Recycle, Reuse Refashion: Infinity Scarf for Mama

While I was making some new scarves for Penelope, I did a scarf refashion for myself.


I have had this big, chunky scarf for almost 10 years and I love it. It keeps me so warm!  But it was huge and it had some stains on the ends of it.  


So I cut off the ends, and I used a scarf that I already have as an example, to know how short to cut it.  If you were to cut out a piece from a yard of fabric, you would do a 12 to 15 x 24 rectangle piece and sew the short ends together

When I had my basic rectangle shape, I sewed the end pieces together and ta da!  Chunky, knit, Infinity scarf for Mama! 


Please forgive this horrible picture. My husband has been out of town for weeks and this is what I am reduced to, in order to get blog photos. If you wonder why I haven't done a Mama yoga post in a while, this is why!  I am giving Penelope a digital camera for Christmas, so maybe she will be able to take pictures of me soon!

Or on Facebook!

Monogram Applique

Ya'll know I am on an applique kick.  Well, here is another applique shirt I did.  This one was a gift for a sweet little boy named Owen, for his first birthday.  If you are local, his mom, Vanessa, has a great local blog.

I wanted to make Owen something, but I don't really know how to sew boy clothes.  An applique shirt is the perfect compromise.  It can be for boys too, and it is a fast and simple thing to make.

I got the shirt on sale at Gap, and used scrap fabric from these projects, for the monogram.  I just did his first initial and used a letter from Penelope's wooden ABC puzzle as a template. You could probably just google some fonts and use that as a template.

What is your favorite boy applique shapes/ideas?



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