Repurposing

One of my crafty goals for 2010 is to increase the amount of repurposing I do.  I have bags of old tees and sweaters and a ton of baby clothes that have minor impairments but could easily be transformed into something new.

I started off with something extremely simple.  One of those "why hadn't I thought of that" type projects- turning placemats into pillows.  All you need is a dual sided fabric placemat- I had two I had received as shower gifts that never made their way to the dining table.  Open the seam a few inches, fill will fluff and resew the opening shut.  You should end up with something like this:

The two I used look great on our couch:

I also tried a little clothing repurposing.  Eva had an adorable tunic that had gotten too small but it had a sweet little heart print that would be perfect for Valentine's Day so I turned it into a skirt.  We went from this:

to:

I simply cut off the top, folded the raw edge over and  then sewed leaving an inch opening to put the elastic in.  Pulled the elastic through, sewed it shut and flipped it right side out.  Easy peezy!  It's hard to see but there are little pockets on the sides too.  And Eva is turning out to be quite the model (yes, she's standing in a cardboard box- who knows why we bother to buy her toys!).