Oops I did it again.....

I am back with some more refashions! I have been scrapping too, I just need to add a some finishing touches and take the photos for you so watch this space.My oops is that I have once again forgotten to take the before photos of my sewing escapades, but I have plenty of afters for you. My gorgeous niece was the recipient of these outfits once again. My own girls are asking me when I am going to sew for them again.

 

This dress and skirt started it's life as a ladies shirt, great fabric for kids I thought but way to busy on a ladies shirt for my liking. Now it looks like this.......

and this......

This next one was actually made from scratch using fabric from my stash that I am trying to work my way through. I am sure that many of you have a bottomless pile of fabrics that have been collected over many years. It is the same basic style as a pillowcase dress.

and this one was an actual pillow case with the addition of a fabric flower....

and last but not least, this little number made out of scraps, I love the combination of red and pink. I have used the same technique as with the above skirt but with a few extra rows of vertical stitching. I saw this on a girls dress with a $40 price tag and, as any dedicated crafter would, I said to myself "I could make that!"

All up I spent under $8 for everything you see here.

Thank you to my little model. I have to say though that I had forgotten how difficult it can be to photograph a two year old! I took over 100 photos to get these few lol.

Thanks for dropping by, hope to see you here again soon.

My poor sewing machine has been very neglected this year but I have been sewing up a storm recently. A few friends and I have started up a regular sewing morning (only had two so far) with the hope that we will inspire each other to get creative and so far it has worked. I have had a pile of op shop and hand me down clothes waiting to be made into something new so that is where I started. BUT I forgot to take the before photos DOH! So here are the afters.

First up was a quick alteration to a size 10ish kids singlet top into a toddlers dress.

Next is cute little skirt made from a pillow case. I love that it had a different fabric on each side so that I could make it reversible and the cute yellow trim was already there too.

This purple dress was made from an off cut of fabric that I picked up from Resource Rescue for next to nothing.

 

A nightie using a printed panel that I also got from Resource Rescue.

This little red number was made from a ladies shirt.

And a pink knit tunic top/dress from a ladies top, I think I'll whip up a pair of stripey legging to go with this.

As well as satisfying my urge to create I have  recycled 6 items and I have my niece's Christmas present all sorted. All for less that $8, gotta love that.

Something other that the usual scrapping today...

Over the last couple of weeks I have made several visits to my new favourite place..... Resource Rescue Inc.  Apart from the fact that they have so much to offer for us crafty types, the reason I love this place is that it is a not for profit organization that takes industrial waste products that would otherwise be destined for landfill and makes it all available for anyone to purchase.

I think I have shown A LOT of self control so far and haven't bought too much, but here a a couple of things I have picked up.

Thick cardboard, I also pick some up in black

 timber in all sorts of shapes and sizes

Fabric, these came in a bag full of samples but they also have rolls of fabric.

So far the kids have been making model houses and furniture to fill them.

I have been making fabric flower brooches (sorry, they haven't photographed very well, they look much better IRL)

Here we have hessian bags, leather pieces, linen fabric, jars, buttons, double sided tape and cardboard tubes, small ones in this case but they also have huge ones.

I found everything to make this practical and pretty jewellery board including the frame which a painted and distressed, the foam, the backing board and the fabric. The pins came from my scrapping stash. All up this would have cost me no more that $4 max.

Eeek, after looking back on this post it doesn't look like i have shown restraint at all lol but believe me, I have! You can check out their website for a virtual tour and you will see just what I mean. It is sad that I love this place so much???? I can't wait to take the kids with me next time, they will be beside themselves with excitement. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree eh?

Thanks to Recycled Fashion

A great big thank you to Erica over at Recycled Fashion for this wonderful prize,  Op-shop Guide, Victoria. I am a long time op-shopper and I'm always up for a good old rummage so this book will  be living in my car and it will certainly be well used. Erica asked for our op-shopping tips and there were some good ones!
I haven't put any of my refashioned sewing projects on my blog yet (haven't sewn much recently) but I will.