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Afternoon Clothes Recycling

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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.

Afternoon Clothes Recycling via lilblueboo.com

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!

Intentionally Mismatching Fabrics (on an Evelyn Skirt)

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My friend Shari (see Happy Chickadee) and I were discussing fabric the other day and my “made-up” advice was that if you coordinate a bunch of fabrics that don’t match, sometimes it works, because it looks intentional.

Intentionally Mismatching Fabrics (on an Evelyn Skirt) via lilblueboo.com

This is another Evelyn skirt I made last night. The fabrics coordinate just enough. This is a gift for my friend’s daughter Beaux. Happy Birthday Beaux!

Intentionally Mismatching Fabrics (on an Evelyn Skirt) 2 via lilblueboo.com

I attached matching yo-yos to a store bought t-shirt. Sorry for the long shadows…..it was really early morning when I photographed it!

Intentionally Mismatching Fabrics (on an Evelyn Skirt) yoyos via lilblueboo.comIntentionally Mismatching Fabrics (on an Evelyn Skirt) yoyos 2 via lilblueboo.com

See my previous Evelyn Skirt post for pattern info and yo-yo tutorial links! This is such an easy pattern and great for beginners.

The Evelyn Apron Skirt

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My favorite pattern right now is the Evelyn Apron Skirt by Jona Giammalva. The original pattern has a little apron on the front of the skirt, but I left it off the one shown in the photo (I didn’t have a light enough fabric in my scraps). This is such an easy quick sew.

The Evelyn Apron Skirt via lilblueboo.com

The little green accent strip is by far my favorite part of the skirt. But I also love how “twirly” it is.

The Evelyn Apron Skirt accent strip via lilblueboo.com

I made a few little yo-yos out of leftover fabric scraps and sewed them in a cluster onto a little white tank to make a complete outfit. Heather Bailey has a great yo-yo tutorial on her blog.


The Evelyn Apron Skirt yo-yos via lilblueboo.com

You can purchase the pattern for the Evelyn skirt at You Can Make This. Jona also has a great blog and fabric website called Fabritopia. Very talented woman!
I really need to update my fabrics…there are so many great combinations you could put together for this pattern. Seriously, will someone please open up a huge fabulous fabric, ribbon, button store within 100 miles of Palm Desert?!
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