...A quick bit of nifty thriftyness...

....being thrifty is what its all about for me, i just love revamping..... unpicking.... restitching.... and making things new again from things that we no longer need....so today i wandered up to see my mum and to collect some old Amano jumpers that she was only to happy for me to take away so that she might have a bit more space in her cupboards...... i just couldn't wait to get started when i got back home, so here's what i did.........................................

........First i cut the sleeves of the jumper......

....then i decided that i wanted to keep the cutting to the absolute minimum, seeing as this was handmade and i didn't want it to come all unravelled, so i did a bit of nifty (that's were the nifty bit comes in) folding and tucking here and there, stuck some pins in here and there also to hold it all together..............then..

.....went aaaaall around the outside with a bit of crochet......

.....and then went aaaaall around the outside again this time adding a little picot bobble (my favourite)..

.....stuffed a cushion pad inside it...

.....and....

............TAH DAHHHHHHH.........

......i am in love with my new cushion, and to think i have two other jumpers to use as well.........

......Thanks mum.....

xx Pixie xx