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Tie One On-A Belt That Is!

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Molly was born to sew! She loves to make and repair things.  So this weeks unplugged theme of CLOTHING had Molly  really excited with  lots of ideas of things to make, but I really didn’t want to spend any money.  So she was limited to using the material scraps and supplies we had around here. Lucky for Molly, her dad isn’t a tie guy, but has a closet full of them.

She decided to make belts out of some of her Dad’s old neck ties. Each belt uses 2 ties. Use a measuring tape or ruler to find the spot where your tie widens to 2 inches and mark that spot on both ties.

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Then carefully cut both ties at that mark.

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Match up the cut ends and pin them together. Then sew them together.

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Next-tie your belt on!

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Cute!! You can add charms or buttons or bells to the ends too if you want.

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Posted in 3-D and Activities and Crafts by Kristen on February 23rd, 2009 at 10:01 pm.

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  1. Sara Feb 23rd 2009

    VERY clever! If you’re ever in my neck of the woods, stop by and I’ll LOAD Molly up with fabric, scraps, trims, whatever she needs!

  2. Crescent Moon Feb 23rd 2009

    That’s a cool belt!

  3. Amanda @ www.kiddio.org Feb 23rd 2009

    I love that! What a talented girl. Wonder where she gets that? :)

  4. Gerky Feb 24th 2009

    Very neat. Will put that in my mind for a project for Sweet sometime! Thanks for stopping by my blog. :-)

  5. Meg Feb 24th 2009

    Your picture of her at the sewing machine is just beautiful. How did you get that lighting????

  6. Wendy Feb 24th 2009

    very cute!

  7. Alissa Feb 24th 2009

    Molly is sew awesome. (nyuk)

    Great project! Super cute.

  8. Kristen Feb 25th 2009

    Sara–I may just take you up on that offer!!! Thanks!

  9. Kristen Feb 25th 2009

    Amanda–She certainly doesn’t get her sewing talent from me! I barely know how to turn that machine on. I am hoping she will teach me one of these days!

  10. Kristen Feb 25th 2009

    Alissa–she should come hang out with you for a day-just to watch a pro in action!

  11. Laura Mar 7th 2009

    Hey, can I send Mollie over some fabric? I am still purging, don’t think I am going to be sewing anytime soon. Just gave Sammie all of my paint, would love to pass some fabirc on to Mollie. I can have Tom run it by one day soon. I’ll take no answer as a yes, LOLOL


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