T-Shirt Diaries and More

I HATE saying good-bye to any of the contestants, but Pam from Threading My Way is such an amazing talent that she truly will be missed.  1. Can you tell us a little bit about you and your fabulous blog? I spend most of my time sewing and blogging about sewing. When not sewing, I can be found in my garden. My blog, Threading My Way, is a record of my sewing journey in recent months. 2. What is your favorite item to recycle. I don't have a favorite item to recycle. For me, clothing has the greatest potential to be recycled. The possibilities are endless, as they can be upcycled into different clothes, bags or home decor. 3. You have $5.00 to go into a thrift store, what crafting goodness do you buy and why? I would look for fabric, sheets or tablecloths as they give me a blank canvass to work with. 4. Where do you get your recycling inspirations? Just by looking at a garment and seeing the possibilities. 5. Anything else you want to share? The recycling ...

Petticoat from a thrifted slip and cushion cover by Erica of Recycled Fashion Petticoats give volume and interest to otherwise ordinary skirts. I've made my own petticoat, using a slip and a frilly cushion cover purchased from the op shop. Slip $2, the cushion cover was sitting in a bag out the back of the op shop, deemed as unsellable. I gave the op shop 50c for it! First up, I cut the slip to an appropriate skirt shape, there are two pieces of fabric here..   I cut the cushion cover into strips, leaving the frilly bit for the bottom hem. I serged (overlocked) the edges of all strips to prevent fray.   I did not have enough strips to completely fill the skirt, but that's Ok because only the bottom 1/4 is seen. Included elastic band casing at the top, and serged (overlocked) each side of the skirt together.. Petticoat worn under skirt, notice how it goes volume?   And if gallivanting around! Here's what you see..  

Can you believe it? We are at the finals and we have two fabulous finalists, Emily from Domestic Deadline and Erica from Recycled Fashion . Please click on the links to check out some of their amazing crafting goodness.    Emily from Domestic Deadline Presents: April Showers bring Easter Dresses ?!?!?  I am so excited (and surprised) to have made it to the final round!  For this project I started with a fabric shower curtain that I picked up for $5 at the thrift store.  Aside from it being a large amount of nice fabric, I loved the top panel with embroidered flowers. Every time I laid the curtain out to take a picture, a little boy tried to roll up in it, so this was the best I got... I talked with my girls about what they wanted their dresses to look like, we sketched them out and then I cut... first, I cut out the front of one dress, using a similar style dress as a guide.  The back panel is the same shape, but 4 inches wide...

I can not believe that we will be on our last week of Project Recycled tomorrow. Seriously, the time has just flown by. That being said congratulations to the winner of this weeks Project Recycled... Erica of Recycled Fashion  I guess I really need to take a more fashionable picture of myself because I just have the head shot cropped out of a party picture. (Sorry for the rambling the Oscars are on and Billie is distracting me). And sadly we will be saying good-bye to the talented beauty over at Threading My Way - Pam. It was a close one and she will be missed. Pam - Threading My Way She did some amazing things so please hop on over to her blog and check her out! With that being said I am happy to announce that there will be a Project Recycled Season #2. I don't have the date set but please email me and let me know if you are interested in participating. I already have one contestant signed up. It will again be a clothing challenge using all recycled items. The...

Congratulation to Pam of Threading My Way for winning the T-Shirt Challenge. I'm very pleased to be back again for Round Three, this week showing how I upcycled some old t-shirts into a little girl's top. I began with this pile of old t-shirts, but ended up not using the yellow t-shirt. All three garments I used had been women's t-shirts. First up was to alter the neck line to suit a little girl. Secondly, the t-shirt needed to be recut to a much smaller size. I used a child's t-shirt as a guide. Cut off the sleeves. Cut new armholes. Take width from the sides. Shorten the sleeves. Reattach the new sleeves. Finish the bottom of the sleeve with a band. I used a pattern as a size guide for cutting the strips for the skirt. Join the eight strips to form the skirt. Hem. Gather the top of the skirt. Attach to the black t-shirt. And to finish off, I used a black tie that was originally on the floral t-shirt. Make ...

Exit interviews are kind of a love hate thing with me. I hate to see any of the contestants go, but I love learning more about them. So this week we are saying good-bye to Brandi of Crafty Girl Squared. Please I beg you pop on over to her blog and check her and her bestie Meighen out! Brandi - Crafty Girl Squared 1. Can you tell us a little bit about you and your fabulous blog? My blog Crafty Girl Squared is new, it started in August of 2011. I blog with my best friend Meighen and we have been crafting together for as long as we have known each other. We do a little bit of everything, crochet, sewing, painting, decoupage etc. 2. What is your favorite item to recycle. Anything that is usually thrown away. I lose using things in a new way. 3. You have $5.00 to go into a thrift store, what crafting goodness do you buy and why. Sheets! I love good vintage sheets, I look at it as a big cheap piece of fabric. 4. Where do you get your r...