UpCycling

We have an excess of t-shirts in this house along with shirts that are well worn or have holes.

Hoss's old quilt (formerly, my quilt that ma made and that I used as filler when I made a quilt for Hoss 6 years ago). His old quilt was torn. He had been wanting me to recover it for a few months now, but I just haven't had the motivation to do so.

Yesterday, I went after the t-shirts with scissors (the scraps ended up being filling for a dog bed).

This afternoon, I sewed everything together. It took me a couple hours from start to finish...I LIKE IT!

The top of the quilt is made of the shirts and the back is regular ol' fabric.

*I should have taken before and after pictures, but I was in the zone...had I stopped to take pictures, I don't think it would have gotten finished tonight.

Dino/Monster Costume

Felt = Details.



Spots and teeth - not cut to be perfect.



I chose 2 shirts of the same size and color (4T). For Sprouts costume I needed a hoodie - I looked and looked and could not find a blank hoodie - so I had to make one!



Here is where I made my mistake (yes, I will admit to a mistake). See the shirt on the right all cut up? Rather than cutting the neck straight across I angled it (WHY?) *I used the finished seam on the bottom to be the face opening of the hoodie.

Had I not angled the cut it would fit perfect, but now if the hoodie is on the head like it should be (pulled forward), the back neck is pulled up. I will just put the hoodie on with a loose fit.



Sewing the hood together, with the 3 triangular back pieces (what are those called?)



Attaching the hood to the shirt.







Since it is not Halloween I will allow only blurry images of the semi finished costume (the tail will be pinned on).











Using fabric glue (Aleene's Fabric Fusion), I put the spots, teeth, nostrils and eyes on.