To be original, you have to go back to the origin. And, if you need to, improve or alter it to suit your individual taste.Take this shirt for example. It’s a beautiful cream frilly shirt with princess sleeves.
I love everything but those sleeves. Soooo, I ripped them out with my seam ripper, folded the edge down, ironed it and bonded it with my stitch witchery.
I tried it on again and it was boxy, so I sewed in a tuck right under the armpit to give it an hourglass figure.
Next on the list is this Black lace dress I purchased for $1 at Volunteers of America. Very billowy…very 70s…very big…and may be very time consuming.
It’s proof that not everything can be solved with my nimble fingers, sewing kit and stitch witchery! But, I found a local seamstress who I hope can help alter this into a multi-purpose LBD. Wish me luck!
Lastly, I’ll be leaving Blogger for WordPress and Tumblr. PLEASE check me out!
As always….Happy Thrifting!
Parsimony's Closet 