Feeling the Love in my Valentine’s Day Refashion
I know, I know. Many people scoff at Valentine’s Day. It wasn’t that long ago that I referred to it as “Singles Awareness Day” myself. It’s a Hallmark Holiday that was designed to make people buy stuff, right?
CreateAthon 2016: A T-shirt to Dress Refashion
Once a year, Riggs Partners (the advertising agency I do cool digital things for) has a CreateAthon. You probably don’t know what that is. It’s okay. I didn’t either until I started working for them. A CreateAthon is a 24-hour no-sleep pro-bono marketing blitz wherein we provide our services (and the services of a few other talented folks around town) to local nonprofits. What started as a small project at Riggs has become a worldwide movement. When it came time to order shirts for our recent CreateAthon, I asked for a 3x. “You’re going to do something cool with this, aren’t you?” asked my coworker. Well…of course I was.
DIY High/Low Tee
Here’s an sweetly simple refashion for a fab thrifted tee! 🙂 I found this awesomely worn-in & comfy Pink Floyd tee for $1. I wore it a few times as-is, but then decided to make it a bit more interesting. All it took was one big chop! Now I have a funky high-low tee like I’ve been seeing in Urban Outfitters and the like. 🙂 Perfect for a lazy Sunday! 🙂
Jersey Tank from Old Tees!
One of the reasons I don’t like buying sewing patterns is that once you’ve bought it and made the thing, you’re done. I mean, who wants a wardrobe consisting of the same dress over and over???? I recently bought a pattern from Burda to make this awesome dress. I thought I might be done with it, but then I remembered this sweet Kubrick tee I snagged for $1 at one of my fave thrift stores! 🙂 I hacked off the neck and wore it Flashdance-style a few times…then it became my fave pajama tee. This would not do! This tee is too nifty (and I’m too big a Stanley Kubrick…
Jersey Dress from Old Tees!
I’ve returned!!! Cue the trumpet fanfare! 🙂 So…wow I haven’t posted in a while! Without a daily deadline pushing me along, I’m beginning to understand those of you who have told me that they’ve pulled their sewing machine out, but just don’t know where to get started. That’s right. I’ve been experiencing a big mondomclargehuge case of refashioner’s block! :/ I think it goes back to the old adage said to writers who ask, “How can I make myself write every day?”. The answer is “Write every day.” I really need to get back to doing a least a little sewing every day to keep in a groove. 🙂 To…
