Use what you have

Beas barnslikheter (in Swedish) has a challenge for us this month called “Use what you have - the May challange”, it’s about using what you already have and making something of it. One object a week throughout May is the goal of the challange. I think it’s a great idea, and even though I don’t know if I’ll have the time to make one thing each week the blog is filled with links to very interesting projects, so there’s a lot of inspiration to be found there. 

Here’s a great example: a pillow that Lotten made:

(images Beas barnslikheter, Lotten)

The cardigan is finished!

Finally finished the cardigan that has been on my todo-list for the last couple of years! I was pleased to see that it still kind of fits my oldest daughter, Eowyn (it’s a little bit smallish perhaps but it’s quite streachable). If it looks a bit uneven it’s probably because both my mother and I have knitted on it. I don’t need to mention that none of us are good at finishing things, do I…? Although I’m working on that. :-)

ToDos

My new sewing machine is really great. Got some work done this weekend so now I’m actually starting to see the light at the end of the patchwork-tunnel.

Here is a little list of some of my other work-in-progress and pending projects. At least some of them seem easy and quick, which is a good thing, because I’m kind of tired of big projects. :) (Not to mention that we have a move coming up, I’m going back to work soon and we bought ourselves a Nintendo Wii with Super Mario for christmas….)

1. Finish the cardigan

I knitted the white cardigan below when my oldest daughter was a baby. Then I started on a new one, in a bigger size, and it’s been laying around, unfinished, ever since. Time to finish it before my youngest daughter gets so big it won’t fit her either…!

Ester in the knitted cardigan

2. Pimp the shelves

Like a lot of my fellow bloggers I really love re-made old shelves, Retro Villa-style:

(image Retro Villa)

I already have two shelves that I bought on flea markets so I just have to find some time to sit down and pimp them with some paint and retro paper.

3. Re-make jeans

I really love the pants that BRUNoRANGE (re-)makes:

(image BRUNoRANGE)

I’d love to try to make something similar for my girls.

4. Sew a hat

And while I’m at it, kokalal has published a great guide (in swedish) on how to sew a hat that got me really inspired since it looks so easy.

5. Noticeboard

I once had a big noticeboard covered in a nice red fabric, but I must have lost it in one of my many moves. Anyways, it’s a great way to make an ordinary notice board a little bit more fancy. Like this one that Ylva, with the blog darling things made for her son:

(image Darling Things)