Big Boy Bedroom for Bayne

For my son's 10th birthday (in December), I decided he needed his own room.  Previously, he was sharing it with his little sister.  

These are some very old picture of the room when we first moved in.  We got rid of these beds and moved them into bunk beds shortly after.  I painted the room as gender neutral as possible, while still making it fun and playful.  They had a big sun in the center of the room, some clouds, and even a rainbow.

But my big boy is growing into a man and he needed his own man cave, so let the painting begin.

My little helper :)

My son chose red and a dark brown for his color theme.

Their dad found this perfect frame.  I wanted a chalkboard wall for his room, so I pained to wall with chalk board paint and hung the frame around it.

I got him a bunch of cool gaming posters because he wanted a gaming theme in his room.  I also made him a cool checker board quilt to match the theme and colors.

And for his birthday his dad got him his very own computer.  I clearly failed to get a picture of the wall that is brown and the computer in front of it, but it's there ;).

Quite a big transformation. 

And he loves it!

And I love him <3

Holiday Gifts for Friends and Family

In an effort to keep track of all my creations, I have to play a little catch up.  I have been terrible about posting things to my blog lately, but it's something I like to do.  It is an easy way for me to reference past things that I have made.  Lately, I have been making a lot of things for family and friends.  Here are some cool pieces I did during Christmas time:

I made this fabric art piece for my friend, Nicole, for her 40th birthday.  

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For Christmas, I made most of my friends and family little zipper pouches with pictures I printed onto printable fabric.  I really love how these came out and can't wait to make more.

For my surf buddy:

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For Nicole:

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For my mom:

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I made one of these for both Grandma Moses and Grandpa:

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For Grammy:

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For my son's teacher:

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For my daughter:

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For my surf photographer friend:

I incased his in vinyl because I bought the wrong kind of printable fabric that is not water resistant :(

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And for my neighbor, Kevin, I made him an amp cover out of an old pair of his jeans.

It's hard to believe it is already August!  

I'm going to have to start holiday gifts again soon.

Time goes by so fast when you are having fun!

T-Shirt Refashions for Everyone

Happy Summer Everyone!  

I'm so glad we have finally made it to my favorite season.  Long days, relaxing mornings.  No more lunches to pack, homework to do, or racing against the clock.  Just chill time.  I am hoping that means I will have a chance to catch up on some sewing and upload all the things I have made over the past six months.  I love having a little archive of all the things I've made in one organized place.

Today, I am going to start by sharing a few t-shirt refashions I have done recently.

A friend of mine gave me this old Vans shirt, which I previously used the back of to make my sons Halloween costume.  I saved the front and sleeves because I knew I could refashion it for myself somehow.  I had another shirt just like this that he gave me that was black and gold and I transformed that into a cool skirt.

The entire back is cut out of this shirt above.  I had some cool, stretchy, fish net like fabric that I thought would look pretty cool on the back.  Maybe giving it that Madonna 8o's meets grunge rock 90's kinda feel.  I just laid the shirt onto the stretch fabric, cut it to fit, pinned, and sewed.  It came together very easily.

Finished product:

Ready to rock and roll this summer!

For my son, I transformed a plain blue shirt by adding a screen printed image of one of his favorite Dragonball characters, Vegeta.  I did it the cheat way, with freezer paper.  I did my best to draw an image onto freezer paper, then cut it out.

I ironed the freezer paper onto the shirt.

Then painted black screen printing ink onto it.

Once it dried, I ironed it with a dry iron and let it spin in the dryer for 5 minutes to set the ink.

Here it is on!  He loves it!!  I can tell because it is the first shirt he picks out after laundry day :).

For my daughter, I had a plain black shirt I wanted to transform.  I had seen a lot of bleach shirt ideas on pinterest and wanted to try that out.  The black shirt was my perfect opportunity.  She loves pokemon, so I had her pick one of her favorites, Mew Two.  I traced the image onto freezer paper, cut it out, and pressed it onto the shirt with an iron.

I just used the bleach spray that I had on hand.  It only took a few light sprays.  You have to be careful not to saturate the freezer paper too much or the bleach will get under the image.  Next time I might try to double up the freezer paper, I think that would work better.

Here it is on!  

She loved it and so did her little pokemon loving friends at school.  

I tried to make something for my son using this technique on a red shirt, but the red really didn't respond that well to the bleach.  It's probably best to stick to darker colors if you want to try this.

3 new, unique shirts, not too much trouble!