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Breezy Ombré Tank Top
I discovered last year that I really liked cotton lawn fabric for summer – it’s so lightweight and breathable. The only problem is that it’s hard to find inexpensively. Enter Dharma Trading Company and their nice selection of unprinted fabrics. Plain white cotton lawn can be had for a fraction of the cost of the [...]
continue reading "Breezy Ombré Tank Top"A shawl, a shirt, and a touch of madness
I have to thank you all for the feedback on my partially-completed shawl. I was on the fence about splurging for the materials to finish the project, and your comments gave me a lot of food for thought… So, I bought the other two skeins and finished the shawl. But not before I ripped out [...]
continue reading "A shawl, a shirt, and a touch of madness"Going green
Back in college, I thought it would be fun to dye my hair purple. And for the last six years, I’ve been entertaining thoughts of cherry red chunks of color – one on each side of my part. Both fun and artsy ideas, that I have never had the guts to try. So, here I [...]
continue reading "Going green"Wherein Lisa rambles through a week’s worth of show-and-tells
It all started last week, when I destroyed my new bamboo shirts and was left with nothing new to wear, despite several hours of work and even more hours of daydreaming about how nice those new bamboo shirts would have been to wear all spring and summer. That left me feeling distinctly dissatisfied, naturally, and [...]
continue reading "Wherein Lisa rambles through a week’s worth of show-and-tells"(Mis)adventures in tub-dying
I’ve had this post planned for oh, two or three weeks. I was going to show you this luscious bamboo fabric, the two fabulous shirts I sewed from it, and the magical transformation that came over them when I stirred them around in a few buckets of dye. There were a few glitches along the [...]
continue reading "(Mis)adventures in tub-dying"Unique batik
Sarah forwarded a link to me this morning for a Martha Stewart “Easy Batik” project. I’ve always really loved the look of batik, but have never considered trying it myself – entirely too complicated. But Martha’s project looked very very simple. The only thing I found wrong with it was the fact that it didn’t [...]
continue reading "Unique batik"Wardrobe renaissance
Have I mentioned how much I love tub dying? I think I might have, here. Or maybe here. At any rate, if you haven’t heard it before, “I love tub dying.” I love that I can take clothes that may normally have been destined for the giveaway pile, and instead transform them into something I [...]
continue reading "Wardrobe renaissance"All scrunched up
I think most people, when their white t-shirts become dingy or stained, either throw them in the washing machine with a bit of bleach, or relegate them to doing duty as rags. Well, I have taken a different approach this time: scrunch dying! The full instructions can be found courtesy of Dharma Trading Company here, [...]
continue reading "All scrunched up"Keepsake Skirt
In honor of Mother’s Day, I thought I would show you how I made my Mother’s Day Skirt last year. This is potentially a no-sew project – that’s how I did it, since I didn’t have a sewing machine a year ago, nor would I have known what to do with it if I had! [...]
continue reading "Keepsake Skirt"Sunshine, taxes and billboards
It was a gorgeous day here yesterday – I threw a quick coat of nail polish on my toes to celebrate the return of flip-flop weather, and I put on a great Spring skirt. I bought this linen skirt at Target last year, only it was yellow at the time. Not really my color. So, [...]
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