LATEST JUNKED UP DUSTER

I have so much fun taking bits and pieces of fabric, yarn, lace and fringe and putting them together to create something someone will love. So, that's what I did to make this cool junked up duster coat. It was plain beige and not at all the fab colors needed to make the glamorous piece of art I visualized...so, get out the trusty dyes, or in this case, paints..and make it gorgeous. After that was accomplished, had to add more glitz..so, here come the laces, fringes, yarns, bits and pieces of fabric, trims and whatever available to create a OOAK fashion treat. Check it out on SheerFab.etsy.com.

CAT-a-gorically Speaking -The Cat's Meow

My live in buddies...five furry felines..four of which are rescues...have thought for a while that dogs get more publicity in blog-dom than cats do. So in honor of "Milhouse", my blue-eyed white, rescued from a church cemetery when he was just old enough to walk around, "Freddy Freeloader", who would eat food put out for him, but took weeks to trust me enough to let me pick him up, "Marshmallow", better known now as "Big Fat Marshey" who showed up at my front door as a baby, almost starved because someone had dumped him and his friend "Tucker", a black and white who arrived at about the same time, probably dumped with Marshmallow, and "Katie" the only girl and not a rescue, I decided to create a sensational cat item that would make them proud. So, what better to do than gather my scraps and sweaters and sew this fab feline coat. All five say they love it and hope you'll check out all the pics on etsy so you can see each one.

I found this great vintage collar at a church thrift sale..and posted it on my ShabbyFab etsy site for reclaimed treasures and within three hours a great customer grabbed it. I thought it would be terrific over a sweater..or maybe a dress. Don't know how she plans to use it...but I thought it was such a cool item.

My Latest Scrapping Venture

It's amazing how many fabric scraps collect from my sewing projects. Especially from altered and recycled sweaters. Always looking for new ideas to use them.. I'm passionate about recycling and never, never want to throw anything into the trash, ending up in our overfilled landfills. I know fabric will deterorate, unlike the tons of plastic we throw away, but still I can't let my precious fabric scraps end up there. I use many of them in my upstyled sweaters, skirts, coats,etc...but needed new items to use them on. I love sweats...I think they're our favorite wearable..so grabbed a pair and started scrapping. They turned out so cool. Check out the pic on the right. These were posted on etsy..but a wonderful customer in California snapped them up..but keep checking..I'm still scrapping!

Vintage Crocheted Table Cloth

Things have been so busy around here lately, haven't had much time for thrifting, I've been working on a wholesale order for a store, and getting stock to another customer who is doing an art show, but had a few minutes Friday and stopped at a friend's tag sale. Look what I found! She was selling this gorgeous vintage crocheted tablecloth. I thought it would be so pretty for a holiday dinner with a solid cloth underneath to match the occasion. Many people don't have regular dinners together anymore, but they do get together for special occasions and this would be perfect. What do you think?

Recycled Sweater and Velveteen Coat

I've had a collection of velveteen pieces for sometime and didn't have any ideas for using them. But decided they would be lovely made into a fall coat. So, I used a tan plus size cotton sweater for the top and added the velveteen panels for length. Then added a hood of velveteen and did covered buttons to close. I think it worked out quite well. Check it out on etsy.

October!!

Hey, Happy October, everyone!! What a beautiful day here in the South! October is such an exciting month. New fall clothes...Halloween...cooler weather...fall colors..new crafting ideas..recycling projects...yard sales with great items for upstyling. Fall in the South is almost perfect..even if your favorite team does lose. Have a wonderful October First!!