Nothing spectacular for the last day of Thing-a-day. I made a vintage rose Morsbag for a forum tag and will have quite a few more Morsbags to sew within the next month.
Congrats to those of you who made a thing a day everyday this month! I am certainly envious! Thing-a-day was certainly flowing with creativity and inspiration 
Hope to keep up with everyone next time!
Happy Leap Day! I can’t believe I made it through this month, making something every day! For my last thing I made a tummy warmer. Apparently these are all the rage in Japan? I saw them yesterday on neatorama. Trying to figure out more about them, I googled around and I found this tutorial at Planet June. She did a great job at explaining everything, and mine came out great.
Since my waist is much smaller than my hips, I tried to taper mine a bit. It came out alright, but tapering both sides would have been better. I will have to implement that in version 2. I just used a T-shirt that I took out of my free T-shirt drawer (you know that drawer, stuffed with XXL size shirts that you could wear as nightgowns, right?). After I made it, I put a cute little design on it. I found the picture online, printed it, cut out the shapes and used it as a stencil. I filled it in with silver puff paint, “painting” it on in a thin layer with a q-tip.
I might re-use the shirt a bleached a few days ago and make it into one of these instead, I think it will look cooler that way. I have to say, I’m wearing this one right now, and I’m pretty toasty! I hope everyone else had as much fun as I did this month!
The wind has been blowing very strongly this winter - so I made a blanket for the opening. It is held in place with strategically placed magnets and filled with fiberfill. A little bit of quilting and we have wind protection for those days when we don’t want a fire.
Made a quick Thank You card. The petals were stitched with the sewing machine and colored pencils to add some detail.
Title: Coveralls
Description: Denim shirt pillow covers
Inspiration: This day in history, Levi Strauss was born (1829)
I got inspired by Jeremiah’s Indy pin cushion with the steel wool leg, and stole the idea of the steel wool portion of his project as filling for my smaller version of the red die pin cushion from earlier. I think it came out great for a first try. I’ve never hand sewn anything this small before and I thought it would be easy, but it was a real challenge. Because I was using the steel wool as the filling, and it being so small, I had to turn it inside out after I sewed the first wall of the sixth side so that whole other three sides are hand sewn on, and don’t look all that great. The stitches bulge all over and I’m not sure why this is. Maybe I need to use a different type of stitch? I’d appreciate any tips/advice on sewing small items from others who’ve done it because I’d like to try this project again.
Well, I didn’t do very well with this Thing-a-day thing lol. I’m such the slacker and missed so many days, but nonetheless, Thing-a-day did get some creative juices flowing in my head.
Yesterday I made a throw for my son following the guidelines from here but on a larger scale. The front of the throw is flannel and the back is so super soft and cozy. It was fairly quick to make and was completed in about 3 hours.
And a photo of my little monkey wrapped up in his monkey blanket.
my friends gave me a tshirt that has a bunch of pandas in various tai chi poses. the sleeves were a little too long and bunched up a little under my arms, so i altered the sleeves to be capsleeves. i matched the sleeves to another tshirt of mine that fit well. i thought that i could just sew under the arms to make the sleeves tighter, but i ended up having to cut off the sleeves and re-sew them onto the shirt because they were angled too high before. it’s probably not that noticeable a difference (besides the fact that they are shorter) but i’m happier with the fit, and the shirt/sleeves are more comfortable as a result (doesn’t pull across the shoulders or bunch up under my arms as much).
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This post is all about being an overachiever… or not leaving the house all day, I suppose that you can take your pick. To start off the day I made bagels. I’ve never made them before, and I think I should have let them rise a little more, but they still came out yummy. I made 6 - I left two plain, put garlic on two, and cinnamon and sugar on the last two. I’ve already eaten three of them, so I have a feeling these might become a regular feature in my baking routine.
After I ate some bagels, I got back to work on my pants. I finished them off and I’m actually wearing them right now. I love them so much! I hope that I can get the second pair done soon.
I’m also really happy with the way my buttonhole making skills are coming along. I was always scared of buttonholes, so I never used buttons in my sewing until recently. That said, I think I’m getting the hang of it:
And, last but not least, I also finished up the crocheted wrist warmers. Ahhh, now my hands are nice and toasty as I type!
Only a few days left!
Posting this a couple days late because I forgot to photograph it on Sat. night when I made it. I wove two Weavette squares from my hand-spun, home-grown, naturally coloured, brown cotton. Then I sewed the squares into a bag. I messed up the weaving a bit because I was in a hurry on Friday when I was weaving the squares (Thing 22). I learned that brown cotton, loosely woven, bears a visual resemblance to burlap, so next time I’ll probably choose a different technique for this cotton.
Crochet amigurumi
Wool wrist cuff (fastens with gigantic snap)
Filigree brass, glass and wood necklace.
Magnets, glass and paper.
Gift tag
Paper box
Pouch (made from two pockets off an old wool coat and other wool bits)
At last I have made my Indiana Jones pin cushion. I wanted something more interesting than a tomato. I can sharpen my needles in his left leg. The leg is filled with steel wool. I got the original idea from Craft magazine of a Voodoo doll pincushion. http://www.craftzine-digital.com/craft/vol02/?pg=125
But I wanted something that fit my style more and decided on the voodoo doll from Temple of Doom.
i reconstructed another oversized tshirt today:
i got the idea from 99 ways to cut, sew, trim, and tie your t-shirt into something special (#15, mimi) but had to modify the sleeves to make them fit better and also made the belt significantly shorter.
I’ve always been especially fond of this little vintage sweater…it was slightly snug when I bought it, and now, a few years later, it doesn’t fit at all. So I decided to deconstruct. First, I ripped up the side and arm seams, then inserted some contrasting dark orange knit fabric that adds a bit more breathing room. Despite the wonky seams, I’m happy with the way it turned out!
Yesterday and today I made these handy Left and Right arm warmers for my friend Meghan. One pair is elbow-length and the other just covers hands and wrists. They’re made out of navy and purple fleece. These were actually supposed to be Christmas presents, but I’m a bad friend.
I finally got around to making new pants from the ones that I took apart earlier this month. I wanted to really put a lot of efforts into these, so that they will hopefully last a little bit longer than the last pair. I might even have enough denim left over to make another pair.
Instead of using binding tape, I decided to use some pretty flowered cotton that I had left over from making a dress for my cousin’s daughter. For some reason, little embellishments in clothes like this make me smile, even though no one else can see them. So far, I have the pants basically assembled, with the front pockets in and the fly done. The waistband is assembled and just needs to be attached. That should happen in the next couple of days, and then I’ll have new, excellent pants!
We all have clothing that doesn’t fit anymore, that’s torn up or just out of style. Make a pillow out of them. It’s super easy! I need more stuffing - right now it’s only stuffed with the scraps (Oooh, that’s very green of me).
Playing catch up here, but still behind two days. Tonight I made three felt cupcakes for Tricia’s girls. I had a hard time getting a nice photo of these. I’ll have to try again in the daylight.
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