I decided to take the plunge and sign up for the Treasure City Fashion Show again. I acquired a  sack of old house dresses from my co-worker (her chain smoking mother-in-law had recently passed away. I will explain about the cleaning process some other time.

I sent out a message on FB to all of my friends looking for ladies of equal height to walk for me and ended up with some awesome mini-models (5′2″ to 5′4″).  What did I dress them in?  Super short dresses and high heeled wedges.

Here I go, redesigning stereotype again. This year I converted the house dresses of a chain-smoking old lady into some hot shifts for summer.

Here’s a sneak peak on what I’ve been up to for the last two months. I will fill you in on all the upcycling details later.

I thought I would share this clip of Margaret Wertheim’s talk on a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician.

So I made some progress with the heap o’ sweaters.  Today I made 5 hats.  4 with brims and the other is a funky cloche.  I also removed the collars from two sweaters.  I plan on hemming them and wearing them in the near future (winter is here).

I started work on the cape (that’s right M, I am working on the cape).  The skirt was barely big enough to make the main body of the cape.  Lucky for me I had a felted wool sweater that was the same color.  I used it to make the facings and the other side of the collar.

I know I owe you a ton of tutorials.  Stay tuned for armwarmers and hats (with and without brims).  I should probably take some photos too.