle piece" is what you just finished cutting out in the previous step.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see in my drawn rectangle, I put another dotted line...you're going to curve this rectangle too! I usually fold it in half and cut the curve that way so its even on both sides. Its not an exact science, which is why I suggested doing a test slipper out of practice fabric.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, now you have three pattern pieces! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFY8fkyj-HO_mK-v-ijZlIrP0jrBuxKl_osyGZJUSS2TsltARqfv7RDPh69884D6xp-M9mKBX5QLWdQtpQqNm7o8QQL698lQXrkPb2VuSyDauoPwEJ2ZXQd4A5ZBBSXnvebaa9Ko-KZ18/s1600/043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFY8fkyj-HO_mK-v-ijZlIrP0jrBuxKl_osyGZJUSS2TsltARqfv7RDPh69884D6xp-M9mKBX5QLWdQtpQqNm7o8QQL698lQXrkPb2VuSyDauoPwEJ2ZXQd4A5ZBBSXnvebaa9Ko-KZ18/s320/043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">You'll cut two of each from the sweater - making sure to get reverses of the soles so you dont end up with two right-footed slippers. (Yes, I'm speaking from experience!!)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Take a quick breather...now on to the easy part - sewing!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Cut a piece of elastic to the length of D (circumference of ankle). I used 1/2" elastic, but a little skinnier might have worked too.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We're going to sew the elastic onto the ankle piece, horizontally, right above the curved corners we cut out, like where this line is:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With right sides together, stitch along outside edge of ankle piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMeIuaq3d1IN8twsNmYGpYi4s13LHGYAJ8fBUDUXj8QtTRNMoEN43p43EaSyEo52yeweAz7sBbeaRSDk8Ut_ZlHZTFQZ_dUjucqNJonelYngQISz3w5oXM0ogW_8-zWCZ1QL_PIFy_XgE/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMeIuaq3d1IN8twsNmYGpYi4s13LHGYAJ8fBUDUXj8QtTRNMoEN43p43EaSyEo52yeweAz7sBbeaRSDk8Ut_ZlHZTFQZ_dUjucqNJonelYngQISz3w5oXM0ogW_8-zWCZ1QL_PIFy_XgE/s320/050.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I like to fold down the top of the slipper a bit, so I usually leave the top inch or so unstitched. For these slippers, I just didnt sew the ribbing that was at the top.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you want to embellish the top of the foot of the slipper, like I did, now is the time to do it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhl83XFAyCmtkGdq6shGuvV3NdNglYL3a1hJmQQ9hcL630Lk5Vwmosib3xjHtwmjwwePYWv6Bhj4yOQl3kbTFU7-xbd7kOD9Q-_PbX-HJRWxOIJUdRV0jHE-pIc2gBKs19TI405pv4RI/s1600/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhl83XFAyCmtkGdq6shGuvV3NdNglYL3a1hJmQQ9hcL630Lk5Vwmosib3xjHtwmjwwePYWv6Bhj4yOQl3kbTFU7-xbd7kOD9Q-_PbX-HJRWxOIJUdRV0jHE-pIc2gBKs19TI405pv4RI/s320/049.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>(I took strips from a pink sweater and stretched it as I sewed. Nothing special.)<br />
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The next part is easy enough, even if I dont make it sound easy.<br />
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Your ankle piece should have wrong sides out from sewing the elastic on it. Its kind of a tube now. The two curved corners you cut out should be connected to form a nice arch.<br />
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Take the top of foot piece and fold it in half, with the right side facing OUT. This fold will be perpendicular to the straight edge (folding the curve in half).<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Turn right side out, sew up the other slipper the same way, and ta da!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCf6BD_bl8TDil4Cr_OHTCCCc5NlQ0FTywaDMJH6Myquvq9buzegT8aksMFqeyJrY286tsPoQ3KJna_bXCa5M2ctJt_1m32Z6PCyKocxhpKWVQ9grY8UXTJMgSuvuk2Tt7uifX_fRcBaQ/s1600/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCf6BD_bl8TDil4Cr_OHTCCCc5NlQ0FTywaDMJH6Myquvq9buzegT8aksMFqeyJrY286tsPoQ3KJna_bXCa5M2ctJt_1m32Z6PCyKocxhpKWVQ9grY8UXTJMgSuvuk2Tt7uifX_fRcBaQ/s320/062.JPG" width="213" /></a></div>You're done!!! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Harvest Bazaar was this last Friday and I did okay I think. I guess it wasnt very well attended (according to the other vendors, I wouldnt know!) but my little booth made a good number of sales! More than anything this gave me some really good feedback about what catches people's eye, and what they like and what I need more variety of.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8_KU050oBU0fDdhFpS43RcwSsqW5OSTWyjwp93_i25UFpdfuE-uxXKfRzgLKQQ-BccWszqpVQZRGke0GytAiDm-R2x5H_g83do1lLQPQiK52_QDzUTSPF_xIwxz-3NAMU8gjmwuJpnQ/s1600/077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8_KU050oBU0fDdhFpS43RcwSsqW5OSTWyjwp93_i25UFpdfuE-uxXKfRzgLKQQ-BccWszqpVQZRGke0GytAiDm-R2x5H_g83do1lLQPQiK52_QDzUTSPF_xIwxz-3NAMU8gjmwuJpnQ/s320/077.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>By far, I got the most compliments on these booties. Which is ironic since these were a last-minute whim! Seriously, three of the four sets were made the day before. I only sold one pair, but that was probably because I only had baby sizes. The most common comment was , "I love these but I dont have anyone small enough to wear them!"<br />
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So, now I'm busy trying to fill up my etsy shop before the holidays! My hardest part is taking pics of everything and actually writing up the listing; that stuff is not nearly as fun as actually making the items!<br />
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And, I'm moving to a new etsy shop: <a href="http://www.lovedanewcreations.etsy.com/">http://www.lovedanewcreations.etsy.com/</a>. I figured it would be easier for people to find if the shop was the same name as my business.Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-91661607097269011372010-10-05T07:13:00.000-07:002010-10-05T07:13:31.581-07:00<center><a href="http://www.sewdangcute.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/tamarynn/Blog-Button.png" /></a></center><br />
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Check out Sew Dang Cute today...I'll be giving away two bibs from my Etsy shop! <br />
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But, even if baby bibs aren't your thing, there will be SIXTEEN giveaways throughout the day. <br />
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SIXTEEN! Lots of chances to win lots of neat prizes!Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-55542548861968877302010-10-04T14:55:00.000-07:002010-10-04T14:55:07.737-07:00Purse Week entryI've been upcycling things like crazy lately with the promise to myself (and my hubby) that I would then try to sell anything I make on etsy or at the upcoming Harvest Bazaar here in town that I'm going to have a booth at.<br />
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I really did have every intention to sell this bag...until it was finished and I realized how completely in love with it I am!<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><center><a href="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t141/cw262dh/PurseWeekButton-1.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t141/cw262dh/PurseWeekButton-1.jpg" /></a></center>Cassidy @ Thrillingly Thriftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16370830790164354739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624719996683125054.post-55151622903263789092010-10-03T21:29:00.000-07:002010-10-08T19:29:49.447-07:00T Shirt Cape Tutorial<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Y_T_R91GoAQLCaIgifpBYu8qd2LG60pdrykrBdwEGSUASgc_5vKJpb9aazNiuJFi2485NizyK71Oxulm61162n-b3wH1e4W3U2HtmQBNxakf6X0GShp8oInzY05NByfVUnr6mo-YQJM/s1600/cape1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Y_T_R91GoAQLCaIgifpBYu8qd2LG60pdrykrBdwEGSUASgc_5vKJpb9aazNiuJFi2485NizyK71Oxulm61162n-b3wH1e4W3U2HtmQBNxakf6X0GShp8oInzY05NByfVUnr6mo-YQJM/s320/cape1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Do you have a little Super Hero in <em>desperate</em> need of a good cape?! <br />
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(Because, you know, you can't fly without a cape!)<br />
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All you need is some old T shirts, a pair of scissors, and a few minutes...unless you want to have the best dressed super hero on the block. Then you'll also need a sewing machine and some t shirt scraps, but don't worry! Its still pretty easy and totally worth the little bit of extra effort!<br />
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Here we go....<br />
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First, cut the sleeves off the t shirt. Cut along the shoulder seam, around the front of the collar, and along the other shoulder seam. It should end up looking something like this:<br />
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If, at this point, you're little hero is screaming something like "I-NEED-MY-CAPE-RIGHT-NOW-THE-BAD-GUY-IS-GETTING-AWAY!!!!" then throw this thing over his head and let him fly off to save the day.<br />
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But, if the little tyke is preoccupied with...I don't know, finding a pair of underwear to put over top his pants...then grab a few extra minutes and make this cape a little snazzier!<br />
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I used scraps from tshirts I used for other projects, but I imagine you could use any kind of fabric for the decorations. If you want an insignia, the easiest way to get that diamond-ish shape is to cut a square, then cut a triangle off the corner. Like so:<br />
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Then cut out the initial of your choosing, and sew it onto the diamond shape. (T shirts can be tricky to sew, they stretch sometimes. You could use Wonder Under to get it to stay put, or just interfacing on the letter as well as the diamond - you would still need to pin if you use interfacing. I was getting lazy so I did neither, but just pinned it. It is SO not even and next time I will be better and not cut corners!)<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>If you used a shirt that had printing on it, like this white one, then here's what you do next: </em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpVDXfaVWoAZa9Iz3NaoMZ92s09Q0smue4buOvlv6EP5afEOqTeNYVkgMfF5IeupozXRxlniaaGlXfVP3CrLWYQee-4XqCs3QPEYjufKqcGrpa2GX8d8RT9eTOYamD0MBF3As8ondbrg/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpVDXfaVWoAZa9Iz3NaoMZ92s09Q0smue4buOvlv6EP5afEOqTeNYVkgMfF5IeupozXRxlniaaGlXfVP3CrLWYQee-4XqCs3QPEYjufKqcGrpa2GX8d8RT9eTOYamD0MBF3As8ondbrg/s320/008.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Use the cape as a pattern, cut out a tear-drop shape from a solid colored t-shirt. (I know what you're thinking, why didnt I just use the solid colored shirt for the cape to start with? Well, I'd already cut into that shirt for another project and cut right through the collar. Thats why. If you dont have a solid colored t shirt, you could use any kind of fabric I imagine.)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>I dont have a picture of this, but now is when you sew the diamond (or whatever decoration you chose) onto the right side of the solid colored teardrop.<br />
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Next, you're going to lay the RIGHT side of the solid colored shirt against the WRONG side of the shirt with printing on it. (This pic has the solid colored shirt folded back to show the difference between the right and wrong sides. Yeah, clear as mud...I know.) Maybe this will help...place the RIGHT side of the shirt with printing face down on the table, then place the solid colored shirt on top of it with the RIGHT side facedown.<br />
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Lastly, you iron it and topstitch around the outside and you're done!<br />
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<em>If you are just using a solid colored shirt, then this is your next step:</em><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">You can do a number of things to finish the cape if you're just using a solid colored shirt. It will only be one layer, so you can fold it under and hem the outside of the cape. You could serge it, too, or if you want you can just leave it. The edges will curl a bit when its washed and dried, but it shouldn't really unravel.</div><br />
OR, if you want you could edge it in a coordinating color like I did here:</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-fkCTpejBIu4Zc2WdSbC02dwfB6XrPeB9egOzzlH5NvjSApc_KrgRe4kUJ0WKlNnSe66BbKeRnokwBsbhyphenhyphen8gDOVRAq5X-bRuSC_840bw131YBI64mak7xiJSs3JelXYBQLOY59kgORo/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-fkCTpejBIu4Zc2WdSbC02dwfB6XrPeB9egOzzlH5NvjSApc_KrgRe4kUJ0WKlNnSe66BbKeRnokwBsbhyphenhyphen8gDOVRAq5X-bRuSC_840bw131YBI64mak7xiJSs3JelXYBQLOY59kgORo/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I cut off the bottom of the blue shirt, about 1/2 inch above the stitching of the hem. Then I pinned it around the edge, with the hem on the top and the cut edge folded underneath. Kind of like bias tape...but not.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>NOTE: Depending on how big your cape is, you may need more than one shirt to do this. I used a size XL for the pink shirt, so the cape is good sized and I had to use the hems from 2 shirts - I just happened to have 2 identical shirts. Some other options are to use white, then you dont need identical white shirts because white is white pretty much. Or you could cut 1" wide strips from the coordinating color shirt and fold it over similar to what I did above. I would recommend using a rotary cutter so you get a very straight cut.</em></div><em></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em></em>Sew around the decorative edge, and you're done!<br />
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</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZxdAGUp-DoypJW3O0_bPJPM9oCKT4phbrIm6x5-fiRSTbbHhtOEJ_KhAlC2NcZdyBgkKFaG8bZcx4WgUL5jz-rzproVM9JlMe9gCVmff1qiNn8aS79vVtXDtsqEDSa9HZ4cTVmCfrAQ/s1600/cape5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZxdAGUp-DoypJW3O0_bPJPM9oCKT4phbrIm6x5-fiRSTbbHhtOEJ_KhAlC2NcZdyBgkKFaG8bZcx4WgUL5jz-rzproVM9JlMe9gCVmff1qiNn8aS79vVtXDtsqEDSa9HZ4cTVmCfrAQ/s320/cape5.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I should add, if you used a big t shirt like I did you may find that the collar is ridiculously big for your child and makes the cape hang down too low in the back. I ended up cutting the collar and just knotting it for a better fit. Then I dealt with this for a good 20 minutes straight:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>"Mommy, I want it off. No, I want it on. Mommy, take it off. Put it back on! MOMMY!"</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The cape ended up disappearing when her back was turned, and it will stay gone until I get a chance to sew some velcro on!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wdFmddwocYxYqAiqF27Nn47RDMbE2EwZj6n1XfPgaJ1VQxThxqAALasrhg8fHW7U6c9-BIBub1JDukq1iGKoMMW1UfsQqBoGH30fk2dEsVIBVAdZJnA08dRIYGnt4-99oS4K51LzJUU/s1600/cape4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wdFmddwocYxYqAiqF27Nn47RDMbE2EwZj6n1XfPgaJ1VQxThxqAALasrhg8fHW7U6c9-BIBub1JDukq1iGKoMMW1UfsQqBoGH30fk2dEsVIBVAdZJnA08dRIYGnt4-99oS4K51LzJUU/s320/cape4.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(Before I cut the collar, see how it hangs down a bit?)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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