Don't Give it Away, Mum (or Mom)

I hope you had a good weekend.
I spent my weekend being quite content with not doing a whole lot. We hung out with some good pals, watched some hockey playoff games(which I very seldom do) and just enjoyed the weekend.

With regards to sewing, I decided to deal with some of my kids' old clothes.
I was sorting out some of the out of season clothes, and bringing out some of the stuff from last spring. Some things, I had to put aside for donation.

More often than not, I hear, "Mum, please don't give this away. Please, please, please!".
(I spell mum M-U-M, but my husband claims it is M-O-M. To-may-toes, To-mah-toes)

So, while watching an episode of Bones, I tried to extend the use of some of my daughters' favourite items of clothing.

This was my daughter's favourite dress last spring. It was so snug across the shoulder that I could not make it into a shirt:


A few snips got it ready to be made into shorts:

Here's the result. (If you have trouble figuring how to put pants together, check out my cheat sheet).
I'm trying to find where I dropped the little pocket. That was a cute pocket. I hope I did not toss it out!

This top was from two favourite (bestest, mum, bestest) shirts:

I had to cut off the sleeves to enlarge the armholes. The binding of the sleeves with fabric from the white shirt made all the difference.

Finally, a dress that frankly, looks a lot better ON than off. ;)

Well, that was as far as I got before I was pulled aside to participate in a family Rock Band Extravaganza! I am a Rock Star (not).