Saint Salvage

This is another cashmere sweater I love.  Of course, when I wanted to wear it... Holes!!!!! I hate sweater holes!!!! Instead of throwing out the sweater, I bought some iron on butterfly patches. I just placed them over the holes... and ironed them on. Here's the front, with the holes covered. Here's the back. The moth holes are now covered with butterfly patches. My nice cozy sweater is done.

 I have had some "salesman samples" of Mexican blankets that I received in a bulk estate sale for a while.  I kept looking for a way to use them, and I found a perfect way to upcycle them when I bought a $10 pair of white and pink High top Converse at  a Salvation Army for $4.99. After washing and drying the sneakers completely, I put household cleaner bottles inside the sneakers. This is to help support the bonding process. Shoe Goo came in handy again. Then, I cut the ends of the rugs and started the piecing process. I wanted those diamond shapes to be on the outside of the sneakers. The tongue got decorated with glued-on striped parts of the mini blankets. Of course, I had to make sure that the Converse "Chuck Taylor" logo wasn't covered. Here's the inner parts, with stripes all lining up to make sure that the logo is not covered. Here's the heel end, after having the gray and off-white striped pieces b...

Ah, cooler weather... time to change up the wardrobe. Well, I discovered something when unpacking my sweaters. One of my favorites is a "cheapie" I bought a couple years ago at the Atlantic City NJ Old Navy Outlet. It is 100% cashmere, and I bought it on sale for under $10.  To my great disappointment, it came out with holes! Arrrgggh!  What to do???? I set it aside, and found more sweaters that had small holes. So... inspiration time! I went onto my  Sweater Surgery board on Pinterest  and my  Sweet Home Alabama Chanin  board on Pinterest. Brain blast!!!!! Reverse applique coming up!!! I prowled the internet, and found this  pattern  for a Classic Play Wand by Katie Lewis, of   The Red Kitchen . She made a guest post on  U Create With Kids . I thought that star pattern would be a perfect template for my sweater hole problem. I printed out that pattern and gathered my supplies. I cut out the s...