Denim Pillow Covers

We've needed pillows for our couch and chair for a long time. I had gotten some pillow forms from amazon but we didn't have money to go buy fabric. So what did I do, I gathered some of our old jeans that I've been saving in case I ever want to make a denim quilt and made pillow covers.

The pocket side

 I used one pair of jeans per pillow so that the wash of the denim would all be the same. I also made sure each pillow had a pocket.

The other side

The first two are made from Johns old jeans and the last one from mine. I really like how they turned out, and the fabric was cheap as free Yay!

This is how I like them placed on our couch and chair.
They are rarely there usually a child has tossed them to the ground.

Fabric Recycling: A suit for Jack

My Nephew, Jack turned 1 at the end of July and I had seen this cute idea to attach a vest to a onsie. My dad had an old pair of dress pants he was getting rid of so I used them to make this cute outfit. The vest idea was from B is for Boy and the Pants are the Kid Pants tutorial from Made I just sized them down a bit although they ended up a bit long.

Jack in his suit. What a handsome little guy!

Fabric Recycling

I'm very into fabric recycling lately. I love to sew but at times fabric can cost just as much as buying a new clothing item. Using our old clothes is free, the only down side is there is only enough fabric to make clothes for the girls. One day I will sew for my self more. This skirt was made from one of my mom's old shirts. 

The Shirt Dress

What will these two old shirts of John's become you ask?  Dresses for my girls of course!

I found this tutorial for making a girls dress out of a mens dress shirt just before Abi was born. I used the basic pattern to make Abi's blessing dress...

It is such an easy tutorial to follow, in fact Dana the made blog author has so many easy and cute tutorials I now follow her blog regularly.

Katie wore her shirt dress for Fathers day, it was all ready except the hem.

Katie's finished dress

I got Abi's dress done too.

 I  removed and replaced the shirt pocket with added lace I think  it added much cuteness to the dresses.

The back of the dresses

 You can wear the dress while eating cookies!

 Or while doing summersaults!

I love these dresses so much I'll be making more!