Monday, July 6, 2009

Convert

I had this tablecloth that was made of some kind of linen blend, and I although I have always loved the color and fabric, it had seen better days. I believe it was my mother's tablecloth, when she was newlywed (44 years ago!). I couldn't bear to just toss it, though it had some stains and tears and the lace along the edge was unsalvagable. I still used it though, because I have very low standards. haha Wish I were kidding.


Anyway, after I had made the shirt out of the bedsheet the other day, I had this idea to repurpose the ruined tablecloth into a matching skirt. I was able to avoid the marks and tears. (I started off using this tutorial for a simple elastic-waisted skirt. (Someday I will be brave enough to try a zipper!) But really, it turned out that the fabric didn't lend itself to the pattern (size-wise) and in the end, I made a much straighter ~ less a-line ~ kind of cut for the sides and it's working out splendidly.)

It turned out really cute, actually, and it makes quite a dashing outfit.

I showed it to Erik and he was quite pleased. "You should make me a t-shirt out of those curtains," he said, waving at the curtains hanging at the bedroom windows. "Why?" I asked, bewildered. "Oh, just so I can say I have a t-shirt made out of curtains!"

He was quite bemused when I giggled and told him that those curtains? Those curtains were already made out of an old bedspread!


Between the shirt that was a sheet, the skirt that was a tablecloth, and the curtains that were a bedspread, it's getting harder to defend myself against allegations that everything in my house used to be something else. : /

3 comments:

  1. Good for you Mia!!!!! With all the "think green" these days you win the prize. Will we get to see you model your new (recycled) blouse and skirt?

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  2. That's wonderful, Mia. I love it.

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  3. Betty ~ Thank you! Hopefully I WILL get a photo of me wearing it...I'm really bad with the self-timer on my camera, but I'll try to get Erik to snap one when I'm wearing it.

    Pamela ~ Thanks! Miss you, especially when I think of how big the boys are getting!!

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