i made: a circle skirt

The other week I picked up this beautiful circle table cloth at a little second-hand store. I loved the fabric and wanted to make it into something I could wear. This is a really simple sewing project and one you can do with very little time and resources.
1. Fold the table cloth in half and cut out a semi-circle from the top. This hole will be for your waist. Make sure it is big enough to fit over your head or hips.
2. Cut a piece of elastic that fits around your waist or hips (depending where you want it to sit)
3. Secure the elastic in a circle and then sew that onto the top of your skirt. You will need to stretch the elastic as you sew it so it contracts with the fabric when released.
4. Wear your skirt with pride knowing you made it.
enjoy
-kim

diy... guest post

We are back from a fantastic long weekend in Melbourne. Glad to see you all loved the Guest Post from Cesar.

If you wanna read a little DIY post I did for Talia's blog on how to recycle a t-shirt to make a scarf check it out here...

Have a fantastic week.
-kim

april challenge pt2.

So, this weekend just gone, I actually finished another dress, and fortunately this time i also actually took a before photo (don't mind the crazy face)... I got this dress from a clothes swap about a year ago and loved the print but thought the dress looked like it was from a polish concentration camp. It took me a while to work out what I wanted to do with it, but I am happy with the result. All I have done is brought up the waist with a new waist band, given it new sleeve cuffs and a collar. This probably took me about 6 hours all up, but I had a few complications which dragged it out. This was my first Peter Pan collar which I messed up a little, but I rekon next time I'll get it perfect. Enjoy.
-Kim






finally the handsome photographer...

april challenge pt1.

So, as a result of my April Challenge to work through all the clothes waiting to be sowed in my art room, I am finally making progress and taking photos. Unfortunately in all the excitement of sowing this dress, I forgot to take a before photo [woops], so you just have to imagine what it looked like.


I brought this dress for $2 at an op shop because I was instantly in love with the fabric print. If you can't tell in the pictures, there are parrots all over this dress and they make me smile. When I brought it, this dress was really wide and frumpy with a drop waist, not really my style or suits my body shape, so I took to it with some scissors and a sowing machine and this is what i achieved.




I am so happy with how it turned out, and have been wearing this dress so much since I finished it. It was so easy, you can do it too. Hope this inspires you to take to the sowing machine and make old clothes great again this weekend. With all the public holidays here because of Easter i'm going to be sowing even more, so I should have more things to share next week. Enjoy...
-kim

ps. what im wearing: pack brixton hat [gift from derek], opshop dress, belt and bag, found sunnies, and whittner shoes from dfo.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

The latest Peppermint Magazine had this great illustration by Fee Harding aka Burnt Feather titled "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" which outlines what things can be recycled and what can't. This is also available for a download for free, so if your interested to have some stylish help with your recycling check it out here. We laminated ours and have it handy on the kitchen wall.

Also in this edition of Peppermint there was a story about a lovely lady who has a beautiful caravan out of which she sells vintage wares under the name Perpetual One. Its so great, she lives in our part of the world, so Morgan and I went out to visit her at the Peregian Markets at the start of December. Unfortunately for us it was raining pretty bad and most people were packing up. Sarah from Box Brownies however had a much nicer trip out to visit her and you can read more from her here.

Peppermint is a pretty sweet magazine, and if you haven't seen it, take a peek. You will enjoy.
-kim