I was able to cross a few projects off of my long Pinterest to do list. Starting with sewing new buttons on a Goodwill sweater, turning a Goodwill sweater into a pillow, and a birthday bunting/banner for Dane. Whatever you prefer to call it. Though a bunting is lightweight cloth used for a flags or festive decorations, you be the judge. I had a difficult time picking out the corresponding fabric for the bunting. Dane really wants a baseball themed birthday party and he fell in love with the baseball fabric. And when you have a boy that likes something at the fabric store you better go with it because that is a rare occurrence. The problem with the baseball fabric is that most coordinating fabrics made it look very much Americana in style. gag. I think we found a happy medium and are pleased with the results. Now I just need to find a few more cable knit sweaters with large buttons!
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| getting started |
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| sneak peak of the birthday bunting |
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| Before as a sweater |
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| After as a pillow |
4 comments:
You have such a talent for these things! After seeing all of your DIY project successes, I've decided that that is something I would like to work on in 2012 - becoming more crafty. So stay tuned - I may be emailing/texting you for some helpful hints :)
Love that pillow!! Might need to borrow that idea. :)
good job on the pillow! that's on my list, too, but i feel like i get a good bit of pinterest stuff done. :)
That pillow is so great! Looks cozy for winter. And I love the bunting too!
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