One more from my sewing closet:
My first
two refashion projects I did this month are a top for me and a shirt for my
daughter.
Of course I forgot to take before-photos. Well, I had a boring brown top which I never wore because the neckline was waaay too low for me. So I cut into an old ugly kid’s pyjama and salvaged some cute pink dotted jersey fabric and added it to the top.
I had some leftover bias tape and used it to pretty up a shirt for my daughter. There was an ugly red velvet bow on the pullover, I ripped it of (producing a nice hole, of course) and put the bias tape on it. Much better now! I really hate velvet bows, they are so kitschy (and not in a good way).
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Hello!
Hi, fellow
Refashionistas! My name is Katja, I’m fast approaching 30 and I live with my
husband, daughter and lots of animals on our horse farm in southern Germany (near Munich).
Sewing has been
part of my life – well, for my whole life! My mother is a very accomplished
crafter and made most of our clothes and home décor stuff her self. I
practically grew up on “homemade”. When I got out of school I served an
apprenticeship at a theatre dressmaker’s shop but due to circumstances I did
not pursue this as a career.
Since I try
to live as eco-conscious as possible I rather refashion old stuff than buy new.
I’m looking forward to joining you here, first for a 2-month stint – but I’m
sure I’ll be in it for longer…
An introduction is probably a good place to start participating and stop lurking. I'm Maggie from Perth, I'm starting small and signed up for the two month pledge. I don't imagine it will be too hard as I usually find my outfits are mostly made up of items given to me or picked up from the op-shop.
The first project on my list is to take up my jeans so the bottoms stop getting dirty and frayed. I kept them long for when I wear heals, but I've come to the conclusion that heals are a silly, painful idea. Not much of a refashion but... it will save me from needing to buy new jeans.
So this is not a text only post, here is a newborns singlet I made for a friend recently. It's a chakra singlet and I got the idea from the damestarbaby chakra tank.
lovely to meet you all
MaggieS
It was a thrifted skirt I was never going to wear. Thats alotta gold, you know? It was marvelous fabric though with a fantastic band at the hem.
And now it's a top.
For the haps and the how-to, pop over to fitzfabulous.
Hi all. I'm Christine, who obviously doesn't know how to stop sewing. Since it is a holiday here in America and I'm busy trying to bust the stash.
So far, I have sewn up two totes, two eco-friendly grocery sacks, one clutch purse, and a quick ironing cover for my table, all from stash. My penance for being unable to control myself from purchasing any new fabric from the lovely holiday sales. Most of the stash materials came from the thrift shop.
I'm looking forward to another four months of refashioning. This is my second go at it. I had no idea how much I would love refashioning and can't wait to see everyone's new creations.
Happy Independence Day!
Hello Chums. What do you do when your clumsy brother knocks your precious bathroom mirror (salvaged from grandma’s old dressing table) onto the floor so it looks like this?:
Well, after some silent cursing and relishing in his seven years bad luck, if you’re me you decide to make the back piece into a corkboard (inspired by this tutorial at Freshvintage) and save the mirror for a mosaic (that you’ll probably never make, but hey!)
Here’s what I came up with:
I used corrugated cardboard for the ‘cork’ because I didn’t have any, and an old duvet cover for the fabric. All in all, it cost me nothing, and now I have somewhere to pin my inspirations!
The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed the pins are little buttons. Well, that was as easy as sewing thread through the holes and attaching them to drawing pins with strong glue. Cute huh? I think so :)
There is a full tutorial on my blog, if anyone’s interested :)
Soon, I’m going to have some clothing to post, honest! Just as soon as I’ve finished something from the mammoth pile of works in progress :)
Ahem, sooo...um, remember me? No? I can't say I'm surprised.
I joined as a lifer back in...February? Posted once and promptly returned to lurking.
But it's not that I haven't been doing anything. I just haven't been sharing. Or taking pictures.
So here's a little list of things I've done, mainly to make myself feel better about being such a bad refashioner, and to reinvigorate myself in my pledge.
1) Started a full-time, year long course in dressmaking and alterations. One of the things that holds me back from sewing is that I don't really know how to do all of the alterations necessary to make a pattern actually fit my non-standard body. So I'm working on correcting that. Just purchased these two books to help me along, and they look great! Do you have any fitting resources you'd like to share?
2) Made myself a duct-tape dress form following the tutorial here. BUT, I haven't figured out a good way to mount it so if anyone has any cheap and easy suggestions, please share.
3) Finally hemmed and patched a pile of jeans belonging to both me and my boyfriend. Easiest alterations ever, still always on the bottom of the list.
4) Altered a bunch of clothes for a friend. Still working on one of those alterations, a dress for her to wear to a wedding in August.
5) Made a pair of linen pedal pushers from my own pattern which I made with a great book on pattern drafting by Helen Joseph Armstrong. I highly recommend this book for people who are interested in drafting their own patterns. I think there's even a newer edition with a DVD.
6) Currently working on a summer dress from an Ikea duvet cover that I got at the Salvation Army for $4. It turned out pretty wonky though, so I think I need to go back to the drawing board. Fortunately, it is a huge piece of fabric so I may well be able to get two more dresses out of it.
7) Working on developing a basic sloper set to avoid working from commercial patterns period.
8) Fell off the wagon and bought three shirts. All on sale, one "preloved". Summer had started, it was hot, and I was unprepared.
So here's to a new start!
