i scored this sweatshirt for free, it’s from macy’s and had a $50 price tag on it (do people really pay that much for sweatshirts??). it’s a really nice sweatshirt but it had a huge nike symbol on the front of it. it’s not really dBug’s style to advertise for some random company but he wanted to keep it. to make him happy, i sewed this cute little robot (named wee todd) over the nike symbol. what do you think? click on the photo to see the progression of todd being made.
i made another set of flowers, this time using two different ties for all three. one flower from one tie, another flower from the other tie, then i serged the two fabrics together to make the last flower. it’s a really cute, versatile set. they look fabulous clustered on a hat, worn individually on your shirt or hip, or even pinned to the strap of your favorite bag. click on the above picture if you want to see more.
wait…it never left! who wouldn’t love a cute, colorful flower pinned to their favorite jacket or bag? i absolutely enjoy these flower pins, they make me smile every time i see them. they are made from leftover hoodie scraps and old ties that i cut up. i tried to use ties that i thought were ugly (because i was experimenting and didn’t want to *waste* the good ties) but as it turns out, even ugly ties make cute flowers. lesson learned.
i worked all day yesterday on these pins and man, it was not easy (the beer could’ve made it harder but i’m not sure). i must’ve made at least five and i didn’t feel completely satisfied with any of them. while hand sewing them together, i managed to make myself bleed three times (again, could’ve been the beer). by trying many different lengths and thicknesses of the fabric i finally created a combination that worked to my liking. now i’m armed with the knowledge of what doesn’t work, that’s for sure. and come to think of it, i’ve never tried to gather anything by hand before. this whole process was by trial and error; my favorite way to learn. anyway, today i decided to give it another go and look how cute it turned out =)
ok, i’m off to sew more flower pins so i can cluster them together and put them on my hat.