{"id":40037,"date":"2017-08-11T04:56:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T04:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=40037"},"modified":"2017-08-11T04:56:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T04:56:44","slug":"utah-woman-makes-dresses-for-her-daughters-out-of-husbands-old-shirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/home-garden\/utah-woman-makes-dresses-for-her-daughters-out-of-husbands-old-shirts.html","title":{"rendered":"Utah woman makes dresses for her daughters out of husband’s old shirts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Utah woman makes dresses for her daughters out of husband’s old shirts<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Utah woman makes dresses for her daughters out of husband’s old shirts:- This man\u2019s trash is his wife\u2019s treasure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephanie Miller of Salt Lake City makes beautiful dresses for her daughters out of her husband\u2019s old shirts.<\/span><\/p>\n

She was inspired to repurpose the shirts after her husband, Jon Miller, was discarding one that shrank in the laundry.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLast Christmas I bought my husband some nice dress shirts for work,\u201d Miller, 27, told ABC News. \u201cWe were spring cleaning and getting rid of some stuff in March, and on the top of his get-rid-of pile was one of the shirts I had just given him for Christmas. He said it shrunk when he washed it but I told him I\u2019m keeping it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Once she was done making the first dress, Miller said her daughter absolutely loved it which inspired her continue with the clever hobby.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think she wore it for three days straight,\u201d the proud mom recalled of her 3-year-old daughter. \u201cMy girls really love them. I let them pick which shirt they want and then I make a style out of them. I invent the patterns myself. I enjoy the challenge of trying to make an outfit out of such limited resources. It challenges my creativity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The mom of 4, also an artist, said sewing the dresses helped her overcome postpartum depression.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt totally got me out of a slump,\u201d she said. \u201cJust having an outlet besides being a mom I think is so important. It\u2019s so important for us to have hobbies and dreams and aspirations outside of our children. It\u2019s important for them to see their parents follow their dreams because it gives them liberty to follow their own dreams. It also lets them know they\u2019re not the center of the universe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Miller said after the birth of her first son she was battling postpartum depression as she was transitioning to \u201cmom life\u201d from previously being an artist and teacher. Her husband is the one who bought her the sewing machine to use as a creative outlet she could use in the small space.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll of a sudden I was home all the time and I wasn\u2019t making art anymore,\u201d she said. \u201cWe lived in this little basement apartment with no ventilation and the oil paint wasn\u2019t good for the baby and I had this loss of identity. He bought this $50 sewing machine from Walmart and now it\u2019s my main hobby. I paint still but not as often as I sew. He\u2019s happy that I\u2019m happy doing it and likes that things are getting repurposed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Miller said it\u2019s important for parents to have something outside of just raising their children \u201cto pull energy from and feel accomplished.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just enjoy creating. I enjoy making them,\u201d she said of her daughter\u2019s dresses. \u201cThe creative challenge is such an outlet for me and makes me really happy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Lifestyle\/utah-mom-makes-dresses-daughters-husbands-shirts\/story?id=49111973<\/span><\/p>\n

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