I'm not sure what it is that compels me to make my kid's costume instead of buying them. It just goes against my DIY nature. Also, I'm fairly sure I never had a store bought costume in my lifetime.
So here's the princess dress made entirely out of T-shirts.
Stack of shirts
Yellow shirt, minus sleeves = skirt
very tedious cutting = puffy princess sleeves
shirt and skirt set for maximum playability
Sassy Princess (notice the cape)
T-shirt dress = happy princess
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My personal key ring has just undergone some major work-related changes
From this...
To this.
My key ring used to be simple (really simple) but now it looks like that big old set of janitor keys hanging around some dude's belt. Despite the fact that they are heavy and jingle and slow me down when I'm on the go, I actually do need a surprising amount of these keys on a constant basis now and am forced to find a way to hold them along with all the other junk I tote around at work.
Enter the handcrafted key fob.
The tutorials online abound for this sort of project but as I only have this hardware on hand the project looks something like this:
Find heavy scrap of fabric, sew tube inside out and turn to right side, top stitch into a hand-sized loop. Attach to key ring and top stitch to reinforce. Easily find your less hideous keyring in style.
The close observer may also notice that this is the same scrap of fabric which I used to make my pinch close coin purse that holds my daily travel fare. So now it's a matching set. Find the
tutorial of the coin purse remake here.
Next office preparedness craft is a true essential for your desk or purse, not to be missed.
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