Category: Recycle Sewing Projects
Up-Cycle Sewing Fun
Dear Stash, Dear Stash, It's time for a new life! Should I depart for heavenly duties any time in the next 20 years, I'm confident that others just won't see your 'creative opportunities'. Therefore: look toward a NEW BIRTH - as a useful garment in my collection: A Londa Original. Funds raised in giving you this new life in a new closet on a new body will be used to sendRead More
Memento Soft Doll Sewing ProjectS
It was both lots of fun and an honor to create these 3 soft dolls for the grandchildren of a friend of mine who recently passed on to live with our Lord. I used clothing of hers specially selected by her husband for this purpose. The pattern is one I used before: available at ETSY, the Poppy Dolly. Click HERE to purchase the pattern like I did. [caption id="attachment_7404" align="aligncenter"Read More
UP-Cycled Scarf-Bottomed Jeans Skirts
The idea of long scarves pieced together to create the lower part of an up-cycled jeans skirt turned into spectacular skirts for these 2 young sewing students. My student gets the credit - finding a picture inspiring this skirt design online. SEW SIMPLE! Start with Jeans that fit at the waist. Cut off legs below the pockets (maintaining inside pocket parts on the front). Un-stitch the crotch seamRead More
Refashioning Fall Clothes for the Spring
Enjoy this contributed guest post written by Jany Harding. "With the spring season in full swing, that means it’s time to update our wardrobes once again. But instead of buying new clothes, however, it’s much more interesting (and economically smart) to refashion pieces you already own. Not only will you be contributing to overall sustainability, but you’ll also get another chance to fall in love with your clothes all overRead More
Side Tie Knit Top – Test Top #1
Since we are all sequestered at home these days and likely sewing up a storm, I thought this would be a good time to share more of the specifics of my 'Test Tops' for my favorite new fabric as I shared at THIS BLOG POST . Honestly, for every year I can remember, even as a child, Easter Sunday was celebrated with something NEW and Special. I remember Mom teaching us thatRead More
Thread Spool Sewing Room Mobile
A student gifted me with a box of antique thread spools - and during these 'slow-paced' days, I found them and turned them into this mobile for my Sewing Studio with motivation from my crafty sister. You can do the same...and I've even put the leftover spools up on my website in 3 different collections: each a Baker's Dozen for $12. Here's my mobile. The base is a wireRead More
T-Shirt + Tailored Shirt = Stylish Up-Cycle Top
It's 'SEW MUCH FUN' when fabrics just fall together both in selecting and stitching...and that is exactly the story of this new top. Once I decided on which fabrics to actually use in this garment, the rest was easy. To start off, I'll share with your photos of the fabrics that I was considering to use in addition to the base which was a man's XL T with a stripeRead More
Rolled Jersey Knit Trims
Trendy Detail: Rolled Knit Trim How To’s for trimming with knit strips was the subject of my column in Sew News April/May 2018. When the editors accepted my proposal, I had no idea how much ADDITIONAL knowledge I would gain as I tested and tested and tested knit strips, grain, and rolling. Which Way DO Knit Strips Roll? I always assumed that cross-grain cut strips would be the best, as the mostRead More
Memento Tops: Up-Cycle Sewing
Creating clothing YOU can wear from those in your family who have passed on...or even with 'finds' from your local thrift store equals FUN and CREATIVE Sewing! Watch below for how I go about it and some of my favorite garments. For more of my HOW-TO's, I also have a pattern with even more designs... Up-Cycle Memento Tops. Find the immediately-available PDF version HERE. https://youtu.be/9Y0be5ZCodY
2 T-Shirts = EZ Raglan Peasant Top
Two T-Shirts from my stash of T's transformed into this top in just 45'! I'm always searching and testing projects for my Sunroom Sewing Studio students - and I came across a printout from somewhere - I sure wish I knew where! Both T-Shirts were XL men's. The main idea here is to make this Quick & EZ by utilizing the hems of both T's: one T for theRead More
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