An Introduction

Hello fellow re-makers! I'm a long time reader and can't help but be very excited about being able to share my creations with everyone here. Just as an introduction I wanted to show a few things that I remade (no before pics for these, I wasn't documenting the process yet).

 I had gotten a brown cashmere sweater from goodwill that had already been felted. I didn't bother washing it specially and it had shrunk. Again. I decided to save it so off to Goodwill again, this time for another sweater in a different color. It was a really pretty blue, but in a smaller size so I had to piece the bands for the stripes a bit. I also added two stripes to the sleeve to balance it. I cut the bottom of the sweater where I wanted to add the bands and then used my serger to attach them.

The skirt I'm wearing is also a refashion from a 70's style dress that was too small for me. I really like the drape of the skirt so I chopped it off, make a simple yoke and attached it to my new skirt. it was pretty sheer so I wore an under skirt with it at first but it kept pulling the skirt down.
A friend gave me a brown jersey under skirt she cut off of one of her projects so I added it to the yoke of the skirt. No more pulling down and it also makes it supper comfy.


The last project I'm going to share today is a restyling of an old straw sun hat. Again, no before pictures, but it was a light brown and looked like a baseball hat with a HUGE bill. I trimmed down that huge bill to a size more flattering, spray painted it blue, glued ribbon on the cut edge to keep it from falling apart, and added an old cut up belt for a special detail. And ruffles. lots of ruffles. Now I have a new bonnet any steampunk would be proud of.