22 Things Before 22! - Crafting Clean-Up

Hello there lovelies,

Time for an update on the 22 things front - some are going well, and others I'm falling way behind in. Taking a photo every day hasn't worked out for me so far, and the way I'm feeling at the moment it's been pretty hard for me to motivate to do anything after work, but I'm doing what I can. On the positive side, I did clean up all my crafting/sewing supplies over the weekend, and it gave me a hell of a lot of inspiration! Here's some ideas for what you can do with an over-abundance of sewing supplies.

• Slash up old jeans, and turn them into shorts, skirts and dresses.
  


• Make baggy sack dresses into cool new pin-up dresses.
  


• Liven up old clothes with a bit of fabric paint, or bleach.
  


• Tackle all that mending you're putting off - it will cut down on clutter, and make you feel productive! (Alternatively, steal the pants your Dad/boyfriend/husband want you to mend, and make them into this cute skirt).
  


• Sort through your refashion pile - if there's anything you can't see yourself actually refashioning, donate it to charity.
  


• Make a pile of t-shirt scraps into bathmats/door mats, and scarves. If you have scraps you don't have a crafty use for, use them as rags or in place of paper towel.
  


• Do a crap-ton of t-shirt surgery. If you're afraid of wrecking t-shirts with sentimental value, why not neatly cut out the design and sew them all into a patchwork "memory" wall hanging?
  


• Use up all those old zippers making zippers cuffs and brooches for your friends.
  


• Turn buttons, ribbons, eyelets, d-rings, ribbing and any other random things into zany new accessories!
  
  
• Take old bedsheets or quilt covers, and make them into this adorable underbust pinafore dress, or this dress. Turn pillow cases into skirts, or cute tops.
  
  
• Throw away anything unusable. Donate anything you don't want, or can't think of a use for that may be useful for someone else.
  

These are all ideas that occurred to me while sorting through all the (enormous) piles of junk in my sewing room. Maybe you should give it a try! Who knows what kind of creativity may sneak up and hit you over the head with a baseball bat while you're doing it?

Until next time, xo.

Note to self: Next time, pick less violent metaphors.