I don’t knit or crochet. But that isn’t going to stop me. You can cut out sweaters just like fabric if you felt them in the wash a little bit. “ You can sew them on the sewing machine with a zig zag stitch or by hand and you can make some amazing things. I received…
So I have decided that I want a wool capelet. This is a little ridiculous because I live in Texas and will probably wear it twice. They were all over the fashion week runway and I really dig this one from Michael Kors. “ “ I have a charcoal colored wool circle skirt that I will use…
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…
I haven’t been blogging but I have been sewing. The black dress-a-thon is over. I finished the 2 dresses and matching handbags. I made 2 more pairs of jeans (black and purple). I tackled the recycled sweater project, armwarmers and hats for all. I made a velcro mount for the U-lock on my bicycle. There…
What have I been up to since I last checked in?… alterations, restorations, refashions, reproductions, oh my… I’ve been doing a ton of work for a massage therapist. She asked me to copy a pair of pants and make a pattern. Since then she has had me make 8 pairs of pants. We are working…
This would be the dress. It was given to me to experiment with. It was an XXL and I made it a size 10. I took the entire top apart. I preserved the shape (I just cut off a bit here and there) and decided to leave the skirt full and gather it a bit…
I wanted skirts for summer. Rather than start from scratch I went back to converting pants into skirts. Now we have all seen the instructions for a standard jean skirt…
Check out my latest project http://www.flickr.com/photos/spinsta/tags/challenge/ I am preparing for the next term of the Wardrobe Refashion Challenge I think the next project is to build my own dress form. The one that I have is old and rickety.
I dragged my 2-d, cat-proof, Christmas tree out of the closet last night and decided that I needed to add a little more bling. This years main decoration… AOL coasters (and a few crappy free cds). I actually save them vs. tossing them and letting them go out to the landfill. I figured that one…