I realized I haven't made anything for Maia in a while. I've been making so many things for my shop, and even some shirts for me, but nothing for Maia. So here's the first of a few Maia wearables (and maybe some non wearables). It's a smock I made for her out of a thrifted t-shirt (actually a t-shirt dress). It was something I picked up at a yard sale and realized after I got home that was too small for me.
People have probably been making smocks out of t-shirts forever, but I thought this was genius and am already thinking of other t-shirts I can turn into smocks. I cut a slit up the middle of the back, curved it at the bottom so it was nice and swingy, then hemmed the edges. I also cut off the dress part, but if I were using a regular t-shirt I wouldn't have to do that. I sewed on pieces of ribbon to tie the smock closed in the back and voila, it was finished.
Although, of course, it wasn't. It looked too plain and so I added this giraffe applique, loosely copied from a giraffe in SouleMama's book. I love gray and yellow together! Although I think it's so cute that I may have a hard time letting Maia paint in it. By the way, you know those ridiculously small pockets they put on adult t-shirts sometimes? They are the perfect size for toddlers!
I also have several unfinished sewing projects that I want to work on: another smock (from Amy Karol's Bend-the-Rules Sewing), a felted bag from an old sweater of mine, and some pillows from my stencils. My goal is to finish one a week over the next three weeks. I started the bag back in March, so it's been around the longest, but I think I might make that the last one to work on. I'm kind of stuck, actually, so if any of you do any felting, maybe you can give me some ideas. I cut it out of a sweater, and sewed it into a bag shape. I suppose the next step would be to felt it (in the washing machine?), but I want to decorate it somehow and don't know if I should do that before or after the felting. I bought some wool yarn, and figured I could embroider a design on it since I don't know how to knit. Any other ideas? I'm not in a big hurry on this one since it's wool (and red) and doesn't fit the season, but I also don't like feeling stuck.
