Ashley Hackshaw, Author at Ashley Hackshaw / Lil Blue Boo

Afternoon Clothes Recycling

May 20, 2009 by Ashley Hackshaw

Spent some of the afternoon sewing and came up with a cute toddler halter dress recycled from an old boatneck t-shirt of mine. I’m working on the pattern so stayed tuned for all the instructions! It was a quick sew.

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Original boatneck t-shirt

Afternoon Clothes Recycling halter dress front via lilblueboo.com

Front of finished dress

Afternoon Clothes Recycling halter dress back via lilblueboo.com

Back of finished dress

Afternoon Clothes Recycling halter dress on via lilblueboo.com

Sienna wearing her new dress (she doesn’t pose for cameras unfortunately)

Afternoon Clothes Recycling halter dress back on via lilblueboo.com

The back of the halter dress

I’m not that happy with the direction of the stripes on the top…I wish I had made them horizontal. Now I need to go dig up another shirt to make a new dress from!

The mystery charm is…..

May 20, 2009 by Ashley Hackshaw

….a vintage typewriter eraser! My grandmother went to secretarial school and I suppose that is why she had one on her charm bracelet.

Erin was the only one to get the correct answer! Yay Erin! I think the most popular guess was a pizza cutter/pastry brush combo. My favorite guess was the paintbrush/pizza slicer combo…too funny. Below is what an actual typewriter eraser looks like if you are curious:

The mystery charm is typewriter eraser via lilblueboo.com

Photo borrowed from here

The winner of the random drawing for the cute little silver charm set is Christy Klein! Congratulations Christy!

Erin will get the charms shown below for being super smart and figuring out the answer! A cute little chair, a sardine can, and a little cherry on a stem!

Thanks to everyone who entered and good job on the guesses! I’ll be posting another set of charms soon with another charm to identify soon!

Fabric Shopping

May 18, 2009 by Ashley Hackshaw

I never find many fabrics I like at Joann’s but this last trip yesterday was very successful! I’m getting ready to start sewing some summer clothes for Sienna. How cute are these fabrics? Joann’s is having some great sales this week. Several of these were only $1.99 a yard! I went a little crazy.

I ran into my friend Emily on the sewing notions aisle! She looked so cute in a little dress and I was straight out of the pool, hat on head, and wearing biker shorts. That always happens to me. I need to stop looking so grungy on my errands!