Going through the maternity stuff again and finding the things i would never wear again i came across the ugly overalls i had when i was pregnant. Well they were cute actually on a pregnant woman but not on me because i was HUGE!!! But now being smaller and have a slightly more flattering waist i thought these would make a cute apron.

Above is the Huge pair of overalls.

I started by taking out the inseam.  

Then i took out the seam on the side 

Took off the straps from their place on the back

I stitched the sides of the back piece, cut off right above the pockets and stitched that up too…  

Totally cutt off the straps and stitched them together

I placed the back piece on the front piece, and then pinned and sewed it right up..  I then cut it for legnth made adjustments like sewing the front pockets shut and cut out the lining because they were just too bulky. I then hemmed up all around the sides and bottom. I cut off the part where the metal buttons reside on the side because it was too bulky too.  

The final touch was to attatch the connected straps to the latches as you would the way they origionally go. . I then took and made some tie straps and attatched them.

In the picture where i wear the apron i have lifted the waist and folded for a nice triple layer at the waist which is a nice protectant from the dish water that always soaks me when i lean against the sink..

But here you go!!!!

I Had my second Child Recently and was left with the maternity clothes and the post partum Fat clothes in my basement. I have been slowly going through them to see what i can do and i made my wat to the one thing i have so many of yet so little of. Let me clarify, I have many nursing bras that are almost like new and not many standard bras that are in the same decent condition. I decided to revamp the nursing bras.

This is a simple thing to do and requires little to no sewing experience but if you do not know how to make a simple stitch through two pieces of material than you might be in trouble.

But other than that here is what you will need"

Needle

thread

Nursing bra

nips of some sort to cut through plastic

Elastic (eyou might find this elastic from another bra, underwear or whatknot but you can buy some if you like spending money.  

start by knowing that i am working with one of those plastic latch bras the bottom part hooks onto the top and then snaps into position . (there are different kind of latches but i am pretty sure you can revamp those too. just use your noggin) 

I severed the bottom latch at the top of the cup of the bra making sure not to cut the fabric. Remove the plastic from that and toss.

(sorry for the pic. the autofocus does not work too well in dim light)

Then I removed the inner liner because we will not need that anymore But still save this because you might need it if it has something in it like elastic you can reuse

Using the same nips i then cut the latch nub ONLY from the top plastic piece that is connected to the strap. If there is some jagged parts then file them down with an emery board or something that can smooth the plastic.

Using the discarded inner piece of fabric i cut the elastic out to use to attatch the plastic back onto the strap. (sorry for the paint on my hands. WHat can i say?? i am a crafter!!)

Stitch the elastic in place

Loop through

Stitch on the end and cut the excess off and there is your new comfort bra!!  

(my kitty cat helped me too) 

I have been blogging about revamping your clothes and using what you have on hand and save money instead of buying a whole new wardrobe.

This girl has taken the simple t-shirt revamp to a whole new level.

This is a must see for freestyle t shirt reconstructing with flair!

I ran into this little gem of an idea this morning and thought it would be fun to try ( i will post my attempt later)

But this is a wonderful way to do a small part of recycling and reusing of your junk mail or the newspaper ads we toss.  I think this could be done by most people, not too hard and it would be a good one for the older children to do too. I think things like this should be embraced more because it is something you can do with little to no money unlike a lot of the other crafts that bring you to the point of buying out an entire craft store just to get started. Please people remember, use what you have on hand first. It will save you money. then when you are done with that then move on to other things. If you stick with what you have on hand it will force you to use your imagination and expand your mind and talents.

but enought with my rant!

Here is what you'll want to see from A little hut

Turn your husband's old pants (or new if you have some spite in your heart) into a tote for yourself!

MAKE THIS…. 

 FROM THESE!

The tutorial will slowly be appearing when i get the pictures around and loaded so keep on checking back.

First you Need to think that you will be working with two rectangles that are sewn on three sides. That is a bag. Simple.

SO here is goes..

I took the scissors and the seam ripper and took the pants apart on the inseam. all the way up the crothch stopping at the bottom of the zipper.

Then I cut (horizontal in the photo) across the pants above the pockets that the arrow is pointing at, then I made the same cut below the pocket to give me a piece of fabric to work with from each leg. 

The sides are not quite straight so when I sew up the seam I have to draw what would be the straight line up the side and sew along the line drawn.  

I start that by placing the two piece of fabric face together and then pin the edges together to get the fabric to stay straight when drawing the line. (make sure to start pinning along any seams in the fabric that you want to match)  

Then you figure out where a straight line is and draw it with a fabric pen or pencil (I just used a sharpie because that is what I had on hand already but I do not reccomend it because it might bleed through the fabric and not come out)  After drawing the line, sew along it. repeating for the other side. 

 Cut off the excess from the sides and then continue to to do the line and seam for the bottom, cut off the excess from that too. 

This is what the bag looks like so far. Now it is time to cover the ugly edge at the top. I thought it would be best to use the waist band from the pants. I cut the wait band out and cut off the belt loops. I stitched along the stitching that was already in the waist band connecting it to the top of the bag. 

 And then the final step was to sew in the handles to the bag (easy) the handles were just the hem lines cut out of the legs of the pants and then sew a line back and forth to attatched them to the top of the bag. 

And here you go!

Side note

-you can do a lining, actually should but That will be for a different tutorial. I am leaving my bag with out a lining so i can sew decoration onto the bag then put on a lining.

So i know it is tempting to buy something frily from a nice store but i refuse to pay more than 3$ for a panty. Its just me being cheap. and i do not like the idea of buying plain cotton packs of 6. Here is a nice tutorial to get some cutie things. And for those who do sewing nrmally and save clothes for those patch projects, here is soemthing you can use your scraps for!

See the site mainpage here 

Here is the gallery

Great work! I am so interested in reading more from this woman. she seems to have a great talent for sewing and also for instructing. She made it feel like I, too, could do it myself.

 Maybe it is time I took on something like this before I settle and try to buy something new. I cannot see myself buying anything unless I need to. 

My friend April just gave me a juicy lead on some cute window treatment solutions. She has issues with a specific window in her house due to size and how it is hard to fit curtains for, at least with store bought..

She pointed me to diyideas.com

There is a small section on window treatments which also include one that is cheap and easy !!!

who would have thought of this? i think this is great because it saves you 5-50$ in a unique style curtain rod

Here is a nice and simple project to do to old jeans of slacks or whatever.. I personally know of some of my fat pants or some of my ripped jeans that will be perfect for this project!!

I have an old pair of pin stripe pants that are really 5 sizes too big for me and i need a nice black purse for my black slacks i hve now. Awesome solution.  

Here is a tutorial for how this person used a regular t shirt and turned it into a onesie for her baby. How awesome! i know i have lots of t's and this is a wonderful idea.