This project is going down as the most difficult sewing project I have embarked on this year. A friend said she needed some minor alterations done on her dress. I“ had her try it on and marked it for alterations. I took it home, looked in the inside and wanted to run screaming. Unfinished seams!“ …
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…
Some people have asked about the dress I wore for LBD2. It was made of some remnant polyester of unknown origin (in the very bottom of the stash pile). The design is semi-original. I restored a pattern of my mom’s and made it sleeveless in the process. Next time I will definitely make better fabric…
My Yenta gave me full creativity rights when it came to upcycling her t-shirt. I decided the shirt was too orange. Most of it had to go away. I kept the front part with the silk screening and appliqued it to the front. “ As much as I didn’t like the orange, I decided to use…
I figured I should give you the construction details before I hit the one year anniversary of LBD 2. I started out with watching the movie and taking a look at the dress that Andie drew. Then I drew my own version. I already had some fabric in mind. A co-worker gave me some embroidered…
If I were to name the inspiration behind learning how to sew it would be Molly Ringwald’s character in Pretty in Pink. “ For the last few years I have debated hosting a design challenge that involved turning two prom dresses into one wearable garment. Hopefully I will get something together in time for prom this…
I bought another sewing machine. I couldn’t help it. FirstSamples was having the everything must go moving sale. I was working that day and decided that I couldn’t spend more than the day’s wages. There was a Babylock 1550 just sitting there on the table by itself 3 hours into the sale. I decided to…
So I went into Octane with Em the other day. My jeans look just as good as their jeans do. Em suggested that I skinny the jeans up a bit and leave them long. I have also been experimenting with chunky topstitching. Making skinny jeans was easier than I thought. I did all of the…
I did it. 2 pairs of jeans in a weekend. Why is that so amazing? Because I actually documented a lot of it. Since I am teaching a class, I needed to think about the things that I normally just dash through and come up with an explaination. I also needed to see where the…
I decided to take the Wardrobe Refashion Challenge. At this point I only buy underware, socks, and shoes, so why not commit to not buying new clothes anymore. Check out my Wardrobe Refashion page for the details and the Wardrobe Refashion Blog to see the others that have taken the pledge.