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.
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......
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).
First, the original jeans.
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'.
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.)
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. ;)
And The Dude. Ignoring us.
