Casserole cozies

About three weeks before Christmas, I received an email from a coworker asking me to make her some casserole cozies for Christmas (I had made one previously for another coworkers wedding shower). She wanted three of them.

I agreed.

2 days later I received an email from a friend of Nathania's asking me to make a casserole cozy for her as well. 

How crazy is that? I randomly make one last spring and get request for 4 in less than a week.

Well of course I agreed to that too.

My coworker wanted three, one for her, her mom and sister in law.

We changed the pattern up and created a pattern that when it is open it looks like a "X".

Did I get a picture of the insides? No, cause I'm terrible at taking pictures....Nathania may have one on her camera, and if so I will update. The above is the one we made for my coworkers sister in law.

Now, when I say "we" I mean, Nathania and I coerced our mom into helping! It didn't take much:)

(thanks mom!)

The blue and grey was for my coworker and the one with blue straps for her mom. We made the straps for the grey one, because we couldn't find any strapping we liked.

We made the third one for Nathania's friend.

Overall everyone liked them! So it was a success!

We're thinking of putting some in our Etsy shop....what do you think?

Happy Crafting!

Sarah

Make Do March Day 6..Fleece repurposing

So every once in awhile my husband calls me a hoarder which I deny vehemently! Just because I hold on to clothes, like these fleeces, that may be 10+ yrs does not make me a hoarder :-).  One never knows when a visiting friend or family member might need an extra coat, right?!  However when my sis and I were talking about doing Make do March I decided they had been in the closet long enough and was going to turn them into fleeces for my daughter Aria. I found an old pattern at Value Village for 39cents and went to work.

Originally I was just going to use the fabric and make one with a hood and pocket but after thinking about it I decided to keep the necks intact and go from there. I cut the sides open and fitted the pattern to the neck and cut it down to size. I did the same with the sleeves and then I just had to sew them back together.  I finished them off with elastic in the cuffs and waist.

My model doesn't like to stay still so I take what I can get!  I made the dark purple one first as a size 4 as some of her 3T sweatshirts fit perfectly at this time but when I tried it on her it was huge!!! :) So I made the next one a size 2 and while it was still a little big it fit much better. 

 

I love how they turned out, don't you?

Nathania

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