a crazy week with little time to post
there has been lots of activity on the home front with the result that this space has been neglected.
little miss 10 went of on school camp with a bag that was as big as her and weighed at least double her body weight.
she will be gone for three days and two nights, a record for all of us.
on the creative front i have been hacking into opped jumpers
and re purposing them into vests for wee ones.
the process was remarkably easy.
i traced a pattern of one of my kids vests, adjusted it according to sizes from old knitting patterns
traced the pattern onto the unpicked sleeve or front or back of the jumper
zig zagged around the trace line to prevent unravelling
cut around the zig zag line
did a simple wool embroidery on the front
hand stitched the front and back together
hand stitched a rolled over seam in place and then finished off with blanket stitching using wool unravelled from the neck of the original jumper.
each thrifted jumper has yielded two if not three vests in size 3-6 months
not bad for a $4 investment - and all in pure wool too
catch up on other spacers news at kirsty's
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I love that idea! I have a couple of things that are too small which would make fabulous kiddies vest, rather than throwing them out.
Thanks so much!
Posted by: CurlyPops | May 12, 2010 at 04:53 PM
LOVE that little vest on the left! If only it were my size it would look so good over a denim skirt, tights and boots.
Posted by: Kate | May 12, 2010 at 07:40 PM
Super cute :) A bit advanced for me, but I've upcycled some tees for Aurora and have a pile more to craft on and maybe sell.
Posted by: tracylea | May 13, 2010 at 03:11 AM
Excellent,they are so adorable. They will be snapped up at the market on the weekend so maybe you should get busy and make a few more-in your spare time of course.
Posted by: jude | May 13, 2010 at 06:32 AM
Cute little vests! Very thrifty!
Hope your daughter enjoyed her camp!
Jill
Posted by: Jill | May 13, 2010 at 09:56 AM
Those are too cute!!! Enjoy the break from the 10yr old...
Posted by: Amanda | May 13, 2010 at 09:56 AM
Oh wow! I LOVE them! They look so fabulous and I'm definitely going to have to do this too... adding to my list (stay tuned for maybe next year the way I'm going!) Good luck to your 10 y.o... whenever mine go on camp the house feels terribly empty, so I hope it goes very quickly for you. Kx
Posted by: Kylie | May 13, 2010 at 11:06 AM
SOOO gorgeous !!! Loving that tree vest! SO Much!!! clever chook you are xo
Posted by: Jess | May 13, 2010 at 12:33 PM
That tree vest is very, very cute. You are very clever.
Posted by: Carmel | May 13, 2010 at 12:50 PM
They look fabulous. Brilliant ROI I say.
Posted by: Kirsty | May 13, 2010 at 01:37 PM
Those vests are the cutest wee vests ever.
Posted by: Jo | May 13, 2010 at 02:16 PM
Gorgeous little vests - what a clever idea to repurpose op shop jumpers.
Posted by: Kelly | May 14, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Gosh, I will die when my son goes to his first camp! I think I'll have to go as parent helper! Wendy xx
Posted by: Wendy Sice | May 14, 2010 at 08:19 PM