Reuse that old silk shirt!

Since 'dejunking' my closet, I have been going through the clothes pile to see what I could reuse or repurpose for things I have been 'meaning' to make. One thing I have had on my To-Do list for over a year now is to make Ms. Diva a Lovey Blankie. Something incrediably soft and silky.

I have this lovely green leafy silk shirt (that hasn't fit in ages) that I just adore. It has been in my closet for almost 10 years! I wore it regularly when I had a dressy office job, but now I just wear jeans and t-shirts. So... the silk shirt had to go away, sniff, sniff.

Well, Ms. Diva loves plush fleeces at the fabric store and I have been 'meaning' to make her a lovey, so...

How about I use the shirt I love and get some plush fleece to make her that lovey????

Here are the results:

To make the blankie, I cut the largest square possible from the the shirt back. Then I cut a matching piece from the fleece. Sewed them together right sides together, leaving a four inch openining to turn, and after turning the blankie right side out I sewed around the edges of the blankie. I may go back and secure the middle of the blankie with a button attaching stitch (with not button), but the blankie hasn't needed it yet.

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Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop 2011

This Giveaway is closed: Winner announced 3/21/2011 The Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop starts March 17th and ends on March 20th {Sunday}. Enter over 200 giveaways by checking out the linky list below. Wow! Over 200 things you can enter! The Spunky Diva is giving away a copy of each of the following books: {these are copies I received to review, so they have been read through once} City on Our Knees by Toby Mac My review. See my review here. TO ENTER: (open to residents of the US and Canada) 1) Leave a comment (make sure you leave contact e-mail) 2) Optional Entry: Follow through Google Friend Connect (GFC) and leave a 2nd comment. That's it! Now leave your comments and go do some giveaway hopping! I look forward to visiting you back ~

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Add a ‘click-able’ signature to comments you make.

While blog hopping recently, I came across this fantastic tip listed on Be Our Best . Jill has compiled her Top 10 Blogging Tips in one place to help others out there in blogland. Most of them I had heard of before. But she had one on her list that I have only seen a couple times in practice, and have not heard a how-to do it before. Number 6: Add a clickable signature to your comments. If you add the following text to the bottom of the comments you leave for other bloggers, whatever text you insert for “Your Text Here” will be clickable. You have to switch out “{“ and “}” with “<” and “>” then it will work. Remember to also change the “Your Blog Address” part, LOL! {a href=http://www.YourBlogAddress.com/ }YOUR TEXT HERE {/a} Bonus Tip ~ I use Notepad to store all the html codes I use on a regular basis {the direct link code for my signature image, color codes, etc.}. I added the above code to my Notepad page, edited it with my informat...

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Pretty in Pink and Some Sparkles too!

A hat for my oldest in ballet pink (red heart yarn she picked) with some silver beads. No pattern, and ended up running elastic thread through a couple rows to make it more secure on her head for now, until she grows into it some more. Matches a shoulder shrug knitted for her during her year of ballet lessons.

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