A mens grey sweater.......

My roommate asked me if I wanted a light grey sweater that he had shrunk in the wash....I was like "heck ya, I will take it." I showed it a while back with some other fabric that I was going to put with it to make a bag. But then it changed. I cut the sleeves off and then cut it up the middle and it started looking like a vest. The edges were felted but I zig zagged them and it gave it a rolled hem look. I love baby pink with grey so I felted and looped it along the edges. I had this knit shirt I had picked up when I was having a fat day...You know that kind of day when you have no business shopping and I bought a size extra large. The reason I did it other than feeling like I was extra large that day was the ribbon roses and button embellishment...I ripped those babies right off...Take a look at the finished vest....


















I am not sure what I am going to do with it but this may be something that I sell....It really is pretty and it is flattering on too....

The sleeves became a felted purse. I made the strap out of a belt that has silver loops on it. I love it too, but I am trying to make things to sell so I am trying not to look at it right now. I want to put my things in it but I am showing restraint.































I am making my oldest daughter a bag and socks in greens and purples. I beaded these little bracelets for her that match the bag colors....It is fun to play with beads. I have had these for a long time and just had them in a little jar. In fact I think the lamp glass beads I got in some kind of swap....



















The little charms I pulled off some old jewelry from a garage sale a couple of years ago. I think she will like them.

I also finished my first PAIR of socks...I was like a proud mother running around the house in my socks. If you knew how many times I tried you might feel a little proud of me too. I deserve a point for persistence...Obsessed I was...obsessed...I used Deborah Norville yarn and I actually don't care for it much. I like the colors but it is very flimsy, stretchy. I have some bamboo yarn that I got for Christmas that is going to be the next pair.















Please ignore the white legs and focus on the socks...the beauty of the socks...
















I also found an atc that I made and misplaced. you know, for safekeeping. It is fabric that I painted then stitched...I like the boots. To me they look like doc Martens and that makes me think of my girls.....








And I finally saw a daffodil today....so for real, Happy Spring...xoxox Melinda