Thank you… &… it’s arrived…
Just a quick post to say thank you to everyone who has left comments… I’ve tried to answer your questions… hope I’ve managed to explain things clearly…
some of you may remember that the ‘pink mini’ was off on it’s travels… well it’s arrived… check out Jude’s blog Spirit Cloth (such a great name) I’m really looking forward to seeing what Jude does with it… this could almost fit in with the refashion project I’m involved with… it’s certainly recycling…
I’m trying to create photo albums of some of my work… so that you can see how it develops… but my photographic/computer skills are letting me down… maybe I should ask my children..
Refashion…
Well I finally put my doodling pens down, while I didn’t pick up a needle and thread I did pick up a pair of jeans and a seam ripper… I’ve started refashioning a pair of jeans that I intend to make into a skirt… the jeans are an old pair of my husbands so they are nicely worn in with a few paint stains too…
I’m planning on making a ‘new’ piece of fabric out of lots of scrapes from other projects… the following two pictures are the back and front of my ‘peace’ jeans …
I made these for an evening out with a group of other Mums from the local playgroup… however, as that was at least 10 years ago! they don’t fit me very well now… but friends daughters now ask to borrow them ! they have certainly been to a few parties…
so with the fabric/thread stash I already got I’m sure I’ll be able to make a new skirt without buying anything new…
Wardrobe Refashion…
I’ve just found this site, Wardrobe Refashion I’ve sent an email asking to join in and I’ve copied the pledge out (see below), I think I might do this anyway, even if I’m too late to join in the next round which starts tomorrow, June 1st.. as I have so many tired looking clothes!
The Pledge
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I __________________ pledge that I shall abstain from the purchase of “new” manufactured items of clothing, for the period of 2 / 4 / 6 months. I pledge that i shall refashion, renovate, recycle preloved items for myself with my own hands in fabric, yarn or other medium for the term of my contract. I pledge that I will share the love and post a photo of my refashioned, renovated, recycled, crafted or created item of clothing on the Wardrobe Refashion blog, so that others may share the joy that thy thriftiness brings! Signed__________________.
