Rags to Riches

Something NEW after a long drought

2011-12-11T14:02:00.001-08:00

I have a light summer top I love, that was so simple in design, I just bought a pile of light fabric, dropped the tunic I liked over the top and cut out. Very happy with the resulting three garments.

Watchbands

2011-04-03T20:42:00.001-07:00

Needed a couple of watch bands, and thought I should just try deconstructing them. Yay. It sort of worked. This is the black watch.

and this is the brown watch.

Bite Me and Cherry Blossom

2011-03-30T20:28:00.000-07:00

I've taken to naming my new ones - this one has a label already called Vampire, so all it needed was some imagination in the construction and we have 'Bite Me'.

Added the red beads later above the wings - look like blood.
Below we have Cherry Blossom, Bite Me and Clouds over a Wheat Field.
and this little beauty is Cherry Blossom.

Winter is coming, and the second woollie vest is made

2011-03-29T23:11:00.000-07:00

Four different woollie - both felted and not - items were sewn together for this vest. Very warm.
Added the buttons at the end.
and dispensed with the striped middle which only served to emphasis my thicker waist. It is now a ribbed black knit.

Can't get enough of shirts

2011-03-29T23:09:00.001-07:00

Stormed SaveMart today and came home with a huge pile of shirts and other items. Gulp. Now I have no excuse. The sewing machine has been humming today.

Lace shirt

2011-03-18T20:08:00.001-07:00

Made up of three different white blouses.

Shirtdress out of four garments

2011-03-13T12:58:00.001-07:00

My first knit vest

2011-02-16T19:08:00.001-08:00

Had fun trying out how friendly felted wool was to fit into different shapes. At the moment, it has the challenge of fitting a very curvy shape. Let's hope that changes gradually!

Rummaging in Glen Innes

2011-02-15T14:53:00.000-08:00

A group of us met at Glen Innes to rummage at the hospice warehouse sale and came away with a pile of possibilities. Watch this space.

Knitted vest

2011-02-06T12:11:00.000-08:00

My clever sister sat down and made this vest in one go, including the little knit flower that sits on it. What a great vest!

Latest shirt

2011-02-03T19:13:00.000-08:00

Made a rag doll out of left over shirt material, and am wearing the new shirt in this shot.

And this one looks better when my arms are DOWN!! But it hangs really well.

Getting shirty

2011-02-02T17:18:00.000-08:00

These are all men's shirts - cut up and reconstructed into a garment I prefer.

Reconstructions since 2010

2011-02-02T14:51:00.001-08:00

Here's a long hippi dress I found at Veronica's closet - which I've cut down and readjusted to be a tunic top with additional shirring at the chest area.
This was a man's 'America's Cup' shirt and a woman's top - the centre part is the colour from another top, all to make a nice long tunic.
The ladies above and I had a great day, going to Veronica's Closet and getting cheap clothing to have a go at sewing together. It worked well. The outfits above are the result of that trip.
These dead vampires were made out of left over fabric, stuffed and painted.

This is a top and pullover combined.
Another man's shirt - lumberjack like - with sleeves cut off and cuffs made into side plackets, final result a waistcoat.
Love this top, reconstructed into a long tunic.
And the one below is a woman's crimped top, joined to a lovely hank of material like an oil slick below, and paua beads dotted around the middle.
I wear the jumper/tunic combination below a lot in the winter. The coloured red heart buttons around the neckline really add to it.

And this one was made entirely myself, so it's a construct rather than a reconstruct. Has musical instruments up the middle.