When I was a little girl I had a muff that I carried to keep my hands warm. With all of the repurposing ideas floating around, I decided to have some fun with a pair of my wool socks having a hole in the heal. First I cut the top (luckily these have stripes and it made that easy) right above the heal and I gently zigzaged a hem in each top. These will make little leggings for my granddaughter. Be careful not to stretch too much but you will get a little bit of a flair. I have done this with socks before. Now come the new creative part.
Then I cut the foot just below the heal part. Obviously the heal is scrap and I threw that bit away. Now about the hand muffs- Turn the socks inside out so that the right side of the sock will be where the little hands will go. I then overlapped the toes of the socks so that inside the muff the little fingers will ouch easily.
I tucked the outside tube into one end of the sock tube and stitched by machine. Then pull the outside out and turn it over the inside tube. I hand stitched the other end to finish.
I made a tube with scrap of quilting batting. This is wool batting so I wanted the extra warmth. I stitched around each end of the tube which was wide enough to match the cut end of each sock. The tube is about 10 inches long. I then took a scrap of some soft fuzzy material and made another tube by stitching the right sides together.
Very clever. And cute. I have more scraps of the fuzzy stuff if you need more.
ReplyDeleteHow creative... love the socks and what a fun way to repurpose them! Growing up in Oklahoma I never had a a muff and as active and outdoorsy as I was growing up I would probably have lost it but you having had one and with your artistic eye you were able to make something delightful for your granddaughter.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing!
Helen