Momma Art

My lovely friend Tara was having a "Rugged Outdoors" Fall themed get together at her house last weekend. Naturally, I needed to find something rugged, and well....outdoorsy to wear. I scooped up my daughter and we headed to the thrift store! We found some plaid and flannel, and some plaid flannel. I thought to myself, "These will do the trick!"  Initially, I thought about wearing a plaid button down with leggings and boots, but it just didn't look right. Luckily, I bought a few shirts to choose from. In the pile of shirts there was a perfectly fitting one for the hubs, which was a bonus, and I decided to pair my outdoorsy outfit with made-from-flannel-shirts scarf!  This is how I did it: Gotta start with some shirts... I cut off the collar and sleeves. I cut the collar and sleeves on this one too. This left me with the front and back of both shirts. I realized it would be wayyyyy too long with 4 parts,  so I decided to take awa...

Can you believe I have been blogging for two years?  Me either! It's gone by so quickly! I thought I would recap a few things I've created this past year with some photos. Please let me know your thoughts, likes and dislikes. I want to make this blog amazing! Thank you! Thank you! This is my 100th post as well!! Pretty cool!!!  I hope you have enjoyed reading my blogs as much as I enjoy making, creating, and sewing!! Thank you so much to my family, friends, and followers  for all your support and encouragement! See you next time!

I've been working on this one on and off for weeks now. I finally finished it, and I wanted to show you what I accomplished. This was a $2.00 score! It really doesn't get much better than that! This fabric was so soft! It was in great condition! Buttons up the back, weird side ties. Droopy arm holes. It was HIDEOUS! Right up my alley! I then realized I was wearing it backwards! The buttons were supposed to be down the front.  Oh well, I like it better this way anyhow. Did I mention this has pockets???? I took up the shoulders about 2 inches.  I Stitched those shoulders, then snipped off the extra fabric. That made the arm pit droopiness considerably better! It needed some length taken off the bottom too, so that got a snip, (about 7 inches of snip!)  Those goofy side ties came off too. Snip! Pick! With the seven inch bottom scrap, I fashioned a kind-of-sort-of-sleeve from a dress pattern. It didn't quite fit the pattern, bu...