Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Dingy to Darling


Ruffles and fabric flowers are popping up everywhere.  And I needed a little something green for Olivia to wear to school on St. Patrick's Day.  I started fooling around and I got sort of carried away.  But it's okay because the other girls need green attire for their 10-minute preschool walk-thru in the morning.  My favorite part of the project is the onesie makeover for Addie.  When a white onesie has made it's way through two older sisters, it needs a bit more than Biz and Bleach.  I tried ruffles to spruce it up and I love the result.  Talk about dingy to darling!  Want to make one?  Here's how I did it: 

Pretty St. Patty tops ready for preschool:

A closer look at the fabric flowers for the hair or clothes:

I love the frayed edges.  You could go to the trouble of turning your edges or using a non-fraying material if you're not feeling it, but this was so quick to do and it works for me.


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15 comments:

  1. Super Cute! I'm gonna have to try it now! Following you from Me and My Bucket Blog Hop!
    -Julie
    http://thewannabesupermom.blogspot.com/2010/03/refashioned-skirt.html

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  2. Love the flowers and the texture added by frayed ruffles...Dingy to Darling indeed!

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  3. First time visiting and I must say that I really love your blog...clean simple and inspiring! I will most certainly be back!

    BTW, your little ones are just darling! Kim

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  4. Oh these are precious, came over from someday crafts, love your blog so I'll too be back

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  5. Love it and those are the best looking fabric flowers I have ever seen. They're so tight, not all loose and floppy. Beautiful! Love the fraying edges!

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  6. So beautiful! I am featuring these at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. grab my featured button.

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  7. Thank you so much for your comments, ladies! You totally made my day!!

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  8. Cute shirts!!Love the frayed flowers. Beautiful!

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  9. I love the fraying, too. Very cute shirts, I love them all. And, that is the perfect solution for my big girl's white shirts, too.

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  10. How very cute these shirts are!

    Great job!

    Thanks for joining Get Your Craft on Thursday at Life as Lori. Please join me next week for another great party!

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  11. These are adorable. Love your photo instructions too!

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  12. So cute. I love the onesie. What a great way to spruce up a hand me down!

    Thanks for linking up to Make it Yours day at My Backyard Eden!

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  13. Love it! Addie's onsie gives me inspiration to finish up this last baby gift. It's been lingering on too long. Time to get 'er done!

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  14. I just found your blog! I have 3 daughters, too! I love your fabric flowers that you made. I can't wait to try it. Thanks for sharing!

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  15. SOOO CUTE!! Thanks for joining me and my "Show Us What You're Workin' With Wednesday" party. I'm featuring this right now!! Please, feel free to grab my button!!

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