For one of my classes A while Back I had to recycle mens wool garments into a tailored jacket. Pics can be seen here closer to the bottom of the page: http://izodiea.livejournal.com/10371.html I was amazed how much fabric this project ate up. I used four full garments to make one, and all I have left is scraps! (I blame the bias sleeves and collar)
Izodiea Unknown http://izodiea.livejournal.com/ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:27:12 GMT From: "R Lloyd Mitchell" <[email protected]> To: "Historical Costume" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Arty recycling of garments Message-ID: <201004210927865.sm82...@[209.131.83.40]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I do a fair ammount of embroidery-mending all the time.? Last fall I re cut and designed a long sweater vest, starting out at the goodwill with an oversized sweater (dress?).? I have been perusing the Art to Wear (Ausralia) again, and my mind is working on something that will include 'found' garments. Kathleen -----Original Message----- From: "Lavolta Press" <[email protected]> Sent 4/20/2010 12:49:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [h-cost] Arty recycling of garmentsToday I've been hand-sewing cotton lace onto the bottom of an almost-new summer-weight slip-dress I bought off eBay (to replace a flounce that was much too long) and I'm wondering: How many adults are doing arty recycling of garments and linens? By arty I mean more than just buying something second hand and altering it to size. (So my alteration to the bottom of this dress doesn't really count, but it still looks good.) I mean something closer to wearable art, where it looks like you altered the garment in a creative way. Everything I see on this subject looks like it's intended for teenagers and also for beginning sewers. Of course there's nothing wrong with being either a teenager or a beginning sewer. But, are many adults who are experienced sewers doing arty recycling? Or are they just altering garments in a conservative way or just for size? Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
