Fashionable Friday!

Welcome to Fashionable Friday!

I've been sewing, knitting, crocheting for most of my 35 years. I've made wedding and christening gowns, curtains, costumes, hats, shoes, bedding, sweaters and hats, mittens and socks, and some crafty bits and pieces... If it will sit still long enough, I'll find a way to sew, knit, or crochet it. I've also been known to employ hot glue on occasion.

I'm into making jewelry with my oldest daughter and my mom. I love making my own knock-offs of what we see out and about. I adore vintage (as you will have seen if you've been with me for a while). I love my family to look funky, or expensive by turns, but I'm also a fan of modesty. I mean, who wants to look at a woman who has inflated and deflated as many times as I have? Blehk! BTW, my DH is legally blind - it's one of his best features! I certainly don't want anyone looking 'that way' at my lovely little girls. We've shunned mainstreams stores as a result.

I love to haunt Sally's and the local Recycled Resource Center for things I can use. I can't resist a free stash of yarn, fabric, notions or sparkly things.

My all-time favorite refashion was Mother's Poitiers and rooster feathers made into a ravishing go-to-town costume for Mizz Scarlet (pictured above). Here's what is on my refashion/needlework list of things to do:

- Old gold brocade curtains and mauve moire stash into totes
- Flea Market fab jeans remade with cool fabric scraps and crocheted sprigs for the girls
- Peasant tops and waistcoats to match the girls' new jeans (I've seen these ensembles going for around $300 at some online boutiques!)
- Matching ballet flats made from that 1/4" cork I've had hanging around and more fab fabric scraps... This'll be a great time to dive into the bead stash, too!

What's on your list?