Show what you create blog party

I collect and combine fibers, colors and textures all together.

My tools of choice are a sewing machine
and a pair of scissors.

I call myself a designer/artist.
The designer part seems to always win out.
When I create I seem to always have an end product in mind.

When I am in a practical mood it becomes clothing items.

Sometimes it becomes fashion accessories.

At times it becomes goofy gift stuff.



And sometimes it becomes goofy home stuff.

But in the end it is always stuff on stuff, color on color and texture on texture.
A little paint, thread, glue, fabric, yarn and glitter, all done while running with scissors.
Thank you, Vintage Bella Studio for hosting a fun blog party.

Recycled and Revamped

The "Revamp" reveal is on!

The ever so talented Natasha Burns hosted this fabulous challenge.

Pulled from the tired and worn

and recreated into the new and improved.

Hmm, that gives me an idea!

Since I feel tired and worn, I wonder if I could be recreated into a new and improved?

The sweater was cut and resized to allow it to be worn with the "V" in the front or the back.

The excess that was removed from the bottom was serged and used as all the decorative ruffle.

Happy to finally have a use for the flowers I made awhile back, they were added to the shoulder as an epaulette.

The skirt was made from a pinstripe trouser that I loved with leather and zipper detailing. The legs were cut off to form a yoke, hitting at low hip. The legs are then cut and spread flat.

The legs were then gathered onto the yoke with a white cotton under slip that peaks out from the sides. It is trimmed with a white eyelet ruffle.

The final touch is the belt.

I have a gazillion labels. Yes, I said gazillion!

They were stitched onto a black belting fabric.

The buckle was covered with fabric and coated with Aleene's Paper Glaze.

This entire recycled and revamped outfit was created exclusively by:

Free Motion Embroidery

This is as close as I have come to "free motion embroidery".

The idea of painting with thread intrigues me, but I seem to kill my machine whenever I try it!

Ever so often I get brave again and make an attempt.

These flowers really don't count...feed dogs were up.

Any suggestions I would gladly accept.

I'm ready to try it again.