Okay, just one last post involving my spiral flower project.
Like most everyone, I have a long list of projected projects in the back of my mind. Among them was this delightful idea from Cal Patch in the Craftstylish newsletter--a cute, summery shrug recycled from a t-shirt. I wanted to make one for Joy-joy!
I used a white, child's size 7 dollar-store t-shirt I had on hand. The shrug instructions are great--it's a fun, fast project that Joy-joy can wear with everything.
Since I've had my spiral flower samples/experiments pinned to my design board, I began to wonder how they could be used as embellishment, and the pink vintage seam-binding flower seemed like it would make a perfect pin for the shrug!
I just trimmed the backing (which was stabilized knit) close to the edge of the flower and pinned it to the shrug from the inside with two safety pins--putting a pin back on the flower itself would work, but in this case I wanted it to sit very close to the garment and to still be removable. I think it's really cute!
It was fun adding the 'label' at the back neck of the shrug-it's a scrap of cute ribbon that coordinates nicely with the flower.
Very spring-y!
Like most everyone, I have a long list of projected projects in the back of my mind. Among them was this delightful idea from Cal Patch in the Craftstylish newsletter--a cute, summery shrug recycled from a t-shirt. I wanted to make one for Joy-joy!
I used a white, child's size 7 dollar-store t-shirt I had on hand. The shrug instructions are great--it's a fun, fast project that Joy-joy can wear with everything.
Since I've had my spiral flower samples/experiments pinned to my design board, I began to wonder how they could be used as embellishment, and the pink vintage seam-binding flower seemed like it would make a perfect pin for the shrug!
I just trimmed the backing (which was stabilized knit) close to the edge of the flower and pinned it to the shrug from the inside with two safety pins--putting a pin back on the flower itself would work, but in this case I wanted it to sit very close to the garment and to still be removable. I think it's really cute!
It was fun adding the 'label' at the back neck of the shrug-it's a scrap of cute ribbon that coordinates nicely with the flower.
Very spring-y!
SO cute!! The little flower pin is the perfect touch!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute idea! Thanks for sharing your dollar store project.
ReplyDelete~Girl on a Budget