LITTLE COUCH REFURBISH

 

What a crazy week we had last week!!  On Wednesday I took the kids to the park and we had an amazing afternoon, the same night my baby had a little fever, so I took him to the pediatrician in the morning after leaving my other 2 kids at school. At the doc office we were transfer to the ER with respiratory distress... What??!!!!  Of course one day before my husband went to Germany on a business trip.  We stayed there until the night and they released us with a huge treatment. Two days later my middle girl and I got the virus, but we really took it easy and it was not as strong... After  arriving to Germany and bought me a couple of magazines he had to return here to help... and cook   :)  Everything went well and our baby is healthy again!!!

On Sunday I decided to take all my stress away, so I decided to take down a little couch of the kids which they adore and refurbished it. The blue coach has being with us for 6 years aprox. And I can say that it is used pretty much everyday (the red one too but that one I haven't refurbished it yet).

I had in my stash an old green and again bold print  IKEA FABRIC which I bought in Spain in 2008 (as you can see in the picture), I wanted it for a chair, but never did nothing... you know, but I still love this textile so much.

I tried to copy and take measurements over the cover (which was a bad idea as it was better to take measurements of the couch) and started there... piece by piece.

Then I took the zippers off (3) of the actual slip and put them in the new one.

I tried to put it together...   and didn't work the first and the second time... but the third one we had a new little green couch!!!

I did it!!!!!  yeahhhhhh!!!!! Bye bye old cover!!!

It is not perfect but it has the same purpose as the blue old and decadent one: coach, bed, castle, fortress, boat, etc, etc, etc

Now I have to make the other one but I'm not in a rush as it took some stress away but it also add some of it to me.... maybe I just needed to do something easier.

 

 

 

 

 

Tshirt remake for kids

Hello!!!

So, my daughter was in a beach clean-up in September, which was a lot of fun, and a bunch of sponsors promised the kids some tshirts. Finally they arrived to school only in sizes "M" and "L" for adults... Which do not fit the kids at all!!! Then the school allowed them to bring the shirt on for this Friday and they will have a yearbook picture taken for the ones that participated.

I needed to do something with the size.

I draw the size I needed in the T-shirt (you will see how big it was).

 I decided to make a kids pattern with the sleeves coming from the neck.

I needed to use the same collar.

I cut it accordingly and shape the tshirt

I sew the sleeves and the sides, and overlocked it.

I made the hem.

Voila!!! It's done!!!

 

The right size!!!

See you soon!!

Easy skort

Hi everyone's! I hope all of you are having a very nice weekend!! So I'm getting rid of some old clothes that don't  fit me anymore, and I had this very old but pretty HM dress hanging there, which I decided to make a fun skort for my 6 yo girl.

First I make 4 pieces. 2 rectangles for the upper part one 2 more much larger than the other ones for the bottom part.

I saw them together and then the sides.

I put the elastic for the waist.

I draw a very easy pattern that goes double each for the shorts, I need 2 pieces for my skinny girl.

I added a little more fabric for the hem.

Then I finished the waist band including the shorts with the inside of the skirt.

And we are done!!!!  A nice new skort for my girl.

Have a great week!!!