Another skirt from a thrift store. This one was a bit expensive (for a thrift store anyway) at 14.99, but you can’t go wrong with a nice black skirt. It’s got a a crochet like top layer that is so pretty, and adds a lot of depth to the plain black: When I bought it … Continue reading »
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Just Another…
Here are the before shots of one of my recent thrift store find, a long floral skirt: I liked the pattern: and the price, but it looks way too much like a middle-aged woman’s church skirt. So I decided to make a new hem for it. I knew I wanted it to be at … Continue reading »
Cute Shorts Made From Men’s Boxers
Using men’s boxer shorts as girl’s bloomers or around the house shorts is an easy way to get semi-customized shorts cheap and quick. I saw this idea from Honestly… WTF, originally on Pinterest. Here is their version (click the picture below to go to the post.) I bought my boxers from Wal-Mart, but I think any … Continue reading »
Tips for Sewing with Leather
My leather handbag has been coming along, but slowly. For my first foray into sewing with leather, I’ve been pleasantly surprised how well it’s gone. I have already deviated from my original design a bit. I find it so hard not to experiment and change patterns during construction, whether they’re my own or not! So far I’ve got the straps finished: I’m still … Continue reading »
One-Seam Skirt Bedecked With Bow
Here is my completed entry for Burdastyle/Indygo Junction’s Vintage-Inspired, Modern Style Challenge! I really love how it looks and wears, in fact I wore it out to dinner tonight. I based my design on the free vintage one-seam skirt pattern from Indygo Junction. The basic idea of the skirt is to take one yard of … Continue reading »
T-shirt Neckline Alteration
As I mentioned in my last post, I bought this lovely dragon t-shirt at the Salvation Army. I neglected to try it on, which is just as well since although its neckline doesn’t fit I love the print! So here is where I would usually stick in some examples from the web of other people’s t-shirt alterations. … Continue reading »
Old Attachment Tin with New Interior
As I showed you in this post, my Grandmother gave me a bunch of very cool sewing things awhile back. One of the items was an old Greist attachment tin. Instead of keeping it as an attachment tin though, I decided to redo the inside and use it as portable storage for pins, fabric markers, seam ripper etc. … Continue reading »
Vintage Modern Design Challenge
Burdastyle, which is a fantastic resource for sewing enthusiasts, is sponsoring a contest created by Amy Barickman of Indygo Junction. The idea is that you either take a Indygo Junction pattern, or a pattern from Amy’s book “Vintage Notions” or one 4 free patterns offered on indygojunction.com (pattern options here) and give it your own … Continue reading »
Vintage Modern Design Challenge
Burdastyle, which is a fantastic resource for sewing enthusiasts, is sponsoring a contest created by Amy Barickman of Indygo Junction. The idea is that you either take a Indygo Junction pattern, or a pattern from Amy’s book “Vintage Notions” or one 4 free patterns offered on indygojunction.com (pattern options here) and give it your own spin. To enter, … Continue reading »
Ballet Inspired Tulle Skirt
I have seen ton’s of pretty tulle skirts around lately, here are some examples: From left to right (click on the picture for origin site): 1. Burdastyle.com’s Brocade and Tulle Party Frock 2. Fashion is Spinach’s vintage tulle skirt 3. Urban Outfitters’ Pins and Needles Tulle Skirt For my skirt I used … Continue reading »
