[ Posted by krista
Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:27:52 GMT ]
I have been wanting to organize all of the cllection of mail that lies on our half wall. It seems that no matter how many times i clean it it get messy again, but here is a solution i want to try.
Photo from : Ann at all things handmade
Ideas for adjustments would be
-make the sides more rigid so it does not fold and hang oddly.
-make straps or pockets for cell phones and other items with chargers,
-make a way to have the charger attatched.
-decorate to match interior..
-possible place to have live plant :)
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[ Posted by krista
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:15:43 GMT ]
I just came across this blog that someone pointed out in a comment and i read about how she made fabric blocks.
see the article and blog here
Picture BY: nikki on http://craftnerd.blogspot.com
I think this will be a great idea to add to my cache of things to do for the month of recon!!!
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[ Posted by krista
Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:29:28 GMT ]
Finally i made somewhat of a guide. Tell me what you think!
Reconstructed clothing guide.
Why reconstruct clothes?
-to recycle
-to save money
-to lessen the amount of storage
-to clean your closet
-to make items personal and one of a kind
-to save your favorite clothing from the trash
How do you start?
In my opinion you should start small to get the hang of it. Take a piece of clothing and add something to it. A design, some trim, some kind of flair.
Or You can do something else small like take something away, take out a hem for a rough edge, take off the lace trim, take off the design.
A slightly more advanced thing to do is modifying structure. Subtract length, to sleeves, pant legs, the bottom of a shirt Subtract the size of the shirt by taking in seams. You can do other things like change the collar type of a shirt, add a collar, add a layered collar. Maybe add some sleeves, modify the type of sleeve, add fabric to the sleeves.
Then even more advanced is for more experienced sewers. You can use a pattern to make modifications, completely rework items like making one item into another.. Example, make pants into shirt, make shirt into skirt, make skirt into purse. You can even do something like cut open all seams and hems and think of the item as just plain fabric use a pattern or just freehand it.
What I do is think of something I might want or need and raid my storage for supplies to make that item. Or when i get bored I look for something in storage that I like and see what i could make out of it.
If you get stuck just do some simple moves.. fold it, look at it, imagine it as something else, take out a seam and then look at it again, take off trim, sleeves anything else and look again .. it will come to you !
And most important!
SAVE ALL YOUR SCRAPS! things that come in handy..
trim, elastic, strips and pieces of fabric, decorative items, snaps, buttons, lace, patterns and everything else! These all could become something. even if you cannot work it as an item itself it could be an add on to another item.
I hope this might help someone make the effort to get a little creative and crafty :)
And if someone has any additions to this guide then please help me by sending suggestions.
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[ Posted by krista
Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:15:59 GMT ]
I did promise to have the tutorial up yesterday but the fates were against me again. But through a lot of work i got it all ready for everyone.
But please do not laugh at the crappy drawings and the lack of terminology. :)
But here is the tutorial to remake frumpy p.j.'s
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[ 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.
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[ 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.
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