I got a pair of navy blue men's dress pants at goodwill for $1.50. This is what I turned them into...



I made the bow/sash/belt thing removable, so I can wear it with other belts if I want. I kept the original waistband (just made it smaller) and the same zipper, side pockets, belt loops, etc.



I'll get around to ironing it eventually...

I started shooting film for the first time last summer and it has become kind of an obsession for me. Here are some of my latest photos from the holga 120N. It's a cheap old-fashioned plastic medium format camera.




















Thanks for looking!

I gave up buying new clothes and accessories for lent this year. no shirts, pants, jewelry, shoes, purses headbands, scarves. You get the picture. It was actually way easier than I thought. mostly because I have no money, but also because I've been sewing up a storm. I'm thinking about extending the clothing part for the rest of the year... i don't know if i'd be able to pull it off though... anyway here is my latest creation--





It's black and white cotton jersey knit with ten buttons. I had some friends over for cocktails on saturday and I finished sewing this literally 20 minutes before they showed up. I had to clean everything up and do my hair and make-up, get dressed and wash dishes in 20 minutes! Haha oh well, totally worth it. Thanks for looking!

I needed a dress for a fancy dinner last weekend, but I didn't want to buy any new fabric. So I whipped up this classy little frock in two days out of some plain white cotton and some black satin. I didn't have enough white fabric to line it though, so I had to cut up an old white dress shirt (good thing I kept that around!).

little heart buttons!



sorry about the bright pictures. cell phone. blah. My friends took some pictures at the actual dinner so maybe I'll post some of those when they get around to uploading them...

Oops, I almost wore these today, but then I remembered you're not supposed to wear orange on St. Patrick's day. 





(sorry about the blurry cell photos)

I think I might go make some blue ones now...

I've been reconstructing old purses lately and I used some of the scraps to make these...








The red and turquoise one was inspired by this bracelet I saw at freepeople.com for $118.00. Here is a link to it-- http://www.freepeople.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/products.detail/productID/c26a3bd4-4c5b-40c3-892e-978ba1b2eb43/categoryID/3d60b4d1-2fb9-4c11-b046-8ee02a9e28fe

I designed the black and gold rose one on my own and I totally love it. It makes me feel like a rock star. But a classy rock star. Thanks for looking! Rock on!

I made this tunic tank top thing out of a big tshirt from goodwill. I used the sleeves to make a neck ruff. At first I meant for it to be worn loose and flowing, but it's more flattering with a belt or ribbon around the waist.





it also looks hot with a high waisted skirt (sorry for the lack of ironing...)



I can't wait to wear it out, too bad it's going to be cold the next few days...

Not sure what to call this, but I made it out of an old t-shirt with a huge superman S graphic and a basketball team graphic. It was hard to work around the images, but eventually i ended up with this--







It doesn't match with much since it's such a bright royal blue. I was thinking about maybe dying it navy so it would match more of my clothes? any thoughts?

also, any idea what to call it? it's not quite a shrug, not quite a shirt, not quite a jacket...

I cut up a big old t-shirt and turned it into a pretty top with drapey sleeves. It was really easy. I started it friday afternoon and finished it in time to wear out to dinner.

I had a pair of dress pants that didn't fit me anymore so I cut them up and turned them into this--








Everything on this vest is recycled from the pants (except the thread!). I made my own covered buttons out of the buttons on the pants, and I cut interfacing out of the waistband for the button-holes. I had just enough material from the pants to fully line it. I'm so thrilled that it actually fits and I didn't have to make darts or anything.

P.S. here is a tutorial for covering buttons-- http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=181926.0 --except I used regular buttons with holes. I just made my own shank out of a paper-clip, then I glued some felt over the top, and then I did the covering thing.