The Flowery Skirt

Yesterday evening

Mmmmmm

Right out of the oven.

More underwear loveliness

I used the remnants from this project  and different bordeaux and butter colored elastics.

The ruffled ones are sooo cuuute!!!

White socks

The socks saga continues...

I tried three times. The first time I moved the heel seam upwards, and it didn't work. Threw them away. The second time I added 2 cm to the length of the foot piece. That was not enough and the socks turned out short again, but wearable.

The last time I added 5 more cm and they were too long, hehe. It was ok ,though, because I had room to shape the front to fit around the toes better. I've been wearing them all morning and find them comfortable. The seams do not bother me at all. 

So, we have a socks pattern now!

Yes, should have taken a photo of the pattern...

I recycled a tubular piece of light wool knit to make the socks.

Blue socks tutorial -WR

Hello, dear readers! How are you today?

It was ironing day around here and while I was at it I took this pair of old and worn out socks to throw away. Then the obvious caught my attention! Why not deconstruct them and get a pattern? And also actually sew a pair of socks with a heel?

Here's how I did it:

1. Cut an old cozy sock around the fold and at the heel seam.

2. Find a piece of knit to refashion/reuse/recycle.

You can see I also matched the hems of the sock and fabric. This one used to be a skirt.

3. I cut the fabric directly around the sock pieces (did not make a paper pattern first) with a margin of 5 mm to serge. Of course, you can hand sew or machine sew them.

4. Pin together the heel pieces right sides in and serge.
 

Here you can see a serged heel and one turned to the right side.

5.On the long upper part of the sock mark the position to match the heel seam on both sides. I snipped the fabric a bit (over the yellow pin head).

6. Pin the pieces together right sides in and serge.

7. Ups! This pattern seems to have a problem. The heel seam falls under my heel! Which means the old socks were actually too short. Will have to adjust the paper pattern a bit (when I make it) to resolve this little issue.

 

8. Otherwise, it's a nice little sock.

Ehm, socks! :-)

Quick and easy project. Takes 15 minutes to complete.

 

Hope you enjoyed this little tutorial!

Have a nice and cozy evening wearing your new socks!

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Half a dress refashion - golden shirt - WR

From this dress found at the Sunday market...

...To a fitted waterfall neck shirt.

 

The fabric is a pink-gold-beige knit. The dress neckline was choking me and needed major scooping. Now I can breathe and it also looks cuter. 

I hated the horizontal strip across the hips area so I had to cut the dress in two. Which provided me  with some more fabric to reuse, but I would have loooved it as a dress. Sigh...

Orange slippers - WR

Much cuter than the last pair ! Still have to work on them, though. The elastic is not keeping them up properly. I'll have to insert it in a different manner on the next pair.

 

Two dresses

Yes, I used to wear these. You are free to laugh if you have to! :-))

Sparkling, of course!

 

Oh, this black one! You recognize the looks of the grunge era in it, don't you? But this dress has a whole different story behind it. That's why I've been keeping it for so long.

The fact is - I used to be chubby. Quite a piece od a girl. Combined with the height, I really wasn't that happy in my body. One day, I promised myself a sleek dress the moment I would be able to put it on. The idea left such an impression on me I was soon able to buy this dress. And without any dieting involved.

I fell in love with it the moment I saw it. And bought it. Regardless the price. I was happy beyond imagination when I put it on for the first time! Even though it reached only under my knees, hehe. I wore it so many times! Oh yes, this sure was a loved piece of clothing. Well, I love it still, but now it's time to let new things in, right?

Both dresses are going to be donated.

Do you still keep garments with a history in your closet?

News!

Always looking for new and inspiring things, I found something INCREDIBLE -  Carole Tuttle's Energy profiling and Dressing your truth Course! And I bought it right away! I'm so excited! Things are going to change! I was on the way of cleaning my wardrobe to donate some stuff, but now I'm going to clean it up again for another, more important reason - to be exactly who I am! I'm so excited!

Check it out here. You will certainly be amazed!

So many exclamation points, I know, hehe.We are going to talk about this again. I'm impatiently waiting for the postman now!

Is there anyone who took this course? What do you think about it? Can you tell how excited I am? :-))))

Giveaway drawing X2

It's monday. Still no sign from Linda. So, as I sad, here comes another drawing. I will draw two names and wait two days for the winner to contact me. If she doesn't the prize goes to the runner up. I think this is fair.

Sooo, the winner of this giveaway is:

Number 2 - Daisy

Number 10 - Jeannine

If Daisy doesn't claim her prize in two days, on thursday Jeannine will be free to contact me to get it.  OK?

Good luck!