Kiersten’s Blog

Lately (since I have quit Facebook) I have spent more time on an old hobby: sewing.  In all of my extra time, I should really be fixing all the little spots that need touch-up paint in our house, but who wants to do that?  Not me.  So I sew instead.  I have really enjoyed re-fashioning items.  You may remember the dresses that I made out of old shirts of Taylor’s.  Here’s another example of one.

Denver was getting rid of a bunch of shirts so I took the ones I thought would make cute dresses.

The sleeves didn’t work out so well on this red one, so I re-fashioned the dress into a skirt.

It looks pretty cute and it was really easy.  My latest project, though, is a fabric high chair thingy.  I found a tutorial here and thought it was a great idea.  Since we’re going on a 2 week vacation this summer and are not sure where along the way we will have access to high chairs, I thought I would whip one of these bad boys up and use it along our way.  Ashton loves it.  I used the measurements from the tutorial, but that’s about it.  I instead bought an adorable Pottery Barn Kids baby quilt at Amvets (I love that thrift store!) for 5 bucks and did a bit of re-fashioning.

before

I’m happy with the result, even if it did break a needle and make my machine do funny things.  I gotta get that fixed before the next project on the queue.  Hmm, maybe that will give me some time to paint.  Anyway, I cut up the cute little blanket, added some quilt binding around the edges, and sewed it together.

Ashton loves it!  I’m so glad.  I thought he might try to wriggle out of it, but he actually wants to use it!  Hopefully the novelty won’t wear off before the trip.  Now the question is what to do with the leftover quilt scraps.  Any suggestions?  Maybe a wall hanging for Ashton’s room?