I have a cousin that just had a baby boy and another one that also has a son turning one.  My mom asked that I make a bear for each of their birthday’s.  This is the same as the Devin Bear, just with some custom ideas.  Both bears were sewn the same and were a lot of fun to do.  I hope they like them as much as I liked making them.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOYS!

Birthday Bears

One of the last things I made from the shirt.  This is a small bag to hold a skein of sock yarn wound on the ball winder while you knit from it.  Keeps it safe from getting dirty or lets you hold it on your wrist to knit at a group where there are no tables.  These are so much fun to make!  I also form my bottoms so that the balls of yarn sit nicely inside.  This is the smaller verson of the bag.  Additionally, I make a medium and large version.  The medium and large version come with a cotton (high quality quilting fabric) liner and a pocket.

Project Bag

Another project from the beloved two shirts.  I made this reversable in case you have an outfit that one side would go with better.  The small pocket has a zipper so that nothing falls out inside or out.  This is a smaller version of the courderoy purse also posted here.

Bag Print Side

Bag Solid Side

I had two shirts that, over time, ended up not fitting me very well.  Since they were among my most favorite shirts I decided to honor them by making a few things from them.  Here is one of the things that I came up with…..a hot pack.  The inner part is made from the dark pink fabric and can be taken out to put in the microwave.  That makes the outer part washable!  I filled it with lentals and will probably put a nice smelling spray on it later too.  I might end up making these for people at Christmas this year from terry cloth or something.  They were so easy, no hard parts to the sewing, and only took about an hour.

Hot Pack

My ultimate recycling project.  I took two baby buntings that I got from a garage sale and I cut off the arms.  I used some neat yarn to sew around the arms, neck, and bottom to make a dress for my daughter.  She now uses it as a nightgown because it is short on her.  It was her favorite dress.  I will have to make her another using fleece.

Dress