Diaper Swappers

RockinLou · 03-01-2013, 02:17 PM

March Use Your Stash Game - See & Share Thread

Post Your Photos of your March UYSG projects here! Let's inspire each other by sharing our projects. Remember +1 point for posting a photo of your finished object!

Kaylacherie88 · 03-01-2013, 02:43 PM

Today I up cycled this cushion cover into a nice duffle bag! Took a while to get the measurements right but I love it!

Rdesonia · 03-02-2013, 12:02 AM

I got busy on Upcycling! DD needs clothes to wear in cold weather if we move.(Its like mid-60's here today but I know Iowa gets COLD.)

Wool dress and longies

This one... It is a very light thinner wool. I paid 50 cents for the sweater!

Wool Longies with Moose (Before *sleeves are detached/after)

Purple 50%Alpaca/50%wool longies (Before/after)

(I rolled up the leg cuffs for the pic but they are not sewn up. This sweater reminds me of my grandpa. He had an Arnold Palmer sweater he use to wear all the time golfing! His was gray. I kinda got teary for a second cutting it up. I bought it at a thrift store so no attachments to it. )

Flower wool longies (The extra sweater parts are in photo. I used the yellow sleeves months ago to make longies.)

Kaylacherie88 · 03-02-2013, 11:16 AM

I love the last pair!! Sooo cute! How do you do them? I'd love to give it a shot sometime

nana2peach · 03-02-2013, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaylacherie88

I love the last pair!! Sooo cute! How do you do them? I'd love to give it a shot sometime

Yeah, what she said...

RockinLou · 03-02-2013, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nana2peach

Yeah, what she said...

She explained how over in the chatter thread

I want that moose sweater to make a soaker with!!

Rdesonia · 03-02-2013, 06:59 PM

Some ugly and not so fun upcycling/mending projects...
I don't know if I'm the only one that has a huge bucket of cleaning rags under the sink but most had to go. They were long past their life span.

This was one of the really bad ones that got thrown away! It was threadbare & fraying!

A bunch of cleaning rags that I serged black around the edges. Many were old wash cloths with fraying that got thrown in the rag bucket and continued to fray... so now they are all black edged and won't accidentally end up in the linen closet.

They've been bleached a zillion times but they are rags. I'm fine with them having a few stains. I bleach them... really I do! I'm counting these as mending time. I actually did more than pictured.

Before...
Mismatched socks/ holey socks. I had a whole big bag of them. Anything I didn't use got tossed.

A few towels the needed to stop being towels a long time ago. (I promise we have nice new towels but these keep ending up back in the linen closet. )

AFTER:

35 re-purposed rags made from towels and socks. I made the mitten in the middle as a bath mitten for DH to wash DD as his big hands don't fit in the ones from the store. It was made with the loppy terry part of his socks on the outside and a sock band to hold it on his wrist.

RockinLou · 03-02-2013, 10:42 PM

A shirt is now a pair of pants for DS and a skirt for me...

and a quilt block - I am doing a block-of-the month- this is the 6th block

Rdesonia · 03-03-2013, 12:01 AM

Before:
A man's 100% Merino wool sweater

In Progress:

After:
A skirt, vest and longies!

(I messed up the V part on the vest.... The print is upside down! woops! Oh well!)

Kaylacherie88 · 03-03-2013, 08:48 AM

My old knee socks are now baby leggings. Stripes are hard the match up :-(

03-01-2013, 02:17 PM	#1
RockinLou Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sandy Springs, GA Posts: 5,083 Ratings: 69 Feedback: 100%	March UYS Game - See & Share Thread March Use Your Stash Game - See & Share Thread Post Your Photos of your March UYSG projects here! Let's inspire each other by sharing our projects. Remember +1 point for posting a photo of your finished object! __________________ Wife, Mother, WAHM, and cding nut! DD 1-27-09 DS 6-8-11 My IHA: http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/...psca99bf95.jpg

03-01-2013, 02:43 PM	#2
Kaylacherie88 Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 482 Ratings: 16 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Today I up cycled this cushion cover into a nice duffle bag! Took a while to get the measurements right but I love it! Last edited by Kaylacherie88; 03-02-2013 at 11:45 AM.

03-02-2013, 12:02 AM	#3
Rdesonia Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,726 Ratings: 8 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: March UYS Game - See & Share Thread I got busy on Upcycling! DD needs clothes to wear in cold weather if we move.(Its like mid-60's here today but I know Iowa gets COLD.) Wool dress and longies This one... It is a very light thinner wool. I paid 50 cents for the sweater! Wool Longies with Moose (Before *sleeves are detached/after) Purple 50%Alpaca/50%wool longies (Before/after) (I rolled up the leg cuffs for the pic but they are not sewn up. This sweater reminds me of my grandpa. He had an Arnold Palmer sweater he use to wear all the time golfing! His was gray. I kinda got teary for a second cutting it up. I bought it at a thrift store so no attachments to it. ) Flower wool longies (The extra sweater parts are in photo. I used the yellow sleeves months ago to make longies.) __________________ Sahm married to a wonderful man who does the dishes with DS 11/18/02 and DD 7/11/11 My Come Swag with me! http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/rdesonia

03-02-2013, 11:16 AM	#4
Kaylacherie88 Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 482 Ratings: 16 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	I love the last pair!! Sooo cute! How do you do them? I'd love to give it a shot sometime Last edited by Kaylacherie88; 03-02-2013 at 11:17 AM.

03-02-2013, 06:59 PM	#7
Rdesonia Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,726 Ratings: 8 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: March UYS Game - See & Share Thread Some ugly and not so fun upcycling/mending projects... I don't know if I'm the only one that has a huge bucket of cleaning rags under the sink but most had to go. They were long past their life span. This was one of the really bad ones that got thrown away! It was threadbare & fraying! A bunch of cleaning rags that I serged black around the edges. Many were old wash cloths with fraying that got thrown in the rag bucket and continued to fray... so now they are all black edged and won't accidentally end up in the linen closet. They've been bleached a zillion times but they are rags. I'm fine with them having a few stains. I bleach them... really I do! I'm counting these as mending time. I actually did more than pictured. Before... Mismatched socks/ holey socks. I had a whole big bag of them. Anything I didn't use got tossed. A few towels the needed to stop being towels a long time ago. (I promise we have nice new towels but these keep ending up back in the linen closet. ) AFTER: 35 re-purposed rags made from towels and socks. I made the mitten in the middle as a bath mitten for DH to wash DD as his big hands don't fit in the ones from the store. It was made with the loppy terry part of his socks on the outside and a sock band to hold it on his wrist. __________________ Sahm married to a wonderful man who does the dishes with DS 11/18/02 and DD 7/11/11 My Come Swag with me! http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/rdesonia