I am totally smitten by this weeks i pinned it. i made it. i rocked it. entry. TOTALLY SMITTEN I tell ya! Angie over at flibbertigibberish is super fun and super cute...and SUPER crafty! I am totally inspired by her leg warmers made from an old sweater...I wonder if Mr. Baby Daddy has an old sweater I can use?
Here is her Pinterest inspired Leg Warmer (or boot socks...whatever you wanna call 'em) tutorial:
Find an old sweater....
The sleeves are cut at an angle, so I evened them out by cutting straight across.
Now at this point, you can stop if you have no sewing skillz. Seriously. The first two times I wore these, I wore them just like this! I just stuffed them down in my boots and no one was the wiser. But let me warn you, if you do it that way, you'll be left with a whole lot of tiny yarn pieces that will shed everywhere each time you wear them.
I want you to know that I'm a "good enough" kind of seamstress.
So I promise you can do this, no matter how much sewing experience you have.
Here's how to finish them.
When I tucked them into my boot, they were a little wide down at the bottom.
I turned it inside-out, and sewed a straight-ish line to narrow them.
And then I cut off the extra off the side.
Next I zig-zag stitched the raw edges on the side and on the top in order to cut down on the fraying and aforementioned stray yarn pieces.
Finally, I just folded the top (which is actually the bottom) of the leg warmer over, and sewed another straight-ish line around to hem it.
This looks pretty shoddy, I know.
But once you turn it back right-side-out, it looks fine.
VIOLLA!
SOOOOO cute right? It helps that she's adorable and has skinny legs :) Thanks Angie for sharing your craftiness with all of us. I have a feeling that some of our outdated sweater's life expectancy just got shorter.
Check out this link for a tutorial for making a pillow out of the left over sweater scraps.
If you want to participate in i pinned it. i made it. i rocked it. email me (binreallife@yahoo.com) with your fantastically awesome Pinterest inspired project stat!
Also....if you are one of the thousands of us who have attempted to make something you found on Pinterest but it didn't go very well...you will be happy to know that I will soon be hosting an i pinned it. i made it. i flopped it. party (thanks for the name inspiration Amber!). Again, just send me the story behind your epic Pinterest flop along with a picture or two (if you have 'em). This could be fun!!! I know I have one or twelve to contribute!
