Pieceful Monday
Happy Pieceful Monday, friends! It’s been a quiet, but nice weekend here, with some sewing, very hot weather, and rowdy storms. We were safely tucked indoors while the lightning and thunder rumbled on Saturday evening.
Molly was home for a visit, so we got a bit creative with one of BigJ’s old dress shirts. For fun, we put our heads together and made her a skirt. It turned out pretty cute. She added the cute buttons.
It was so simple to do. I cut the shirt, made a casing at the waist, added elastic and it was done except to sew on the buttons. We’re already planning a few more with some plaid shirts.
I received this fun pincushion in the mail this weekend. I’m in.a pincushion swap, and some of the members are so creative. The butterfly on the front of the pincushion is 3D; I placed my finger under it so you can see. Turn the pincushion over, and there is a pocket for snips. How creative and lovely! The pincushion is about 5″ square, a nice generous size.
You’ve seen some of my pincushions I’ve made recently, and mine are pretty basic compared to many of them. My most creative pincushion of late has been the cat pincushion you might remember from this post. I’m challenged to get more creative now!
Today begins the Christmas In July Then and Now Blog Hop, hosted by the lovely Carol of Just Let Me Quilt. I’ll be posting on the 31st. Want a little peek of one of my projects?
I know, not much of a peek, but I do love that backing and binding fabric! I’m looking forward to reading each post and finding inspiration for some fun projects! I do hope you’ll follow the Hop – you might find some fun projects to get started on for Christmas!
Here’s the list of participants for each day. Be sure to visit the blogs and leave a comment. Of course, there are some giveaways, so you’ll want to watch for that too!
July 27
- Creatin’ in the Sticks
- Just Because Quilts
- Words & Stitches
- Quilt In A Not-Shell
- Ms P Designs USA
- Scrapdash
- Selina Quilts
- Days Filled With Joy
July 28
- Life in the Scrapatch
- Cynthia’s Creating Ark
- Karrin’s Crazy World
- Vroomans Quilts
- Quilted Delights
- Songbird Designs
- Websterquilt
- Karen’s Korner
July 29
- MooseStashQuilting
- Beaquilter
- Day Brook Designs
- Seams To Be Sew
- Little Penguin Quilts
- Bumbleberry Stitches
- Samelia’s Mum
- Canyon Rim Quilting
July 30
- Quiltscapes
- Mary Mack Made Mine
- DesertSky Quilting
- For The Love Of Geese
- Quilt Schmilt
- Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
- Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel
- Quilting Gail
July 31
- Just Let Me Quilt
- Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
- Den Syende Himmel
- Quilt Fabrication
- Sew Many Yarns
- Just Sew Quilter
- Shirley C.
- Kathy’s Kwilts and More
I hope you are having a Pieceful Monday wherever you are today, filled with plenty of time for sewing!
Wendy
I Like Thursday #41
17 Comments
marissthequilter
The shirt-skirt is ingenious! And what a fancy pincushion. Enjoy the hop
Geri Howie
Love the skirt idea, very clever!
Katherine Duquette
Hi Wendy, I have been reading and enjoying your posts for weeks. I think you are starting a new trend with the really cute skirt from a shirt. Keep up the inspirations.
Vicki in MN
I think the skirt is a great idea for re-purposing those shirts that might have worn collars or cuffs-too bad we through out a bunch of DH’s old ones when he retired! But then again I don’t wear skirts:0 Cute cute cute pincushions.
rl2b2017
Hi Wendy! How cute and clever to make that skirt from a shirt. Molly looks cute in it and I really like the wavy hemline idea. Adorable pincushion. I would never be that clever but I can definitely see you doing so! ~smile~ Roseanne
catpatches
Very cute skirt. There’s a woman on Instagram who does those kinds of things…truly amazing. Her name is Sarah Yau, if you don’t follow. Love the pincushions
Nancy Bekedam
Super cute skirt, Wendy!!! Clever idea, too! Love that pincushion with a (almost!) real butterfly!! I’m looking forward to your Christmas quilt!
Diann@ Little Penguin Quilts
How fun to have Molly home again and be crafty together! I like the shirt/skirt project! Looking forward to seeing what you did for the blog hop – that fabric is really pretty. Happy Monday, Wendy!
karenfae
I like that scissor pouch pin cushion! Enjoy the mother daughter time – I love it
Kathleen McCormick
I love all the pincushions. I have not joined as creativity is lacking in that area. The skirt for Molly is adorable, so much fun that you two get to do these things. Looking forward to your stop on the hop,nice tease!
Needle and Foot
Yay – you got to have a weekend with your daughter. Nothing better!! Love the shirt to skirt project.
I am going to follow the hop and admire the ideas – who knows, maybe I will even get some time to sew!?!
Carol
Oh wow!! I LOVE this idea. I think my granddaughter in law would LOVE one. Thanks for sharing your creation.
xx, Carol
piecefulwendy
You are welcome! Pretty easy to make.
quiltinggail
The skirt is very creative! Love it!
Looking forward to seeing your project in the Christmas now & then blog hop!
Quilting is in my Blood
How fun to repurpose your husband’s old shirt into a cute skirt with your daughter. I also really like the runner from your feature photo at the top of this post and such a pretty bowl (is it glass?) with thread in it. And finally your Christmas blog hop sneak peek has me looking forward to your post later this week. Take care, Mary.
Louise Hornor
How fun to make skirts out of Dad’s shirts! A nice way to keep the father/daughter connection 🙂
Carol Andrews
Making skirts from shirts with your daughter must have been a blast! I can imagine the giggles and laughter! That pincushion is sew sweet and I can’t wait to see the other side of that wonderful backing! 😉