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Japanese Butterfly Garden Top
Today’s top reminded me of one of my wardrobe staples from when I was in high school. I used to love love LOVE funky polyester butterfly-collar shirts. Like crazy. I had a closet full of ’em and I wore one pretty much every single flippin’ day. I would throw one over a tank top, don a pair of Jncos (anybody else remember those???), spike my hair, and head out the door. Oh yeah. I was stylin’, y’all. 😉 Anywho…high school…
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Day 364: All Tied Up Top
Today’s piece isn’t exactly fashion-forward, but it has sparkles to spare! Alright. The only thing I like about this top is the subtle glittery print. Time for some serious choppage! You can see how I’ve laid out one of my best-fitting tanks as a template for the shape of my future top. Are you wondering why I’ve left so much room on the sides? 🙂 I cut a bunch of 1″ish strips down each side, then tied them together! This…
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Day 362: Mairi Shrug
Today’s piece comes from a land down under! And yes – You’d better run. You’d better take cover! 🙂 You haven’t even seen the best part yet! I pretty much died laughing when I opened Mairi’s package. She certainly gave me quite a challenge! 🙂 Alright…as I’m not into Victorian Cosplay, these unmentionables were going to require a complete overhaul! First, I reached into my dye stash and pulled out this: Into a nice, hot bath of dye the bloomers…
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Day 348: Living a Lie Top
I don’t know what it was about the late 80’s/early 90’s that made clothing manufacturers believe that people couldn’t be trusted to handle their own layering. I really don’t understand the whole “double dress” look, folks. Why did anyone think this was okay???? Especially when the bottom layer is always fake??? Fortunately, there’s a fairly straightforward solution to this! This dress required a bit more snippage to deal with some ooglay pads as well! I took the outer dress layer,…
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Day 347: Low-High-Low Hem Top
I love when I find pieces that are made of silk! 🙂 Unfortunately, this silk dress has been overwashed, so the texture is a bit off, and the weave is really tight. I decided to take advantage of this. 🙂 I put the dress on its side and gave it a funky new hem! Because the weave is so tight from the overwashing, I didn’t have to worry about it fraying, so I left the bottom edge raw. And that’s…
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Day 335: Turtleneck Skirt
I hate turtlenecks and they hate me. I love tacky prints, and this one definitely fits the bill, but it just isn’t working for me as a top…and certainly not as a turtleneck top! :/ Of course, I have a plan! First, I pinned straight along the side seams, all the way down through the sleeves. Then, I stitched those side seams down! I cut off the extra side fabric, and trimmed straight across that atrosh neckline. Now I have…
