The T-Shirt Quilt that took over the living room

I decided that it was time to pull out the old sewing machine again

It has been about a week now, ha!

I pulled all of my t-shirts from K-12 out of the attic when I was home

and they totaled about 60 shirts, most front and back. . 

I started cutting out the shirt squares and was exhausted after 4 hours

I swore off cutting t-shirts for the few moments before I tried to put the puzzle pieces together. 

2 MORE hours later I had semi-successfully pieced together 75 pieces of t-shirt memories

I spent an hour sewing and then threw in the towel for the night. 

For the sake of the living room, sewing resumes at 8 am tomorrow morning!!

front print only 

front and back 

the fruits of my labor

thank you aunt Melly for having a mat and rotary cutter

still had about 20 shirts front and back left

this was tougher than calculus

I ran out of room and had to move the couch out of the way

More photos coming soon, O and if anyone would like to donate about 6 yards of Minkee for the back I will be able to sleep in a warm bed and afford food when I go back to school. So cute, but 13 dollars a yard is outrageous!!

LACE, up to my FACE

So remember the truckload of lace I talked about?

Here is a little sneak preview :]

I have so many project ideas shuffling through my brain right now

Good thing Aunt Mel didn't know about SAS Fabrics when she was here

She would have died when she saw that warehouse wall to wall with lace, fabric, elastics, and beautiful things

It was like manna from heaven!!

This is what I was able to snag in the 30 shopping minutes I had before they closed 

can't wait to make skirts and shirt dresses

Lauren is going to do back flips for this

I want to put this over a navy pencil skirt

Just peachy :]

Jena will love this

Hello navy ruffle skirts

can't resist the red

Favorite find of the day

Got any ideas?? Let me know!

Lace Ruffle skirts

I went a little too crazy at the thrift stores yesterday

I bought about 8 dresses, 4 skirts, and a truckload of lace

I finished two items yesterday!!

One of the items I bought was a black ankle skirt

I cut it off to the knee and added some lace. .

I also found was a cute black and yellow skirt 

and added 3 layers of black lace underneath to make it modest 

Here are some photos!!

Before I got started

Black ruffles added to yellow skirt

White ruffle skirt

and again 

Sewing/Crafting Projects

I am taking SFL 403R next semester, and that means I have to do 126 hours of sewing and crafting. Best class ever, right?

So far I have logged 19 fulfilling hours and here is what I got out of it :)

I took 4 inches out of a skirt I Bought at Ross

I made a birdcage veil for Lexi (Marble) Dollar

I made my Easter dress

I made a Rosette headband to wear to Lexi's wedding

I sold 5 headbands last week

I made a rosette shirt that ended up looking like a rug

I redeemed myself from the rug by making the cute pink neck ruffle shirt