by Greenie | Jul 11, 2010 | Dresses for less, Skirts |
Fashion is a great way to express your character. It’s also an easy way to look a right mess. I have to watch myself as I fall in love with colours and items and textures and start to pile it all on. A bangle here and a scarf there and next thing, it’s...
by Greenie | Jul 10, 2010 | Dresses for less, Jewellery |
Key ring necklace In the last post I spoke of making a necklace out of key rings. At our local bead merchant they sell items in bulk. In the middle of the necklace, in the picture, are bags of clasps and O-rings. I also have a bag of key rings. I used the O-rings to...
by Greenie | Jul 9, 2010 | Accessories, Dresses for less |
I was back at the fabric shop today. I could visit the bead and fabric shops and wander around all day long simply looking at the stuff for sale. I’m not convinced the price of an outfit is what makes it special. It’s the juxtapostion of shapes and colours...
by Greenie | Jul 8, 2010 | Dresses for less, Other |
Back to household items. Easy ones. I don’t do difficult projects. This is a rectangle stitched closed at the sides and bottom. Then filled with sand and stitched closed at the top. Makes a perfect doorstop. I like doorstops because they stop doors slamming....
by Greenie | Jul 7, 2010 | Accessories, Dresses for less |
These little flower brooches came from an idea on the Martha Stewart website. Martha had these paper flowers you string together to make party decorations. I thought why not use fabric scraps to make flower brooches instead? The template is easy enough. It’s a...
by Greenie | Jul 6, 2010 | Dresses for less |
T Shirt ideas This idea of customising old white tank tops with scraps of whatever I have lying around has been an interesting journey. This tank top got some of the left-over knicker elastic from the headbands I made a few months back. Much like with the green wool...
by Greenie | Jul 5, 2010 | Dresses, Dresses for less |
Make your own summer dress Following on from the – the last post – here is another version of the easy triangle dress. To re-state what I have probably said a few times in this blog, the variations when you make your own clothes are endless. This...
by Greenie | Jul 4, 2010 | Dresses, Dresses for less |
Sun dress from an old table cloth This triangle shaped sun dress is so easy to make. I will admit I downloaded this particular pattern for free but I wish I hadn’t. This download version has four pattern pieces. Hence the seam in the front of this dress in the...
by Greenie | Jul 3, 2010 | Dresses for less, Pants
DIY side stripe trousers In the picture is some of the velvet ribbon about to be sewn to the trousers to turn them into Tuxedo style trousers. You could also stitch the ribbon along the outer side seam for a more authentic Tuxedo trousers look. Not much explaining...
by Greenie | Jul 2, 2010 | Dresses for less |
Various trimmings The T-shirt projects have got me going. I scratched through all my off cuts, odds and ends. In the picture is plastic rope, silver rick rack, velvet ribbon, wool and short pieces of bias binding. I have been arranging them on my T-shirts to make...
