Recycled sweater super hero fingerless mitts

I have a custom order for kids armwarmers, so as usual I've made the
prototype for my son
When I asked if he wanted me to appliqué something on them (I put a
lot of stars on things), he said yes but he wanted to make the
patterns for me
So he drew & cut out a triangle & a "circle w/ a flat side"
We decided they looked like superhero gauntlets.

Spring Cleaning Sale on Etsy!

it is time to empty out my closet to make room for all the new stuff i'm making
so this week i've marked down most of my inventory, and i'm offering free shipping

check it out!

modified sweaters

with all the fun i've had chopping up sweaters to make other things (mittens, armwarmers, wool soakers, softie toys, felted bag) it took me a while to get around to making the obvious, modified sweaters.
For months and months i've been oogling the creations of my friend Puella, who makes fantastic sweater dresses & jackets
So i finally made my 1st one in Dec. based on a sweater i saw at a fancy boutique that had a pinwheel thing going on.

for this one i just cut out pieces from the base sweater, and replaced them
in the process turning a pullover into a cardigan

i used a zig zag stitch, doing all the seams on the outside
i got my x-mas serger just in time for the finishing touches, and have used the serger for all sweater projects since
(somehow, i still don't have a picture of the finished sweater, but i'll make sure to remedy that soon)

here is the fleece lined sweater vest i made my man

this sweater was semi felted from the time i used the sleeves to make wool soaker longies when kiddo was still in diapers

i used what was left at the top of the sleeves for pockets

this one i just finished last week

it's obviously very heavily influenced by the long cardigan/jackets Puella makes

before & after buttons

when i made my 1st sweater, kiddo liked it so much he asked for his own, in the same colors. so i pieced this one together from the scraps. and added sleeves from a different sweater

he thinks my industrial snap press is the coolest thing ever (so do i), so he specifically asked me to put snaps on his sweater

more hearts!

my friend asked me to help make some decorations for her valentines party, for which she's making one of her cardboard box tunnel mazes




i found inspiration from 2 projects i saw on twitter. the paper heart garland was featured on Threadbanger's heart craft roundup, and reminded me of the felt garland i'd seen on Craft

so i combined the 2, for a felt heart garland

i made some heart stencils from a cereal box

traced them onto 3 pieces of felt, got about 180 hearts, and cut them out














mixed them up in a paper bag















then sewed them together w/ red thread














voila!

HEARTS

oops, dropped my blogball
....and we're back
Valentine's!!!!
here's the scene 2 hrs ago:
me on the floor frantically cutting out paper hearts freehand, in various sizes trying to keep up the supply for kiddo as he mashed glitter glue allover heart after heart w/ a small cheap watercolor brush
but i don't have any pictures of that
however
the result: