little skirts from old pants

I have whipped up some quick skirts for the girls, out of some old cord pants. The cream pair were mine, but I was realistically never going to fit into them again, but I loved the fabric so much I couldn't get rid of them (it has ribbon roses embroidered onto it). The pink striped one is from a pair of pants that I bought in an op shop, with the plan of re-fashioning something for the kids because the fabric was bright and fun. They were so easy to do, no pattern or anything. Just cutting up the outler leg seam of the pants, then cutting to length, overlocking up the sides, turning over a casing and threading the elastic through.






I still have a bit more of both pieces of fabric, so will see what becomes of them!

I also made a skirt for Lulu out of a thrifted 'big girl' skirt that has bits of silver in the fabric - again, easy peasy. Cut of the wasitband and remove zipper, cut to length and turn the casing for elastic. No need to hem or anything as I used the existing hem.

In more refashioning, I also cut up a thrifted waffle weave dressing gown and cup up some new face washers for myself - just doubled them and overlocked around the edges. Couldn't be easier.

I have bought a large length of white waffle weave to make the girls each a throw for their beds - I just need to choose a great fabric to bind them in - I was thinking a bright red spot?Any suggestions? I have a gorgeous white waffle weave blanket on my bed and I love how crisp it always looks.

Thrifting Love

The church near our local shops had a fete a couple of weekends ago and I scored some books I have been dreaming of for AGES! All for 50c each!! I got my hot little hands on both some Trixie Belden books and some Secret Seven / Famous Fives. I LOVED these books when I was a kid and unfortunately gave them away when I thought I had outgrown them. I loved reading and started out my love of books (when I was old enough to read on my own) with Enid Blyton, starting with Faraway Tree etc, then the boarding school books that she did, then FF, then SS, then I moved onto Trixie and then Nancy Drew. Obviously I loved a good mystery adventure! I'm now keen to start collecting them for my girls so that I can share a piece of my childhood with them.