It’s amazing what a little waistband can do for a shirt, isn’t it? I found a sweet woven lace shirt at the thrift store a few months ago. It was really inexpensive and I liked the lace itself. I could never bring myself to wear it on account of its shape (or lack of shape), … Continue reading »
I’d accumulated two beautifully bright but misshapen t-shirts sometime in the last year and a half, and had been hoarding them because I couldn’t bear to part with their bold colors. Well! Yesterday, I finally executed the refashion. I’d been hoping to use the top 1/3 of the blue with as much of the pink … Continue reading »
Hi friends! I’ve been feeling a little burnt out on sewing lately – perhaps due to my Me-Made-May frenzy and my failed red skirt – and did a project today that was the perfect antidote. Inspired by the tutorial on Wise Rabbit Says which I found on Outsapop, I transformed one of the least-worn items … Continue reading »
I just realized that I’d mis-labled week four’s update as another week three until I started writing this post! I was trapped in time! This, my friends, is week five of Me-Made-May 2012. Day 27: Wearing my flannel shirt; Nathan took this photo at Macrina in Seattle, probably my favorite bakery cafe. Thanks to Nathan … Continue reading »
The title says it all; I wore a significant number of grey garments this week! I think it’s interesting that I started with all of my brightest reds, oranges and blues and worked my way down to the greys (with the exception of Day 25). Day 21: I wore a refashioned cotton sweater. It used … Continue reading »
Well! This week was mostly blue and white with a chance of red. Looking at everyone else’s colorful outfits on the flickr pool has got me inspired to try out some other colors for my next sewing projects. After, that is, I finish my dark navy Minoru and tomato red skirt that are in the … Continue reading »
It seems I wore blue self-mades every day, with only one or two exceptions! And with the morning light being as it is, my black clothes also photographed blue. Day 7: My self-drafted, hand-printed cotton voile tank. I so need to duplicate this project in other fabrics! It’s so easy to wear but still feels … Continue reading »
Since we’ve moved, you’ve probably seen a lot of outfit pics with the shoddily slip-covered couch in the background: One might never have guessed that a mid-century-style couch with gorgeous lines lurked beneath (as well as distressed upholstery): Isn’t she beautiful? I inherited her from my grandmother Kiyomi, who had exceptional taste. So, in a … Continue reading »
Between moving and being really sick, I totally forgot about Week 3. Here is the recap! Day 1, another Simplicity 2451 skirt in an ikat fabric obtained at the Goodwill. I also got to trot out a rarely worn cowl sweater (thrifted, of course). You can see we’re about to move based on the empty … Continue reading »
I started this post thinking it was the Week 3 recap – as it turns out, I totally forgot to do one! So that will be coming soon. I’m not going to lie – Week 4 was rough on the self-made fashion front. I’d mostly run out of new things and was heading into the … Continue reading »
