Pet Peeves Reckoned With

Cake Dress by Lukka Sigurdardottir

Okay, I've been cooking today, man. Nothing special, just basics. [pay no attention to the lady eating her cake...]   What I did was hem up a light-weight cotton shirt I have (same shirt in several colors, so more to come...) It had a very long tail in back, so I did it up all 'round and it looks much neater and stylin'. yea.

And I finally got rid of some troublesome back pockets on an old pair of denim capris that I liked. They had big metal zippers that constantly got snagged on everything. Note to self: when you remove denim attachments from old faded denim clothes, you will be left with a big ole dark area of the same size. yep. So...

C'est Fini!

Painting by Gina Litherland

My, my.  A fait accompli.  Yes, mon cher, I have deconstructed and reconstructed a tunic top of yore.  This is in fact yet another one, and not what I had mentioned yesterday and the day before that.  But it is in the same style.  So it is the learning curve I'm apparently stumbling upon. I am like a cat grinning...

Just Let Her Rip

Sculpture by Mary Tuma

Back into the fray, so to speak, but onto a new frock!  Spent my time ripping and pinning (this time) a tunic I made previously.  Sorta hippie-looking...Sgt. Pepper?  I'll have to take a pix.  Again, saved by an extra stash of fabric from the piece.

So far so good.  It looks like I have the engineering aspect taken care of, next will be the actually sewing.  It's really no fun having to remove seams I've just sewn due to faulty engineering.  Perhaps I need a better attitude.

Ripping What I Sew

Photo by Irana Douer

Argh.  Spent too long sewing and ripping, ripping and sewing - going nowhere fast...and. finally. brought. myself. to. a. halt.

Well, tomorrow is another day.

Photo Shoot Out

Photo taken by Pat Otto

Well.  Today you might say I wasted my time in service to the blog.  I actually took some pictures of clothes!  (No, not like that - of the clothes I've been altering!)  This was something I had wanted to avoid, because it just seemed too boring - both to do and to look at.  The other stuff has been fun:  the actually work, and the write-ups and the art images.  Anyway, some friends said pix would be helpful...so...I did that instead of the fun altering stuff.  I did do a great piece of artwork though!  So all is not lost. 

Anyway, there's a few things up on the View Clothes page now and I put in supporting links.  It took a very long time and I don't know if it's worth it, or if I'll keep doing it.  We'll see.