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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
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 Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 6:05:20 PM
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Ok, I had to cut off long sleeve dress shirts (white) for my daughter and make short sleeve. So now I have these sleeves with cuff's on the end and I need to figure out what to make out of them!
ideas? what would you make with these instead of just throwing them out.
AngiKay
For he is faithful that promised. Hebrews 10:23
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 7:53:16 PM
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hehe...just a thought, you could always make plastic bag holders....Sew a hem like you would for a curtain rod ...only just big enough to pull ribbon through. Then, pull ribbon through and leave enough on the ends to tie a knot and a bow. Then, you just gotta stuff your bags in the top and pull them out the cuff bottom as you need them.
lol...nice fancy bag holder....
just a thought ;)
Jess
Farmgirl Sister #235
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 9:44:33 PM
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Jessie... What a cute idea! I like that!
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
"Despite the gardener's best intentions, Nature will improvise. ~Michael P. Garafalo
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 05:34:14 AM
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I always make yo-yos from clothing leftovers, and of course pick off the cuff button and put it in the button jar. Unless her shirts are teeny you should be able to get a couple of CD-sized yo-yo circles from the arm.
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 06:25:12 AM
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Can you add them to another shirt to make a funky looking shirt? Or maybe a costume??
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 09:05:39 AM
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In Pretty Little Pincushions, a shirt cuff is used to make a cute pincushion -- can't quite remember how (!!) -- I think adding a circle of felt to the top and bottom. And sew shut the button/cuff area. Anyway, very cute with plaid or corduroy, as I recall. Check out that book sometime, either library or bookstore. Lots of cute.
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 12:26:40 PM
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I saw them used to make wine bottle covers. Very cute. You sew across the bottom and the cuff gets folded over a little at the top. Kind of looks like the collar on a dress shirt.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 1:24:34 PM
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Save'em and make your daughter a memory quilt,
It would be a special quilt for her to cherish later in her years.
Pinkroses
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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 07:02:02 AM
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oh my gosh lots of ideas! I am already making her a quilt with her chorus tshirts, and i have a stash of of yo yo's cuz i love making those. However I love the wine bottle idea and I could decorate the white with the cute ideas and have 8 of them - yea!! I also like the bag idea and pincushion. THANK YOU LADIES SO MUCH!! i KNEW my farmgirl friends would come up with somthing.
AngiKay
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 4:57:10 PM
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when i was a girl, we used dress shirt cuffs to make doll bonnets. just cut off the cuff portion and stitch the unfinished edge closed, then trim in lace and tack on a bit of ribbon for ties.
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