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Who say's uniforms aren't cool?

If you've ever had to wear a stupid uniform for your job then you know how utterly humiliating they can be. They usually lack all sense of style and make you feel like a homogenized version of your true self.
Well girls, I have a solution. Get a few extras of those hideous rags and give them a little redo. Your boss may not like it but they can't say you didn't wear your uniform!Shirtdressweb

I picked up quite a pile of these machine washable gingham uniform shirts so I'll be pumping out several variations of these funky dresses. You can check out my blog for the latest redo's. 
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Get out of Jail

Wardroberefashion_jail I have been a very bad girl! I graduated with my Bachelor's this past weekend and needed a new dress. I tried to make one, but had some very bad luck. You check out why here. I have also not posted in two weeks. I am so sorry!! I will do better. I signed up for four more months and I am ready to go now that I have NO MORE HOMEWORK!

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Burda Magazine is definitely one of my favorites magazines now That I make my own clothes. Almost 50 patterns for 10-13 buck. Hells yes, thank you. I made these babies from the December issue of last year. Pre-sorry for the butt shot.

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new summer shirt

     Well, I'm going to make this quick as it is late and I should be getting to bed. Here is a shirt I reconstructed from an H&M LOGO shirt that I got at the salvation army a few months ago. It isn't at all what I had originally planned on making, but I am quite happy with the finished result. Hope you enjoy it, and if you are interested there are some "in progress" pics posted on my blog as  well.

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Now if it would only warm up so I could wear it out.

Happy Mother's Day and a lovely lazy Sunday

First off, Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's who've signed up for this ride!  And a Happy Mother's Day to my mom, who taught me to sew, to my wonderful mother in law (I totally lucked out there) who showed me how to crochet, to my late grandmother who taught me the joys of knitting, and my other late grandmother who taught me to never, EVER forget where I come from.

I live 3 hours away from my mum, and have no vehicle, so I called her and chatted.  And spent the rest of the day puttering around the house.  Worked on the crochet afgan for my cousin while drinking tea and watching the best movie ever made, The Princess Bride.  Sorted out all my unfinished knitted objects.  And pulled all the stuff due for refashion from my closet and my dresser. 

I had mentioned in my intro post a few things I'd already done up, so I thought I'd share some pictures.

First off, this top, which I bought because the fabric was yummy and I thought it would suit me.  Guess again.  For this top, one needs to have wee breasts.  But I couldn't part with it even after realizing how awful I looked in it.

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Isn't that fabric great?  Now you see why I kept it despite how icky I looked in it.  Eventually, I turned it into this......Bag_from_top_2 Bag_from_top

Still have to put some kind of closure on it, either one of my invisible zippers or snaps if I can talk my husband into weilding my snap tool.  I don't seem to have enough strength in my hands to properly attach the snaps. 

I also turned a pair of jeans that I bought that turned out to be slightly to small into a skirt (which still needs adjustment in the back, I'm not all that happy with how it hangs from my rear).  I actually used two pairs of jeans, the ones in the photo and another pair I'd had for YEARS and eventually grew out of.  Both size and style (ever since the skinny jean has come back in, I ignore my poor boot cuts).

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And the end result (until I fix the back that is....oh, and please excuse the TOTAL disaster behind me in the pictures....we were still in the process of setting up the room and hadn't gone to get shelves.  It's all cleaned up and organized now!)  The front and back panel are the jeans above (minus the insert in the front).  Front insert and side inserts are the second pair of jeans.  Frankly, other than the back I'm happy with them (and that just might be my vanity, my butt might not actually be as big as I think it is).  I deliberatly left them 'deconstructed'.

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Oh, and these shoes.  These pink shoes that I bought when pastels were the 'thing' for spring.  I liked them, and then after a while I started be bored of them.  But I liked the shape and how I looked.  So when I was in the shoe repair store the other day to get a key cut for the office, I picked up a can of candy red shoe paint! 

Because every girl needs red shoes!  I've no pic of the shiney new redness, as I haven't sprayed them yet.  And more shoes might get sprayed red as well (as I have a bit of a 'thing' for shoes you see.....my husband threatens therapy every time he trips over them.)

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Now I face a pile of printed t-shirts ("No one cares about your blog", "Blonde and Smart", Betty Boop, etc, etc) which I haven't worn in a long while.  No idea yet what they'll become.  Got a crochet dress on the go, a crochet top, have to finish a sweater for my mum, two pairs of socks on the go for Street Knits, several tops, dresses and pants that need a facelift and a letter to write to my favourite stores begging them NOT to have a massive sale just when I make a 6 month wardrobe refashion pledge!  I mean, really.  And they put things I REALLY like right in the display window and everything.  It's NOT FAIR!  NOT FAIR I TELLS YA!

And a big THANKS to everyone who suggested ways to turn old forks and spoons into napkin rings without messing with a welding gun or getting clumps of glue everywhere.  I've been playing with the bending and shaping and all that, once I get the attaching thing solved I shall take pictures and post!

Obligatory cat pictures.  Cujo, zonked out on the pain meds a while back for her torn ligament.  She had no objection at the time to us piling toys on her, we had hours of fun.  ;)

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And The Dude.  Ignoring us. 

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Rick james reconstrucions and updates

I've finally gotten some tracing paper for those sweet burda magazines. I found 50 yards of the paper at a thrift store for 4 bucks. I had no idea what the actual price of tracing paper would be, but my mom looked it up after being disappointed that I was going to be using paper that was over 40 years old. Apparently new rolls run for about 50 bucks, so I made a steal. Not to mention that my favorite thrift store got a whole load of vintage sewing supplies, and unlike the other places in town, he's willing to haggle.

I've gotten addicted to swapping on craftster. goodness gracious, just another cool thing to take me away from doing homework.

And I made a great find at the flea market a week of two ago. Sugar cookie candles... home made, and they look and smell delicious enough to eat. I gave some to my mom for an early mothers day, and she ecstatic.


Finally, I made a rick james reconstruction shirt. My mom went to Atlanta a few years ago and brough back this great piece of memorabilia. I wore it as a night shirt, but now I want people to see how cool it is. added a sheer fabric to the bust, and made it more corset like.


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Pretty to practical

ALOHA,

so I've been chosen as an egg donor... thus my menstral cramps are like... 10 times as bad as normal! AHHHHH small price to pay for the wonderful outcome *grin*...
HOWEVER... i am without a heating pad, or anything of the like.
OH yeah, and did i mention that i live on a boat?
That means a lot of things, but ONE thing it means is...
NO CLOTHES THAT REQUIRE IRONING!
i loved this skirt when i lived in the apartment
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... and couldn't bare to part with it...
I haven't worn it ONCE since living aboard (over a year)!!! That means it's time to let go...

AND it's time to make a Heat Rice Therapy Bag (http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=280)!!
i wish i'd had some essential oils... but alas... i had long grain brown rice... and it does the job!
YAY!! It turned out nice! :) I sewed in 4 little channels so that the rice didn't all slump to one corner... and i LOVE it!
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oh man this is goooood stuff! :) it was pretty easy too....
the only obsticle i faced was the measurements.  I have a hard time with out a board, getting the 90 degree corners, or making the straight lines. I should invest in a long straight metal angle ruler (all i have now is tape, and it's a pain)!!!

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Every Little Helps

Bias tape makes me happy.

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Spiffing up a bland skirt makes me happy too!  Details at the blog

Also, I'm kind of embarrassed to even tell about this, but it was a project that needed doing, and I've put it off for over a year:  I changed the buttons on a shirt.  Yep, that's right.  Do I get a prize for Most Boring Refashion Ever?

That's two more things out of my basket!

Question about Full Bust Adjustment

I am making this apron for someone as a gift.

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I read a review where someone suggested that you might need to do a full bust adjustment for C or bigger cups.  Since I am only an A, I've never done this.  My thought was to cut a vertical line in the pattern from the bottom center of each bodice piece going up a few inches.  Then spread it out on the fabric, and make a dart out out of the extra fabric in the middle.  Does that sound right?  Any other suggestions? Thanks!

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