I caught some nasty sore throat thing that’s left me feeling blah, so I’ll try to keep this shortish. I think. Here’s the project I did while the kids were in bed last night. I should have been in bed since I’m not feeling up to par but making candies to wear is more fun.

Sorry for the stinky dark pictures, 1 a.m and 7 a.m. does not for good pictures make, and Ashlyn wore it to school.
I saw a cute tutorial on One Pretty Thing for turning long socks into sleeves from Treasures for Tots. I have a stash of long socks I picked up on clearance last year and dug around through the play clothes to see if Ash had a shirt that could use sprucing up.

Found one. It had a really cute iron on on it at one time but this was all that was left. The shirt was still in great condition, it just needed a face lift. Because I used clearance socks and button, and scraps and the shirt I already had this entire project cost me $.65. No need to go broke to craft my friends. Now is a great time to look for clearance socks by the by ;). Here’s how I did it.
First sew your socks into your short sleeves. Just click on the link above if you need the how to.
For the candies and wording-
I used a 1 1/8” button cover kit to make the swirly candy from the left over sock foot.

A bit of stuffing, some nylon chiffon, and a needle and thread is all you need for a wrapped candy. I wound and tied the ends then sewed the candy to the shirt by the tied ends with a straight stitch on my machine.

For the sweet letters I cut random squares of scrap fabric and drew my letters lightly in pencil. Just grab some trim and ribbons and wind them around your pencil lines, hand stitch in place. I did glue the sequins. After my letters were stitched I ironed on some wonder under to the backs, ironed them to the shirt, and machine stitched around the squares. Easy!

Now that poor play shirt she wouldn’t wear with the yucky iron on is a fun candy shirt she was begging to wear to school.
I have 3 more pairs of these fun socks and 3 more sad shirts that need some plastic surgery so I’ll be making the girls some shirts tonight.
Have a great Wednesday!