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Upcycled Cashmere and Wool Hats
I’ve been busy making bunches of wool and cashmere hats! It gets quite cold here in the evenings and I’ve started to see birds heading south. Fall is fast approaching. I’ve been sewing as much as I can to get stocked up for the cooler weater and the coming holiday season. Here is a little of what I’ve been working on….
0-3 light grey cashmere baby hat with red lambswool star applique.
12-18 Month dark blue fair isle wool hats lined in grey cashmere and a red and white fair isle wool hat with red cashmere lining.
More Flannel receiving blankets…
My son has one of these friendly monster blankies and loves it!
This Flannel Blanket is made from M’liss Forest Glen fabric, so sweet but not too pink! :)
And some of my recent customs…
A lambswool and cashmere pumpkin hat. :)
An Adult sized cloche in Paton’s merino wool.
A plain dark brown newborn cashmere.
Tutorial: Sweater Shoulder Refashion
Last spring our Mom’s Club did a clothing swap. I got this great little cotton sweater with white moose on if for Little Bit for this winter. I thought it was perfect! Then I put it on him today and realized it was a girls sweater! The shoulders had gathering at the seems, which seems to be the universal sign for “this a is girl shirt.” Well I wasn’t about to let that get in the way of a nice sweater!
Besides the shoulder gathering, the sweater is completely gender neutral.
I’ve frogged sweaters before, so finding the connecting threads wasn’t difficult.
If you are looking to try this and your seams are serged, You may not want to try this method. Serging is a lot more complex to undo.
I snipped the connecting seam yarn on both sides and fiddled with it until I found the thread that when pulled would just unravel and open up the rest of the seam easily.
Once your seam is opened enough, Iron the sleeve so the former gathered area lays flat. Pin the shoulder seam back together making it flat. I had a couple of odd shapes sticking up on the sleeve side because of the original sleeve shape.
Sew along the edge of the seam. Be sure to backstitch where you start and end to make sure your sleeve doesn’t unravel more.
Snip of any odd pieces that stick out as a result of changing the seam line and zigzag or serge over it to prevent it from unraveling.
Before. 
And after.
I do need to steam iron the seam again, but I’m very happy with this quick fix refashioning of a girl’s sweater. Now my little guy can wear it without it looking like he’s wearing a big sister’s hand-me-down. :)
Posted in cotton, Little Bit, refashion, sweater, toddler, tutoria
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Jane Fabric
I’m a huge Jane Austen fan and I wanted some fabric that had her silhouette on it. I toyed with the idea of screen-printing, but I just don’t have the time, money, and space to do it properly. Having a 2 year old also is counterintuitive to screen-printing… oh paint!
I’ve been playing around with fabric design on Spoonflower.com for a couple of months. I love the idea of being able to order fabric of my own design! Provided I’m able to execute it the way I want… that is. 
Today I received 3 proof swatches for some fabric that I designed with Jane Austen’s silhouette! I’m so happy with them, I must share!
They are simple and uncomplicated, but that doesn’t mean it was easy to do! I’m not a graphic designer, I would much rather draw something out with pencil and paper, so this really was challenging for me. I decided to make 3 different background colors, a dusty blue, a light blue and white.
I’m planning to order some yardage to make some library pillows.
Since I have approved the proofs, the designs are now for sale on Spoonflower on a variety of different fabrics!
Visit my Spoonflower profile page if you are interested, and tell your Janeite friends! :)
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Artfire Group Deal October 1st!
Tony has just announced that the ArtFire Group Deal, a Pro Studio on ArtFire for $5.95, WILL be ACTIVATED on October 1st! The deal is no longer dependent on 20,000 artisans op-ing in!
Thank you Tony, John, and everyone at ArtFire for this incredible opportunity!
Want to hear more? Listen to Tony and John’s new Podcast!
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Pillow Re-Do
When I was pregnant, my husband bought me a body pillow. We both thought it would be fabulous, but it was huge in the bed, bulky, and uncomfortable. So for 2 years it has sat unused in our basement.
When we moved and were unpacking I thought about putting this pillow on our futon in the library.
It is not a fabulous shade of blue for decorating and has an unsightly white zipper on one end, so I decided it needed a makeover.
I stripped off the blue poly/cotton blend cover and salvaged the zipper.
I had this spiffy cotton fabric that I’d picked up at IKEA a couple of weeks ago. It was a remnant and I hadn’t bought it with anything in mind, I just liked the fabric. I thought it would be great as a new cover for the body pillow.
The pillow form was made from blue striped mattress ticking. Joy. This meant that I needed to put a lining behind my new fabric, since the blue stripes showed through. I always have white muslin on hand so that is what I used.
Basically I just made a huge version of my Nook Sleeve Tutorial to fit the pillow form. I reused the zipper, which with the white fabric is not nearly as obvious as it was with the blue.
I’m really happy with the result! It cost me about $7 in fabric and materials for this Pillow Re-do.
I think it makes a nice addition to our upstairs hang-out spot, the Library.
Artfire Group Deal
Artfire announced that it is coming out of Beta next week and to celebrate they are offering an AWESOME opt-in Group Deal for existing members of Artfire.
If you have a Pro Studio you have absolutely nothing to loose by opting in…actually, you have a lot to gain! If the 20,000 opt-in mark is reached, you get to have your studio at the lower rate of $5.95 per month for life! You also get the benefits of increased marketing and a say in how that money is spent…as outlined in Tony’s post.
If you currently have a basic studio on Artfire, you get a Pro Studio at the phenominal deal of $5.95 a month for life! You won’t find a deal like that ANYWHERE on the web. The SEO is worth that alone!
You can read about the Terms and Conditions or if you are ready to opt-in Sign up!
I’ve opt-ed in! Won’t you!
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Sew the Day 