Posts Tagged ‘ simplicity ’

Take ratty silver sweater set; make silver shrug

The little shrug used to be a Tommy Hilfiger sweater set in white and silver. Who knows what I spilled on it? Or how the undershirt turned pink? I turned it into a shrug for the Christmas dress, using the little included pattern. The long sleeves, once cut off and opened up, provided the last [ READ MORE ]

Little girl Christmas dress: the purple version

I give my niece a handmade Christmas dress every year. She was about to turn 6. She might be done, next year, with giant spinning dresses. Her mother and I seized the moment, picked a giant spinning pattern. This year, after Christmas when I landed, the sweetness went to her room to put the thing [ READ MORE ]

Ack!

Melted my dress front, bodice. Iron too hot. Maybe can be saved. With lots of topstitching Can you tell?!?!?! Just a muslin… Time for a brooch[ READ MORE ]

Wearable muslin in progress

This dress falls under the manifesto. Simple, V-necked, cap sleeves, waist to it. And it looks adorable. Also, its small pieces should let me cut it out from old giant silk dresses I find everywhere at the thrifts — the front and back alone would fit on old full sleeves. So I started a version [ READ MORE ]

Voila: New dress from old dress

I love it. And it jives with the manifesto. It’s something I will wear. Longs for tights. Had I to do this refashion over again, I’d have taken more time to figure out the front closure to maintain it. But there was so little fabric left for facings, I ended up sewing it shut and [ READ MORE ]

Word on Georgie-girl

Sleeping standing up. Nose pokes out.

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