Day: 3 September 2007

bags, craft, crochet, WIP, work in progress

Larger Than Life bag still in progress

I have finally finished the sides and bottom of the bag, and have attached them to the front and bag panels.  The crochet part of making this bag is now complete!

This was really difficult to photograph, but these should give you an idea of how it is coming along.  This bag is HUGE!  Now I need to line it.  What colour fabric should I use?  I’ll make padded handles from the same fabric for it, and do lots of interior pockets.  This will be my first effort at fully drafting a lining myself.  But don’t hold your breath!

by thornberry
adult's clothing, refashioning, sewing, wardrobe refashion

Dress refashioning

Freya recently bought this dress, but didn’t completely like it on her (this isn’t her in the photo, by the way – the photo is courtesy of the retailer she bought it from).

She felt a little too much like the second wife from “Big Love” in it.  So I took it home and took out the sleeves.  What do you think?

After unpicking the sleeves, I used bias binding to face the armhole, which I then turned to the inside and hand-stitched to the lining.  A professional result, I think!

Our theory is that if she doesn’t like it as a sleeveless dress, I can turn it into a skirt.  If that doesn’t work out, it may become a bag.

by thornberry