tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35604499005455188252024-03-12T16:57:08.926-07:00Craft ReincarnatedArt, soul, love, clothing and a desire to reduce, reuse and save the EarthJacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-50799382632741685332022-07-06T07:30:00.003-07:002022-07-06T07:30:31.122-07:00A little Steampunk-y Queen Bee<p> 2nd hand fabric and trim make up the key elements to my Queen Bee costume. I used McCalls M6911 for the bustle, and self-patterned the caplet. I traced out my pattern pieces onto the yellow fabric and then stenciled the stripes and lace design using speedball ink (set with a hot iron after it dried) -- then I sewed it. The lining is a black polyester with yellow polka dots - also purchased at a thrift store. 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I also sewed fishing weights into the points in the front of my capelet to keep the fabric weighted forward & not pulling backwards by the weight of the wings.</p><p>The crown is craft foam & antennae are pipe cleaners - both stitched & glued on to a fabric headband. 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Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-80805826439650060272016-06-10T08:29:00.000-07:002016-06-10T08:29:21.596-07:00Southwest T-shirt - a refashion storyThis was a fun & easy little project. I normally like to refashion t-shirts, but this time I admit I bought it brand new. <i>Michael's</i> had <i>Gilden</i> t-shirts on sale for $2 - so I couldn't refuse. I bought a nice brand new 2XL shirt & refashioned it to an old dusty tie dye shirt :-)<br />
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<li>Cut off the sleeves. I cut mine way back and I sewed my side seams in some, but you can just cut off the sleeves</li>
<li>Tie dye your shirt. I did an accordion fold diagonally & tied it off with rubber bands, then I submerged it in a jar of <i>Palomino Gold</i> proactive dye from <i>Dharma Trading</i> - I let it sit in the jar for 24-hours. Wash & dry the t-shirt</li>
<li>Using a grid ruler & rolling cutter, I cut 3/8" wide fringe all around the bottom (hence the 2XL shirt - I wanted the extra length)</li>
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<br />Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-13074041874575780042016-01-12T13:59:00.000-08:002016-01-12T14:01:59.025-08:00No-Sew Easy ShawlAnother iteration of my <a href="http://craftreincarnated.blogspot.com/2015/11/turquoise-shawl-for-8.html" target="_blank">Turquoise Shawl</a> - again for about $8 - but this time it can be done with NO SEWING! Whoo hoo! I still did some sewing on mine - a hem - but totally not necessary. Here's what I did.<br />
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Purchase 3.25 yards of your favorite fleece (60" wide) - I found mine at Hancock Fabrics for $2.75/yd + 25% off coupon.<br />
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Lay your fabric out cut edge to cut edge. This gives you a corner to work from that is 1 side fold and 1 side selvedge that is at least 54" long from the corner.<br />
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Measure from the corner (the corner of fold and selvedge edge) out 54" and begin marking ticks in a semi circle using tailor's chalk or washable marker/pen (see image).<br />
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Measure from the corner (the corner of fold and selvedge edge) out 30" and begin marking ticks in a semi circle using tailor's chalk or washable marker/pen (see image).<br />
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Start cutting 1/2" to 3/4" thick fringe pieces from the 54" line to the 30" line - through both layers of fabric. Since you are working on a curved edge, about every 6-7 pieces you will be cutting away excess fabric (see the triangular gaps shown in the image) to keep the fringe following the curved edge.<br />
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Now it's time to tie the fringe. You take 3 pieces (1,2,3) on one edge and place them over the next 3 pieces (4, 5, 6), and tie them to the following 3 pieces (7, 8, 9). Next you take your pieces you crossed over (4, 5, 6) and place them over pieces 7, 8, 9, and tie them to pieces 10, 11, 12. Continue this pattern all the way around.<br />
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This one is warmer than my knit one I did in turquoise - which works great South Texas winter :-)</div>
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<br />Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-6931029107659228642015-11-12T17:20:00.002-08:002016-08-15T06:26:36.632-07:00Turquoise Shawl for ~$8I saw this luscious turquoise goatskin fringe shawl all over Pinterest last fall & just fell in love with it. First off - it took forever to track this sucker down; Secondly - when I did finally track it down it was a whooping $650! Well, I couldn't swing that on a shawl/poncho type item, no matter how luscious it is. So I set off to make my own.<br />
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I found this pretty poly cotton blend, turquoise, 2-way knit fabric for $4 a yard (and I think I may have had a coupon too). I bought 2 yards and stashed it in my craft room until there was time to work on it. Finally about 6 months later - I have my own shawl now. Here's what I did:<br />
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Step 1 is to lay out the fabric so that I could mark and cut a 1/2 circle. with my fabric folded longways and my selvages matching up - I trimmed up my short edge to a nice 90 degree straight line. The width of my fabric was 60" (30" folded in half)<br />
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To mark my half-circle, I began at my straight trimmed edge & measured out 26" from short edge to folded edge. This gives me a 1/2 circle 26" long by 52" wide.<br />
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Cut out the 1/2 circle.<br />
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Now the tricky part. I knew I wanted my fringe to follow the curve, so I cut my fringe pieces in a curve. The easier way to do this would be to cut the fringe length pieces straight across - but I honestly didn't know how it would turn out sewn onto the shawl curve, so I did mine the hard way.<br />
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Using the precut circle curve as my guide - I measured 18" down from the cut curve line and marked it to cut.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Then I opened my fabric & continued to mark. </span>Now, the cut piece won't go all the way around the edge of the shawl (it's too short), so you need to cut a little more.</div>
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I laid out my "fringe" curve on the remaining fabric & used that as a template to trace a bit more curve (image above).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5. Cutting a bit more fringe border to make sure it will go all the way around the edge of my shawl.</td></tr>
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After I finished cutting out all my 18" fringe border pieces, it's time to sew. First, hem the straight edge of your half-circle. Second, connect your fringe border pieces at the straight lines. Third, sew your fringe border section to the half-circle section.<br />
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Here's what it looks like with the fringe border sewn in & all the seams topstitched (Pay no mind to the water marks or cat in the picture). The water marks are a seam where I was removing my washable marker marks. There are 3 fringe border sections, the large piece in the middle (made from using the semi circle cut line as a guide - and the two ends - where I folded out my cut border & used it to mark up the rest of my fabric (pictures 3-5)<br />
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Now it's time to cut the fringe. My fringe is .5" wide at the top and .75" wide at the bottom. Because I'm cutting on a curve, your fringe pieces are more like wedges & not straight fringe. Also, there were a few areas where I removed some excess fabric triangles (probably about 4 or 5 spots) because some of the fringe pieces just didn't look nice. I started working from the fringe border seam area out - that way I could make sure the seamed piece became it's own fringe piece.<br />
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Now it's time to tie the fringe. You take 3 pieces (1,2,3) on one edge and place them over the next 3 pieces (4, 5, 6), and tie them to the following 3 pieces (7, 8, 9). Next you take your pieces you crossed over (4, 5, 6) and place them over pieces 7, 8, 9, and tie them to pieces 10, 11, 12. Continue this pattern all the way around. <br />
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Voila - a $8 fringe shawl!<br />
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I have a post where I made one of these out of fleece & did no sewing at all - worked like a charm!<br />
http://craftreincarnated.blogspot.com/2016/01/no-sew-easy-shawl.html?m=1</div>
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Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-9452957797282138312015-10-14T12:52:00.000-07:002015-10-14T12:55:14.402-07:00Spoonflower DesignsI'm getting back to wanting to do some more Spoonflower designs. I'm into clothing design & Spoonflower is targeted towards quilters & crafters, but that doesn't mean I won't try to manipulate the system! :-) I'm playing around with caftan ideas like this:<br />
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I haven't purchased the fabric yet, but I'm thinking 52" Poly Crepe De Chine. </div>
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<br />Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-7658875075958320862015-06-12T04:00:00.000-07:002015-09-10T13:09:59.915-07:00The New and Improved Bee Bling Hat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm loving my bee hat v2.0. I loved the screen print of our apiary logo & the patch with the alternating blanket stitches. Then I went for the bling. My first attempt was rather meh. Just not taking it to the level I wanted. Then I was introduced to blingy Olive & Pique hats, and my vision was focused. I went rhinestone shopping on EBay (best craft store ever) and bought a mix bag selection of sew on stones. </div>
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I had been wanting to try my new bead foundation material for a while & this seemed to be the perfect starter project. I'm not an expert beader, but I can do enough to be dangerous. Having the foundation and the rhinestones really cleaned up my beading & I love the results. </div>
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Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-45417964520959140182015-06-10T11:56:00.000-07:002015-06-10T11:59:53.322-07:00Spurs Wreath version 2.0Ok, so you may not remember, but way back when I made a sad little <a href="http://craftreincarnated.blogspot.com/2014/05/rag-muffin-spurs-wreath.html" target="_blank">Rag-a-Muffin wreath</a> using scraps of t-shirt.<br />
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Well, it didn't take long in the San Antonio humidity for those t-shirt scraps to go limp. So instead of a Rag-a-Muffin look, I got a drowned rat look. Not really what I was wanting. I finally got off my bum & decided to fix it. </div>
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<b>Step 1:</b> I took it all off & down to the bare bones (or wire frame in this case). I also purchased some burlap ribbon from the craft store. I had a 1/2 roll of black tulle as well, but in the end I opted not to use it.</div>
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<b>Step 2: </b>I began by tying the chevron burlap to the center 2 rings. Being my first burlap wreath ever, I did my research, and watched some YouTube videos on how to make burlap wreaths. They all seemed to recommend a type of tuck and twist method. I really wasn't comfortable with that because it didn't seem secure, and when I tried it, mine was definitely NOT secure. But since I was going to reuse my t-shirt ties, I just decided to tie my burlap in place. I invented my soon to be world famous "Pucker-and-Tie Method" :-)</div>
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<b>Use the Pucker and Tie Method: </b>I began by tying a short end, create a ripple or pucker with the ribbon and tie - create a pucker and tie - so on and so on until I got all the way around to my starting point and tied the last end. I had just enough ribbon to go around the wreath once. My two ends are just sitting right next to each other, which did leave a small gap, but once I was done I was able to squish them together & now you can't even see the gap. I was actually thinking that if you were to put a flower or bow or something, you would actually want that gap there.</div>
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<b>Step 3: </b>I began tying my solid black burlap ribbon to the inner and outer rings. I had more of this ribbon so I was able to go around both with no problem. Same method - pucker and tie.</div>
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<b>Step 4: </b>Once I had all my burlap ribbon tied in place, I started filling in random areas with more t-shirt ties. I think my t-shirt ties were around 1" x 6" pieces (give or take on the length)</div>
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<b>Step 5: </b>Hang on a wreath hanger hook</div>
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<b>Step 6: </b>Add my Spurs Banner Flags</div>
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All done! From droopy to poofy - in about 30 minutes (Well, 30 minutes once I had an empty frame to work from. Un-knotting all those little buggers took some time - and fingernails)</div>
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<br />Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-59594743090016475032015-06-10T11:26:00.000-07:002015-06-10T11:26:00.700-07:00Decimal to Fraction Cheat SheetI've been sewing long enough that I'm usually pretty good down to the 8th mark... but I don't always remember my 16ths and they come up from time to time. Here's a handy cheat sheet that you can print & hang in your sewing & crafting space .<br />
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<br />Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-21949295306034338992015-06-03T10:49:00.003-07:002015-06-03T10:58:43.214-07:00Recipe Test: Vegan & Gluten Free Snickerdoodles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This recipe form<a href="http://courtneyscraftinandcookin.com/2013/02/27/paleo-snickerdoodles/"> Courtney's Craftin & Cookin</a>works! I've done tested it out. I went off the official "Paleo" ingredients a bit, but my focus was on the vegan & GF aspect of the recipe. My modifications are in the [brackets].
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<li>2 cup almond flour [Yup, a 16oz bag of Bob's Red Mill Almond Flour - about $10]</li>
<li>1/8 tsp sea salt [as is]</li>
<li>1/4 tsp baking soda [as is]</li>
<li>4-5 tbsp coconut oil (melted) [about 2 oz of coconut oil and 2 oz of Earth Balance spread]</li>
<li>1/4 cup honey [as is]</li>
<li>1 tbsp vanilla extract [I was out, so I didn't use it, but I will next time]</li>
<li>mix, roll in cinnamon & flatten [as is]</li>
<li>bake at 350 for 7-8 mins [yup as is]</li>
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<br />Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-52546782392331804492015-06-02T11:34:00.000-07:002015-06-02T11:41:43.135-07:00Summer Convertible DressLet me begin by saying - I have a lot of sundresses. I love my maxi sun dresses. In Texas summers, it is a necessity and I wear them on outings, dates, & work. So...While cleaning out my closet, I came across a Target sundress that I bought a couple summers ago, but never wear, and another Target sundress that I bought at a thrift store for a refashion.<br />
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Both dresses are made of Rayon, and both were approximately the same length & cut. I like full maxi dresses - my over 40 figure does not like a fitted look - so I never really wore my one dress. But I really liked the fabric on both. My initial idea was to do some rayon palazzo pants, but I opted for a drawstring dress instead.<br />
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I've been working on making convertible dress patterns for myself and experimenting with different suitable fabrics for the various convertible patterns. The drawstring dress is nice because it can be tied multiple ways, an works with a wide variety of fabrics (rayon, silk & knits are best). Since these dresses were both basically simple rectangles, a drawstring dress seemed most appropriate.<br />
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Here are my starter dresses:<br />
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<li>Sew the 4 rectangles together (long sides) to make a big tube - alternating the pieces: chevron, black floral, chevron, black floral. I sewed mine using the <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/05/seam-series-how-to-sew-a-french-seam/" target="_blank">french seam technique</a>.</li>
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<li>I lined up my pieces so that I was using the hem that came with the dress. In other words, I sewed from the bottom up rather than the top down.</li>
<li>True up the top of the dress. On the Center Back seam (in this case it is the original CB of the black floral dress), open the seam about 6" down and stitch across the seam line to create a "stop" - press the seam allowance of the opening to the inside of the dress & stitch it in place. This creates a 6" deep open "V" on the dress, and gives you a place to create the tube for your drawstring to come out of.</li>
<li>Fold the top of the dress down 1 1/2" to the inside and press. Then tuck the raw edge up under about 1/4" and press again. this creates the tube for the drawstring. Stitch down your tube about 1/8" in from the inside bottom fold.</li>
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That's it. Now you can grab a 1" wide ribbon, or strip and sew some extra fabric to create a drawstring. I had a wrap style dress already, so I just borrowed that drawstring. Depending on your body size, you will want a drawstring that is 2-3 yards long so you can twist & wrap it around your body to tie it off.</div>
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Sorry for the cheesy back yard pics - that was the best I could do at the time. I'll try to get some better pics to post, and I will also tie it up multiple ways and take some pictures for you. I styled the dress with a sweater, heels and jewelry and wore this into the office. I'm also wearing a cami-style sports bra underneath it.</div>
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From my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/jace520/clothes-convertible-multi-use/" target="_blank">Pinterest Board on Convertible Clothing</a>... here's a schematic of a multi-style drawstring dress</div>
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Super easy beginner sewing. Very comfy & verstile. Always boho chic!<br />
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<li>Using your sharp fabric scissors (Ginghar's y'all - worth the money), cut off the collar just above the collar stand, and the cuffs just above the cuff</li>
<li>Roll the cuffs up about 3 times (stitch in place if desired), put on your shirt and tie the bottom ends in a knot</li>
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Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-86594198320418727362015-05-27T09:56:00.000-07:002015-05-27T09:56:53.832-07:00Reincarnated Cowboy HatShut up - Shut up - Shut up! I just HAD to reblog this post I came across for refashioning your straw cowboy hats. (Every girl has one right?). Look a how gorgeous this is when you ModgePodge some vintage floral fabric to it.<br />
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I'm so doing this!<br />
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<br />Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-80253871268770025382015-03-12T15:57:00.000-07:002015-03-12T15:57:01.258-07:00Tiny Houses, Refashioned Clothing, Convertible Dresses --- It's a Movement I Totally Missed!I admit, I'm a consumer. An 80's baby raised in a "buy it all" society. Here's the clincher that's finally made me realize I'm now mature (yes I'm a late bloomer) --- I don't need all this crap! I've always been a pack rat. It comes from my artistic & creative nature that I can make something else from everything else - so I'd better not throw it away. The problem is that over the years, I've accumulated too much stuff! I just can't manage it all.<br />
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I'd love nothing more than to quit my day job & become a full time artist. I'm pretty sure that there's enough crap in my house that I'd never need to buy anything new ever again & make millions of pieces of art! However, that is just too scary of an idea for me right now. I'm consciously choosing to stay in corporate America & contribute to my retirement & keep my art as a hobby (for now). BUT... through my learning & growing process I'm furthering my artistic development so that when that retirement day comes & I begin my full-time artist life, I will be mature in my idea & technique.<br />
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I'm still in my starter house - a small 1960's bungalow of 1300 sq feet. I've often dreamed of having a larger place in the country, but didn't want to give up my cheap mortgage & easy commute, so I've stayed here. My husband & I bought some play property in the country, a place to camp, hunt & keep some bees. We've been touched by the tiny house movement & will build one as a cabin. However, that idea struck me close to home. Why treat my house as a has-been? I should embrace the tiny living & make my small house more efficient to our lifestyle. Although we haven't started renovations, they are in discussion.<br />
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Then the idea moved to my craft... why not start refashioning things. So I bought from thrift stores & started practicing (too scared to work from my own closet & permanently ruin something of my own - never mind that I never wear it, or it doesn't fit or whatever reason it ends up in the re-fashion pile). I now have stash of refashioned items & a bigger stash of stuff to be refashioned.<br />
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Now my obsession is convertible clothing. In order to feed my ever changing sense of style, but stop feeding my consumer, buy it all monster --- I'm moving into the world of refashioning items into convertible clothing items. I know I'm late to the transformer clothing party, but oh what fun! I've began by drafting up knock off patterns for about 6 pieces of convertible clothing. I started with the simplest pattern & sewing & moved on from there.<br />
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If you think about folks who have chosen the tiny house lifestyle, the closet is a critical component of that life. How in the world can you be a fashionista & a tiny houser at one time? Convertible clothing is the answer.Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-52771410390894728582015-02-03T07:12:00.001-08:002015-02-03T07:12:27.309-08:00Reincarnated Denim for Your House! Donate for InsulationThis is a great way to reincarnate denim! I remember traveling to a cotton/denim mill in Lubbock as part of my textiles degree. The dye baths were just incredibly toxic - you couldn't breath. Although I'm all for refashioning your denim to wear so you can avoid buying new jeans, sometimes that's just not possible. So instead - think about donating them to make home insulation. Blue Jeans Go Green donates insulation to Habitat for Humanity (click the logo for more info) <a href="http://www.bondedlogic.com/" target="_blank">Bonded Logic</a> offers multiple green insulation products, including denim insulation.<br />
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One day when we build our tiny house on our property - I will have denim insulation! I may even leave some of it exposed as decor :-)<br />
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<br />Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-28974635277738205462015-01-27T09:04:00.002-08:002016-11-16T13:04:38.477-08:00Contributing to Refashion Co-op with Denim SkirtsI'm officially a contributor to the <a href="http://refashionco-op.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Refashion Co-op</a>! Whoo hoo! Check out my first post called "Ooh those denim skirts!"<br />
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Take 1 Chicos bag with a red ribbon (optional)<br>
Print some zombie pictures from Mr Google (personal use only)<br>
Bust out your ModgePodge or equivalent white glue<br>
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<p dir="ltr">STEP 1: glue your pictures to the bag (covering the logo)<br>
STEP 2: drip red wax on the bag for blood</p>
<p dir="ltr">Too glamorous for words!<br>
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I wasn't really finding anything online & didn't want to go hunting store to store - plus I knew I wanted something with a vintage feel. So I went off to my favorite thrift store to go look around. On the first try I found this little 80's number. It was marked at $6.99, but because it was damaged, I asked for a discount - they sold it to me for $2!<br />
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This dress has a great vintage floral print and good structure. But it has a terrible fit and a hole in the back that looks like some kind of varmint had its way with the dress. Oh yeah... and a signature 80's bow on the back!<br />
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When I first put it on the arm holes were too high, and the bust was way too tight (hence the gap showing my white tank). But I knew I could work with that. My original plan was to split open the side seams and use a triangle scrap of fabric to add about an inch to each side. When I began to inspect the seams - I discovered that this dress has french seams (basically that's a seam encased within itself). Nice that this dress is of a higher quality than I originally thought - not nice to try to do an alteration on. But I decided to persist.<br />
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<u>Step 1</u>: Get that gawd awful bow off the back. Once it was off, it's actually a nice rectangle of fabric - good for those side seam triangle inserts I'm thinking about.<br />
<u>Step 2</u>: Work around that giant hole in the back. I realized that I could go about 18" up from the hem line & clear the fabric damage, so I made that my first cutting line.<br />
<u>Step 3</u>: Cut off the bottom of the dress at my 18" marked line.<br />
<u>Step 4</u>: Discover the bonus points that the previous owner had taken up the shoulder seams! So I let those out & behold - armholes that fit me now! Yay. So that meant I didn't have to open up those french seamed side seams to insert extra fabric.<br />
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The first thing I did was serge the bottom hem to keep the fabric from coming apart (if you don't have a serger, you could just zigzag stitch it). Then I sewed the 2" lace on to the bottom with about 3/8" overlap from the serged edge. I could have left the dress like that - as a mini dress. But I'm over 40 and mini dresses are just too young for me, and have never really worked on me anyways, so I needed to add some of the dress back on.</div>
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At first I cut a 10.5" wide piece from the original dress hem (the part that was cut off when we measured 18" up). At 10.5" up from the hem, I missed the varmint hole from the bottom side. I took that & pinned it onto my black lace and went to go take a look... mmm seemed a bit long to me. So I folded it up & repinned it to about knee length - I liked that much better. That ended up being about a 6" width.</div>
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Once I cut my 6" wide piece (leaving the original dress hem), I serged the raw edge and began pinning it around the lace - matching side seams, center front and center back - then finger gathered it to fit all the way around. Once everything was in place, I stitched it down (again with about a 3/8" overlap with the lace piece)<br />
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As a finishing touch, I decided that I needed a little lace at the top to balance it out. So I took my Hobby Lobby 3/8" black lace & stitched two rows of it down each side of the button placket, and around the neckline.<br />
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The dress is still a bit tight in the bust, but I decided that I like the look of wearing a cami underneath - so no alterations there.<br />
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I really like my country dress! All in all, it took about 3 hours of pressing, cutting & sewing time and a whoppin $12.50! What a bargin! Plus it brings new life into an old dress and maintains a better carbon footprint than buying a new dress.Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-69746622136343703642014-05-23T17:42:00.001-07:002014-05-23T17:45:12.673-07:00Rag-a-muffin Spurs WreathUsing the strips of scraps from my <a href="http://craftreincarnated.blogspot.com/2014/05/go-spurs-go.html">Spurs t-shirt project</a>, I made a wreath. I used a wire wreath foundation that I had on hand, but you can use anything else that allows you to tie on the scraps.<br /><br />My scraps are about 1.5"x6"-7" each & I just started tying them randomly around the form by color. Even with the "finished" product... I think I will keep adding scraps as I come across fabric re-uses, just to fatten it up.<br />
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<br /><br />I had originally intended to stretch the banner across the wreath from side to side, but as I started making my banner flags to match the size of my stencils I just went ahead & kept them separate. Maybe later on I'll do smaller letters on for the wreath & stretch the banner some place else, but for now, I like this arrangement.<br /><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3e9c8; color: #403b34; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>Jacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290663112684649882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560449900545518825.post-83278638264228521172014-05-23T17:32:00.003-07:002014-05-23T17:45:50.714-07:00Go SPURS GoI really needed to do something with all my old Spurs t-shirts that I don't wear or don't fit into anymore. So I decided I would cut them up & make a patch work maxi skirt. I also included some other t-shirts that I don't wear that I thought would go nicely with my black, white, gray and pink theme.<br />
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I decided on a 16" square for all my pieces. Some shirts proved a bit small for 16", but I made it work. Now...just cutting everything up took a while, but left me with a bunch of usable scraps. I cut the shirt bottoms into strips about 1.5"x6"-7", and will use the sleeves to make small drawstring bags.<br />
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<br /><br />I anticipate 3 projects from this reincarnation.<br />
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<li>Patchwork Maxi Skirt</li>
<li><a href="http://craftreincarnated.blogspot.com/2014/05/rag-muffin-spurs-wreath.html">Rag-a-muffin Wreath</a></li>
<li>Cutesy Drawstring Bags</li>
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I don't know when I'll get the time to it all, but at least I have a plan<br /><br />
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