by Greenie | Jan 11, 2011 | Dresses for less, Jewellery |
How to make a charm bangle Add charms to bangles Every now and again I stumble on a website and find amazing stuff people are doing with regard to eco fashion. Most fashion blogs are banal and really not worth reading. And my goodness, there are so many out there....
by Greenie | Jan 10, 2011 | Dresses for less |
Retro clothing styling Vintage shirt and school tie My model won’t get good marks for eco dressing today. Her only eco item is the vintage crimplene checked shirt. Love that shirt. So ’70’s, so out there, and clean over the top. I mixed it with a...
by Greenie | Jan 8, 2011 | Dresses for less, Pants
DIY jodhpurs Original H and M Jodhpur style treggings A couple of posts back I showed how I gave a vintage tweed jacket some elbow patches. These H and M treggings on the right have the distinctive Jodhpur reinforced inner knee area but not the flared hip design. Good...
by Greenie | Jan 7, 2011 | Dresses for less |
Bargain clothing Vintage bow tie and waistcoat My model is posing for me again. She’s about to get another eco rating. This outfit consists of a basic white shirt. You can’t go wrong with them and I have said in a previous post that I buy school shirts....
by Greenie | Jan 6, 2011 | Accessories, Dresses for less |
How to upcycle a hat Replace trim on trilby Keeping cool in the searing heat here in Cape Town right now is proving to be a challenge. Just getting some sleep would be nice. At night I lie awake too hot to do anything. Daytime temps are climbing close to 40’C...
by Greenie | Jan 5, 2011 | Dresses for less |
Elastic waist skirt Mini as in little skirt I got in a bit of a panic last night. The last blog showed what I consider easy skirts to make. Although I did say that some level of sewing skill was required to make them. The more I thought on it, the more I realised that...
by Greenie | Jan 4, 2011 | Dresses for less |
Inspiration for skirt patterns Easy skirt patterns As you can see I am not the world’s best artist. I haven’t mastered Windows Paint either. However, I wanted to show just how easy it is to make either a simple gathered skirt or a circular skirt. To...
by Greenie | Jan 3, 2011 | Dresses for less, Jackets |
How to do patches on clothing Add elbow patches to jacket I’ve been meaning to get around to this idea for a while now. The English country look is right up my street. Love the soft flowing florals mixed with autumnal coloured tweeds. Knee and elbow...
by Greenie | Jan 2, 2011 | Dresses for less, Pants
Easy DIY harem pants Harem pants I have shown this idea before. It’s an easy way to make regular trousers into harem style trousers. In this link how to make Turkish pants I used a pair of citi shorts. The idea is to insert elastic into the casing of the...
by Greenie | Dec 30, 2010 | Dresses for less, Jewellery |
Plaited trimming and fabric necklace Braided necklace This is a rather rustic ethnic inspired necklace. A friend was wearing one similar to this but with multiple strands of ribbon in a riot of colours with cute charms interspersed in it. For my version, I used only...
