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Tag Archives: diy
Black & White Peter Pan Collar Dress
I have yet another finished project from my unfinished object pile to share with you. I’m sure you’re getting tired of hearing that, but you know it’s only because you’re jealous of my discipline. 
Anyway, this is the dress that I referred to a few days ago in the post about my tie neck dress.
I started this dress during my trip to California at the end of last summer. While there, I went to the thrift store with my sister and found this argyle dress. I brought it home, not knowing what I’d do with it. I really thought the argyle part of the dress was ugly, but I liked the bottom half. So, I ended up cutting the skirt off and using it to make a new dress. Continue reading
Posted in General, Reconstructing & Thrifting, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged button-up, clothing, diy, dress, peter pan collar, reconstructed, recycled, self-drafted, sewing, thrifted
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Striped Button-Up Skirt Reconstruction
When I found this dress at the thrift store last month, my mind was immediately flooded with ideas.
I liked a lot of things about the dress: the colors, the stripes, the buttons, the pockets, the shape of the skirt. However, I don’t usually do maxi length dresses or skirts. They tend to make me look extra short. As I was going through my wardrobe in preparation for Me-Made-May, I discovered that I really need more separates. I especially don’t have very many skirts. So, I decided to make a skirt. Continue reading
Posted in General, Reconstructing & Thrifting, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged Budget, button-down, diy, how to, reconstruction, recycled, remake, sewing, skirt, thrifted, tutorial
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More Unselfish Sewing
I have more unselfish sewing to share with you. I made a dress for my momma, using my self-drafted cowl top pattern. I’m getting pretty good at pattern grading, but it still took me a while to get the fit of the pattern right. It was well worth it though.
I took my “first draft” of the dress with me to California in February, had my mom try it on, and took notes on alterations I needed to make. I had to take most of the dress apart and resew it. I finally finished the alterations a couple of weeks ago and sent the dress to her with the dress I made for my youngest sister. Continue reading
Posted in General, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged clothing, cowl dress, design, diy, dress, pattern, self-drafted, sewing, verity cowl top
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Reconstructed 80s Bow Print Dress
It’s been a while since I’ve done a complete reconstruction, but I did one recently.
When I saw the purple bow print material on the dress above, I immediately thought of my youngest sister. She loves purple. Plus, what teenage girl doesn’t love a colorful bow print?
So, I reconstructed the dress into a little summer frock. Here is the dress, pictured on my adorable baby sis’ (she’s seventeen, but she’s still the baby). Continue reading
Posted in Life & Writing, Reconstructing & Thrifting, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged '80s, bow, bow print, Budget, clothing, diy, dress, how to, purple, reconstruction, recycled, redo, remake, repurposed, retro, sewing, thrifted, tutorial
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Floral Pintuck Yoke Knit Shirt
I’ve been working on getting more me-made casual tops into my wardrobe in preparation for Me-Made-May. So, I finished this fun and comfy top this weekend.
I’m happy to report that I’m really making progress on my UFO pile lately.This is another item that I cut out last year but left unfinished. I drafted the pattern around the same time as my lace yoke sweetheart and dolman tops. It was as simple as cutting a yoke out of my basic shirt pattern and slashing and separating to create the pintucks. Continue reading
Posted in General, Home & Garden, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged clothing, diy, floral, knit, pintuck yoke, pintucks, self-drafted, sewing, shirt, top, yoke
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Christmas dress & a new look for winter
I know I said I wouldn’t have a sewing post up again until January but I couldn’t resist sharing my Christmas dress that I finished at the last minute before we left.
I’ve had the material for several years, and I think I bought it at the thrift store in Moscow, ID. It’s a light pink and white with snowflakes and reindeer. It’s perfect for winter. It’s Christmas-y but not so much so that I can’t wear it at other times in the winter. Continue reading
Posted in General, Life & Writing, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged Christmas, Christmas dress, clothing, cowl, diy, double knit, dress, fashion, pattern, pink, reindeer, retro, self-drafted, sewing, snowflakes, Verity, vintage
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To the dump and back again, and again, and again
I haven’t posted an update about our home renovation in a LONG time, but Alex and I have been working on the house quite a but lately. We’ve been doing lots of demolition, and we’re getting very excited about seeing our vision come to life. We have set a goal to finish a large portion of the inside of the house before the warmth of spring arrives. That way we can focus on the outside of the house in the spring…
Destroying that old, nasty, moldy kitchen was invigorating!
We found another gem of a message left for us from the teenage girl who used to live here… Continue reading
Posted in General, Home & Garden
Tagged bathroom demolition, Budget, demolition, design, diy, home remodel, home remodeling, home renovation, kitchen remodel, remodeling, whole home renovation
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Lace Yoke Dolman Sweatshirt Tutorial
This tutorial is essentially a continuation of the basic dolman top tutorial. First, please see this post for instructions on making your basic dolman sleeve top pattern.
Adding the yoke is easy peasy. Continue reading
Posted in General, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged clothing, diy, dolman sleeve, dolman sweatshirt, fashion, how to, instrucions, lace insert, lace yoke, pattern, patternmaking, self-drafted, sewing, shirt, sweatshirt, tutorial
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Wide Neck Dolman Top Tutorial
I decided to split up the tutorial for this shirt and the one for the lace yoke dolman sleeve sweatshirt. I’ll post the lace yoke sweatshirt tutorial immediately after this one.
To make this top, you will need a basic shirt pattern. If you don’t have one, please see this post for how-to instructions. Grab some tracing paper, a pencil, a ruler and and an angle. Continue reading
Posted in General, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged clothing, design, diy, dolman sleeves, fashion, handmade, how to, off-the-shoulder, pattern, patternmaking, self-drafted, sewing, shirt, top, tutorial
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Reconstructed Lace Insert Shirt Tutorial
This is the second of the three tutorials I mentioned in this post. The tutorial below explains how to make a top with lace yokes and sleeve inserts, using a large recycled turtleneck and some stretchy lace. The lace I used was in the remnant pile at Hancock, but you could probably find a lace top to recycle if you want you’re top to be made entirely from recycled materials.
It wasn’t necessary to take a picture of the shirt before because it was just a big turtleneck. So, I’ll start with an explanation of how I cut it up. Continue reading
Posted in General, Reconstructing & Thrifting, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged design, diy, how to, insert, instructions, lace, lace insert, lace sleeve, lace yoke, reconstructed, recycled turtleneck, remake, sewing, sweatshirt, thrifted, top, tutorial, upcycled, yoke
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