Project 17: Upcycled Sock Hearts

My mom knits me socks.  They are awesome.  But the socks from her first batches may have been a tad too small... and I may have worn holes in them.  I know that it takes A LOT of work to make them, so when they became unwearable, I couldn't throw them away.  I added them to the pile of clothes made from good fabric/patterns that I don't wear anymore that are stashed in my craft room because I know I can use them some day....

That "some day" was this week, when my little one looked me in the face and said "Craft, mama?"  I almost died of happiness.

The (clean) socks are almost felted, because of being washed so many times, so when I cut them open to make useable fabric, it didn't unwind.

This is what I did:
1.  Made heart shape from magazine paper as pattern.
2.  Pinned to flattened out sock.  Cut 2 hearts out of sock material, using pattern as guide.
3.  Put Right Sides together and pinned.
4.  Sewed around 3/4 of heart.
5. Turned right side out.
6.  Stuffed.
7.  Hand sewed shut.
8.  Gave to baby to play with. :) :) :)

This took less than an hour.

Random List Aug 09

1. Went to Portsmouth over the weekend. English beaches are very different from Spanish beaches. (We still had fun!) (Cool Teletubbie Hills that we played on.) 2. Learned to Knit.

3. Had a scrapbook crop on Wednesday--fun! Being around creative people makes me feel, well, creative. (pics next post.)

4. 2 weeks until the move to Bath. I am excited for the new house, but I HATE MOVING.

5. My cat walked into the neighbors kitchen through their back door. I am so embarrassed.

6. I am recycling more, because I had to sign this online pledge to get a free Dave Matthews Band CD. For instance, when I really don't want to clean out the peanut butter jar to put in the recycling bin, I remember the DMB campaign and I clean the freaking thing out.