Used Couture: No sheet!

5/13/07

No sheet!

Yes, another dress I made out of a sheet, that I got at a garage sale. This one has gone under several re-drafts, and I even put in a zipper, I had no other choice!
If I could have foreseen all of the problems I had, I would have
done a few things differently. But, in the end, I am still okay with it, I will still be able to wear it and it did end up pretty cute. And now I know that what I had planned doesn't work, I can try again on another sheet. Of which I have two, that I got at
Goodwill, waiting on my sewing table.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...: love this dress.; 5/17/2007 5:06 PM
Unknown said...: Thanks!; 5/17/2007 8:08 PM
emily said...: so cute! i love love LOVE this dress. (found it on craftster.) you have such a great sense of style!; 5/25/2007 5:50 PM
Unknown said...: Isn't Craftster great!; 5/25/2007 7:51 PM
Lauren said...: I also saw this dress on craftster and I LOVE IT. the split neckline is the best! is it a pattern or just something you whipped up?; 5/27/2007 4:46 AM
Unknown said...: The bodice was kinda based on the Built By Wendi pattern #4111(?), I altered it quite a bit, and the rest is my own doing.; 5/27/2007 5:00 AM
LadyLinoleum said...: That? Is absolutely adorable!; 7/25/2007 5:50 PM

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What am I doing!?

A couple of my sisters (Susan, Abi) and I were out shopping, and I was commenting on the fact that I bought a necklace (just like the one we were looking at) a few days earlier (for a lot cheaper) at a thrift store. And this continued to stew in my mind as we shopped, "There are a lot of funky things at thrift stores, often the clothing doesn't fit quite right.....but I could take them apart and make new things" I like originality and uniqueness, "what if I only bought things from thrift stores?"

The challenge: Starting 01/01/07, for the next 365, 24 hour segments (12 months), I'm not going to buy any new items of clothing.

The rules: I can buy materials (fabric, buttons, yarn, etc.) and anything secondhand.

It's Used Couture, my secondhand journey!

The Begining:

I've been interested in "fashion" and clothing construction as far back as I can remember. When I was real little it was just wanting to wear my swim suit in the middle of the winter, or the feeling I got when Mom had made me a dress (all the possibilities started to run through my head) or when I noticed it was "in" to roll up the edges of your cut off jeans, and rolled mine up a lot higher then I needed to, I remember giving my Mom the hardest time when she would try and get me into something I didn't like. Over the last 19 years, since I have been out of my Mother's womb (or maybe even from before!), and definitely in the last 2-3 years my sense of "style" has evolved tremendously, and through much trial and error (probably still more to come), I feel as I've finely made some headway, it's kinda like I've gotten the foundation down, and now I can start building. I'm not limited by what they sell in the stores, or what patterns you can buy, the sky is the limit now.

5/13/07

No sheet!

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