Viva Madonna

Painting by Kris Dodd

Continuing in the same mood, so to speak, I took on some old white cotton pillow cases and turned them into a lovely summer skirt.  The cotton was really worn and so soft, ahhh, and had heavy crocheted lace trim, ohhh.  It was the easiest thing.  Open them up along the seams, sew the sides

Bits and Pieces

Drawing by Kiki Smith

Rehabbed a very old, way too small camisole yesterday and this morning.  Used some left-over scraps of white cotton and a nice bit of ribbon trim, a little snip here, some seam ripping there, pinning to test for fit, and then sewing it on up.

Not too bad for turning old into wearable...

Come Sail Away with Me

Installation by Susan Stockwell

Actually started this way back when, but didn't know how to end it until a couple days ago.  Made from a couple of lightweight white cotton blouses taken apart and put back together to make one that fits nicely.
Kinda like a poet shirt...or is it a pirate shirt?  You know the type - all romantic and flow y.  That's me.

Look Out for Big Tanks

Installation by Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao

Whipped out a sweet tank top to wear under whatever...It was a rehab that went relatively smoothly, especially since I had extra fabric stashed from days gone by.  Again, I can be so organized!

It looks just like it did before - only a gazillion times bigger in size.  Too bad you can't really judge scale in my pix...yeah.

Oxford Gone Wild

Sculpture by Guerra de la Paz

A plain vanilla button-down oxford shirt no longer, that's for sure.  Well, it wasn't actually vanilla, it was charcoal gray with tiny white grid lines, but still a very conservative, very plain shirt.  I don't think I ever wore it.  And now it was too snug anyway.

I had already cut the bottom half off to use as a waistband for the gray cotton skirt I recently reconstructed, so the rest of it was laying around.  And I thought...what the h~ll, I might as well.  hee hee.  So check out what happens when dear ole oxford finally just let it go.