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Recon inspiration

[ Posted by krista Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:31:24 GMT ]

I am in love with the unusual looking kind of clothing. If anyone remembers junkyard wars then you will remember the futureistic recycled looking clothes they wore there.  I have a facination with this and have founs someone to be inspired by. Her high collars are very inspired and the mixtures of materials and cuts it to die for. She has a very keen eye when it comes to embelishments and this makes me so jealous!

the pic links to myspace page for Jodito and then there is her craftster link here 

maybe i will be ambitious soon and try my hand in the remaking of clothes that would be less of a standard and more into the unusually hip :) 

Posted in Month of Recon, Sewing, Fashion/Clothing, On the Cheap | Tags idol, nspiration, Recon, reconstructed | 1 comment

Reconstructed clothing : Vest from pants

[ Posted by krista Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:17:24 GMT ]

Trying once again to dress my younger one.

So many resources for fabric in our storage. I found lots of sleep pants, almost too many for my son to wear one a day for a month!

So now to make something else that he might need. I know he needs a little bit better looking clothing than the p.j.'s and cutsie baby stuff. I thought i need to start manking him something that is a little more grown up and kid looking., not baby.

I thought to myself that a vest could be the best thing because he has a lot of shirts that have that food stain that i cannon get rid of and a vest can cover that very well and extend the life of those shirts.

Now i start the easy vest from fleece sleep pants

Posted in Kids, Homemaking, Tutorials, Craft, Sewing, Fashion/Clothing, On the Cheap | Tags Clothing, Kids, Pants, Recon, reconstructed, tutorial, vest | 1 comment

Reconstructed Clothes : Maternity Overalls into Apron

[ Posted by krista Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:07:57 GMT ]

Going through the maternity stuff again and finding the things i would never wear again i came across the ugly overalls i had when i was pregnant. Well they were cute actually on a pregnant woman but not on me because i was HUGE!!! But now being smaller and have a slightly more flattering waist i thought these would make a cute apron.

Posted in Homemaking, Craft, Sewing, Fashion/Clothing, On the Cheap | Tags apron, cheap, Clothing, reconstructed, recycle, sewing | 1 comment

Reconstructed Clothing : Salvation of the Nursing Bra

[ Posted by krista Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:12:22 GMT ]

I Had my second Child Recently and was left with the maternity clothes and the post partum Fat clothes in my basement. I have been slowly going through them to see what i can do and i made my wat to the one thing i have so many of yet so little of. Let me clarify, I have many nursing bras that are almost like new and not many standard bras that are in the same decent condition. I decided to revamp the nursing bras.

Posted in Homemaking, Craft, Sewing, Fashion/Clothing, On the Cheap | Tags bra, clothes, Clothing, Recon, reconstructed, recycle, sewing | no comments

Urban Renewal.

[ Posted by krista Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:01:46 GMT ]

I have been blogging about revamping your clothes and using what you have on hand and save money instead of buying a whole new wardrobe.

This girl has taken the simple t-shirt revamp to a whole new level.

This is a must see for freestyle t shirt reconstructing with flair!

Posted in Sewing, Fashion/Clothing, On the Cheap | Tags cheap, Clothing, reconstructed, recycle, revamp, Tshirt | 1 comment

Pants into tote tutorial

[ Posted by krista Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:33:57 GMT ]

Turn your husband's old pants (or new if you have some spite in your heart) into a tote for yourself!

MAKE THIS.... 

 FROM THESE!

Posted in Sewing, Fashion/Clothing, On the Cheap | Tags Bag, Pants, Purse, reconstructed, recycle, tote, tutorial | no comments

Reconstructed clothes

[ Posted by krista Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:57:22 GMT ]

My first try!

I just got done turning my husband's plaid dress shirt into a cute casual shirt for me.

I do not have a step by step tutorial with photos because I had no time. i was trying to do the shirt as a trial before the boys woke up.

Here is what i did to it.

I first cut the sleeves off

turned it inside out and fitted it for a new seam against my torso. Pinned where i wanted to tailor the seam, sewed it up along the line and then cut off the excess.

Then i took the sleeves and cut them shorter, turned them so the cuff opening was in the front and then switched arms so i could use the excess part of the sleeve as a slight pucker. I took in the shoulders then attached the sleeves. and then i was done!

Here is the finished product. For my first time it is not so bad!

Posted in Fashion/Clothing, On the Cheap | Tags Clothing, reconstructed, sew, shirt | 1 comment