DIY Tutorial – How To Make Leggings from Old Tights
How To Make Free DIY Leggings from Old Tights There’s nothing more annoying than having to throw an old pair of tights into the landfill. Well wait – there is. It’s just as annoying to want some really cool and fabulishus women’s leggings and find out that they cost anywhere from $14 up to $55 […]
Easy 90 Minute Sewing Project: Upcycled Tunic Top for Women XS-3XL
How To Make an Upcycled Tunic Top for Women in Less Than 90 Minutes! There are the three things I’m looking for when I want to make an upcycled tunic top that I can wear tonight. Fast. Free. Flattering. I don’t want to go shopping for fabric or notions. I don’t want to follow a […]
How To Clean a Cabbage Patch Kid Doll: Before and After Tutorial
Do’s and Don’ts of Cleaning Old Cabbage Patch Dolls If you’re anything like me, visiting local thrift stores on the hunt for neglected dolls to rescue is a thrilling treat. When you find some old beauties sorely in need of a spa treatment for just a couple of bucks it can make your heart sing. In […]
DIY Fingerless Gloves and Arm Warmers: My Scrappy 30 Minute Project
How To Make Scrappy DIY Fingerless Gloves and Arm Warmers In Less Than An Hour! It started getting chilly around here in Western North Carolina (and elsewhere) and I decided it was time to fashion some scrappy DIY fingerless gloves and arm-warmers from some pieces of fabric I had lying around. The results were so […]
How To Make A Cabbage Patch Angel Doll: Free Tutorial
A Cabbage Patch Angel Tutorial Who doesn’t love an angel doll at Christmas time? When I was a little girl my mother would make an angel doll for the top of the tree each year. I watched as she cut little bits of cardboard into wings and then covered them with silver paper (aluminum foil). She would […]
Cabbage Patch Rescue and Customization: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Doll
Yay for Buffy The Vampire Slayer! Oh my goodness, I had SO MUCH FUN creating this cutie. I’d never made a Buffy The Vampire Slayer doll before so it was a challenge! I’ve personally never watched a Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie or TV show. I know some peeps are bonkers about her, but I am […]
How To Straighten Doll Hair: Smoothing Extreme Curls and Fighting The Frizz!
How To Straighten Doll Hair – My Step-By-Step Tutorial A kind Cabbage Patch doll collector donated several “TLC Cabbies” for the LoveAgain Doll Project. One of them had really, really, really REALLY curly, silky hair. It’s called Cornsilk hair and a number of Cabbage Patch Kids were made with this kind of hair. Her hairstyle […]
DIY 18 Inch Doll Panties – How To Make No-Sew Doll Undies from Old Socks or Tights
Hi there (drum roll please)! Today we’re going to make not one but TWO pairs of DIY 18 inch doll panties from the leftover feet that we cut off, remember? This is a continuation of a previous blog I did where I talked about how to make free DIY leg warmers from an old pair […]
DIY Leg Warmers from Too-Small Tights (Plus Toddler Training Pants and 18 Inch Doll Undies)
Make These No-Cost DIY Leg Warmers in 10 Minutes FLAT! How To Make DIY Leg Warmers From Too-Small Tights Warm tights are a big favorite in our house. Winters can get mighty chilly up here in the Western North Carolina mountains and us girls like to keep our legs (and other parts) nice and toasty. But with […]
Purple Cabbage Patch Doll Mermaid Makeover
Try This Cabbage Patch Doll Mermaid Makeover One of my big weaknesses is the ever lovable Cabbage Patch dolls. What, oh what, possesses a grown woman to love playing with dolls? I don’t know, but if I can’t play with dolls I don’t want to be thought of as a “grown woman”, because it doesn’t sound […]