Tag: Refashion
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Christmas Crafting: Part 3
That’s right, it is February 4 and I’m just now getting around to sharing Part Three of my Christmas crafting tales. Some projects just take more time than others, especially projects for Regan. I’ve always had trouble completing projects for him in a timely and secretive fashion. We spend so much time together in our…
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Liberty Print Refashion
I grew up wearing a steady stream of old clothing — but not the vintage kind. My dad was (and still is) a camp director and we lived on property. Each summer hundreds of campers would leave behind towels, tennis shoes, t-shirts and shorts. All of their unclaimed belongings made their way into my dresser…
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Ruffles
I don’t normally shop at Forever 21 since I’m well past 21 and all, but on a whim I walked into the store on my lunch break and walked out with 4 shirts to embellish. This is shirt number two. Using some green jersey fabric I had in my stash, I cut a two foot…
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Doilies
This is what happens when doilies meet a flimsy Forever 21 t-shirt. I’ve fallen short of my goals this year for learning to make clothes. Between vacation, summertime socializing and a heap of new responsibility at work, spending my nights and weekends learning to sew hasn’t happened as planned. While I try to get back…
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Project 3
For starters I did not pick the most flattering dress concept. From my vast dress-wearing experience I know I don’t wear strapless well. It’s just too much skin. I have horrible posture when I feel exposed. Strapless dresses scare me. That said, I went ahead and made this dress. On one hand I love that…