Hmmm, somehow this picture got lost from the original post.
Here 'tis, the infamous tree sweatshirt.

Yay!

refashion x's 4

Hi! The sky and weather have been amazing today. Spring is coming, which means it's time to revamp the spring clothes. Err, so maybe this is a year round sweatshirt for me, but...anyway.

I've had this sweatshirt since a thrift store run with housemates in college. It started out a pale yellow. That was the first thing to go...Lindsay was dyeing some clothes and had a little extra space, so in it went. Now it's a light nutty color.

Then it got some kinda gross stains on the front, and started to look a little scrubby, so I ironed on this nice 'C' that I found in a thrift store in highschool. Everyone thinks the 'C' is really meaningful and must have some meaning, but it's just a bid to distract from the dreariness of a much beloved sweatshirt.

Then the stainage got worse on the front, and in a last ditch effort to save the beloved thing, I sewed a giant, leaning, tree on the front.  Big distractions for big stains!

But recently the sleeves have gotten just completely out of control:



I tend to be a slobby girl, but even I have my limits.  For a while I stuck it in the back of my closet, but I missed my sweatshirt.  It's just the only one like it!

Then a few days ago I was rootin' and tootin' in some of my crafty boxes, and out popped a long lost treasure--ready to sew knitted cuffs! In just the right color to match my tree!  The craft planets were alighned.  

So here it is, once again new and improved!

refashionation

When we went out to Michigan to spend Christmas with Kevin's family, one of the things waiting for us was a big garbage bag full of old fabrics, all for the taking if I wanted. Que lujo!
One of the things I found was a half-finished dress.
I took it, just on a whim.


Here it is after a little work--the front seam is pinned together but not sewn yet.
Oh.
And it's inside out.

Uhhh.....yeah. Here it is, finished. And sideways. But I'm too lazy right now to fix it. Ahh, Sunday nights when you're working. So....check it. Cute dress, nice lines.....

fits me PERFECTLY.

I didn't have to change a thing. Just finish it. It was already cut to exactly my size.
Amazing? Oh yes, my friends.

Dedicated to the Vogit family

Heeee--yyyyy!

I'm starting up sew it again, after a year and some of dreaming-planning-scheming time in Nicaragua. My fingers have been itching to sew, so here's a little show and tell of the fun-ness of having a sewing machine again! This blog owes all of it's thanks to one Ryan Voogt. Thanks for bugging me to keep the sew it magic alive.

I saw a bag I liked on the internets and decided to see if I could make something similar...

I went through a lot of newspapers in a pattern-making frenzy! Yay!
I used some old wool fabric my mom had been hoarding in the basement for years, and found some zippers at vinnie's (the best second hand store EVER) for $.10 each. Rocks my freaking face off.

Here's a final pic--a little floppy, but still fun. Kevin's sister is now the new proud owner! I have another cut out of the same fabric, so one of these days I'll get around to making it. I was mostly excited about all the zipper-ness!

Maybe I should throw myself a welcome-back-to-the-net party. I'm finally puttin' a little somethin' somethin' on this page, anyway. Here goes:

I found this funktified fabric at the second hand store a few weeks ago, and I just knew I had to do something with it. The first time I cut it out, though, I did the whole thing upside down so all the little guys and their buildings would be walking on the sky! Argggh! Details. Cutting number two proved successful, however, so here it is.

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Kevin loves to polish his shoes and has a well-stocked shoe polish collection. Which he typically keeps tied up in a plastic grocery bag. Which typically rips after one or two polishings. My dad came to the rescue with some super chunky, water resistant fabric from one of his second hand store binges, so I mustered up all of my zipper-sewing skills and put together this little misfit of a bag. Maybe someday I'll sew some shoes on it or something.

I asked Kevin what shape to make it, and he said hexagonal.

Crazy kid!

I'm not sure I did it quite right, but there's lotsa corners on this baby.

That's all for now. More should be coming soon...I've been sewing up a storm, or so Kevin claims.

~10 December, 2006~

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Hi. Good snowy day to you! So....this isn't something I sewed, but I'm derned proud of it, so I'm putting it up here anyway. My dad is currently in the middle of building himself a shop to make his knives in, and my mom decided she wanted something nice for the yard out of the deal. With all the extra dirt from construction around, raised garden beds was the request! I decided to role up my sleeves and make one (actually I was indulging my fantasy of being a carpenter...) for her. With a TON of help from Kevin. I didn't want to admit I needed his help, but apparently there is some advantage to having brute muscle on your side.

Here's me, trying to cut the

planks on my own. Ha.

And the neighbor's dogs that insisted on barking at me every moment I was outside.

Then I realized I needed Kevin.

Yay for Husband!

Ta-da! We never got a 'finished picture, but I looked out this morning at the surprise dumping of snow to see a tiny snow-covered mountain (as my mom called it!) in the box, so here 'tis!

My mom's rarin' to get the dirt in and do some wonderful Washington winter gardening. She might have to wait till the snow is gone though...

Anyway, there's EXCITEMENT at this house about our great and wonderful box-building accomplishments!

~23 December, 2006