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Friday, June 24, 2011

Not Quite a Refashion . . . .

So unfortunately I've been spending more time at work than home so no access to my sewing machine. I've been restricted to projects that are portable and can be done at my desk. Luckily I pick up crafts pretty quickly given minimal instruction. I've been experimenting with embroidery since I found a kit I was given for christmas hiding on my craft shelf at home. After doing some patterns I found online for kitchen proverbs (details here and here) instead of the weird little animal patterns that came with it, I decided to try out my new skills on a cardigan that has been hanging in my closet unworn and unloved.

I originally bought the cardigan to bring a pop of color to my wardrobe. I underestimated how RED this unadorned item would look to me. Just too . . . RED. I like colors, but red is a little intimidating. So I brought it in figuring I'd play around and find something to do with it. This isn't a refashion in the traditional sense since I didn't alter the garment itself structurally in any way. But I hope you'll agree it is a spiritual refashion since I took something unloved and unworn and made it something I like better and will hopefully be wearing more often. Some pics below and more details on my blog.





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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous24 June 2011 at 20:18

    Oooh, this is beautiful it changed the entire look of it. How ever clever!

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  2. Yelena's Nest24 June 2011 at 23:15

    Like it? I love it! Excellent job! I have been wanting to try hand embroidery myself.. maybe now I will :)

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  3. Erin24 June 2011 at 23:18

    It is way easier than you'd think to hand embroider. I just backstitched my way around the design, for curves I would just push the previous stitch to the outside of the curve and go down underneath it. The instructions to do the "real" stitches were too confusing so I figured out my own way to do it.

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  4. American Nanny25 June 2011 at 03:01

    This is absolutely a refashion! I think that the definition of refashion is just what you said in your post, to make something that you wouldn't wear into something that you would wear - and that's exactly what you did AND did it beautifully :)

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  5. Shey25 June 2011 at 07:22

    This is such a cool idea!

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  6. Anonymous25 June 2011 at 11:30

    So lovely! What a great idea! I was thinking about bringing some embroidery projects on vacation with me this summer and this has now inspired me to definitely do so.

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  7. Refashion27 June 2011 at 02:30

    Beautiful, truly delicate. It's amazing how that detail really transforms the cardigan! I think it looks wonderfully wearable now, a beautiful pop of color.

    Cheers,
    Jessica, EOD

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