new from old, little from big
I'm so excited about all the crafting ideas being posted over at the Wardrobe Refashion site and I can't wait to try some of them myself. But because lots of my fabric and equipment is packed up for the move, sewing seems like it will have to wait for a week or so. But I did start with just a small warm-up project this morning, to see what it was like to sew up pieces of knitted cotton-wool-blend type fabric. I had this old, stretched dark purple cardy:
which I cut into sections, then cut out again, according to the rough measurements of one of Keira's jackets. Then I sewed it up again, replaced the buttons with some rainbow-coloured vintage ones from my button tin, and did a bit of neck-band surgery from my carelessly hacked-up old cardigan. (I had to hide some of the rough sewing with a 'tiny happy' label.) And this is the wee version:
The sneaky trick that meant the whole project took an hour and a bit (including lunchtime!), was utilising all the pieces of the garment that had button-bands and hems originally. I just zig-zagged the shoulder and side seams after sewing them because I was too lazy to move from the heater to where the overlocker was.
It's nice to have a non-pink cardigan for Keira...
Clever! and it looks so cute! I can't believe you still have time for sewing in the middle of packing to move house! You're a superhero! :)
Posted by:Helen | June 07, 2006 at 03:15 PM
brilliant you, it looks fantastic!
Posted by:kyrie | June 07, 2006 at 03:50 PM
Superhero indeed!!! That's so clever...sometimes the carelessly hacked up things are the most fun because it's so quick and you have something new instantly (well an hour and a half instantly).
I do hope your move goes smoothly :0)
Posted by:rachael | June 07, 2006 at 05:13 PM
That looks amazing! I have a pile of clothes I was supposed to give away, but decided I would re-model into clothing for Milo. I'll let you know when that happens.
Posted by:Annika | June 07, 2006 at 05:36 PM
yay! i just finished commenting on the picture of flickr about how nice it was to have a dark coloured cardi for her : )
it really does look lovely.
And good luck with the move! Remember to let me know the address so I can pop down with the baking!
x
Posted by:rhiannon | June 07, 2006 at 07:19 PM
Good idea and well done! It looks so sweet on her. I will visite the site as well.
Posted by:elianne | June 08, 2006 at 08:29 AM