Jenni @ Just Stuff

After years of eating conscientiously, our family of five began to ask the same questions about everything else we use:  "How and where was this shirt made and who might have been exploited to make it?"  We committed to only buying things secondhand or made responsibly, especially clothes.  At first I would just hem sleeves or pants, but then began adding custom patches to cover stains or logos.  Soon we began to view the Goodwill as a fabric store, and now feel our options are unlimited.

I work primarily with t-shirts and spend much of my sewing time making things for kids.  However, I am sitting on a nice stash of vintage suiting fabric and some great wool sweaters people ran through the wash and gave up on.  In theory, there will be posts featuring those materials soon.  Until then, I will share one of my favorite recent t-shirt projects:  The Peacock Necklace.

I began with a thrifted t-shirt and some scraps from my knit jersey bin.  I also pulled out my metallic silver thread which only gets used on special occasions.

Within an afternoon I had a completed necklace and loads of ideas for more.  The simple steps are found at Just Stuff.