Q&A Monday: Shoulder Pads!
Q: You do a LOT of refashions where you remove shoulder pads. What do you do with them when you’re done? Do you just throw them away? A: Oh heck no! Shoulder Pads are awesome (just not on your shoulders)! Here are a few things you can make out of ’em! Puppy Poo Bag Holder When I take Douglas for his walks, I want to be a good neighbor and clean up after the little guy. I could either buy a puppy poo bag dispenser/bag set for $5… Orrrrrrr…I can make my own with old shoulder pads and Douglas’ old collar that’s too small for him now! I can roll…
Day 206: A Perfectly Padded Pouch
Alright…so I’m more than 200 days in on this project, and despite my best efforts, I’m still plagued with a big drawer full of leftover shoulder pads! This includes these guys from Day 178 and Day 180! If you check out Day 4, , you’ll notice I’m wearing a really fetching set of blue glass beads. These are the last thing my Grandmother gave me before she passed away. They originally belonged to my Great-Grandmother, and for these reasons, I treasure them. It’s time to make a nice & safe pouch to keep this wonderful necklace safe! 🙂 First, I stitched all around each shoulder pad with a contrasting pink…
Day 192: A kool koozie! :)
I can’t seem to get over Day 182! 🙂 I used up that scrap from the skirt yesterday, which left only two parts of the dress unused. When I first started refashioning, I threw out all those old shoulder pads. Now I know better! You can come up with all sorts of fun uses for those old pads! I haven’t done a shoulder pad refashion in a while, so here’s yet another way keep them out of the garbage bin. 🙂 I spent all day on a completely un-glam cleaning spree, which included a bug-infested shed (cringe!). At the end of the day, I felt I had really accomplished something. …
Day 149: Kitty Christmas at Pets, Inc.!
Christmas came early for the sweet kitties at Pets, Inc: The Carolinas Humane Society. 🙂 I had a bunch of shoulder pads left over from refashioning all those old lady dresses, and I thought of a really fun use for them…Catnip Mice for local shelter cats! 🙂 I gathered my pads, folded them in half, and sewed them up. Then I stuffed them with catnip. Then, I stitched them up, using scraps to give them all tails and ears. 🙂 I took the cute little guys to Pets, Inc. and handed them out to the adorable tenants. 🙂 Some of them seemed less than impressed. But the other kitties had…
Day 14: A Royal Jacket/Cape
For tonight, I picked out a dress that looked like something my 3rd Grade teacher would have worn (Ms. C., you were not known for your sweet sense of style). I began with removing those frikkin’ shoulder pads. I haven’t had to deal with any of those in a while, but they still give me the heebie jeebies! Next I chopped the dress into two easy pieces. Don’t worry about the skirt, I’m not about to toss it out! It’s going back into my stash for a future refashion. 🙂 I took my newly-chopped top, and hemmed its raw edge. If you look at the before pic, you can see…
