Hello Everyone!
I hope this post finds you all well and healthy. To be honest, I feel a bit frivolous posting right now, but I think it is helpful and therapeutic to keep busy and creative during these stressful times. Below you can see the end result of one of my latest projects. It is not an extreme overhaul, but the small changes I made created a huge difference! Keep scrolling to see the details.
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I hope everyone is well and remaining safe. Happy refashioning and good health to all!
Much love,
Mary you really breathed some new life into the blah top! It looks crisp and stylish with the addition of the great blue fabric and stitching. I say if you think the extra stitching will be fun go for it. Love the color of the blouse it is so nice and springlike.
As for posting fun things right now………..yes please we all need some distractions right now so keep posting fun stuff. I posted on my blog for the first time in a year yesterday and want to do lots more posting. Mostly I post quilts but have been into making clothes and such again lately so I will post both. My blog is enchantingquilts.blogspot.com if you want to see some of my stuff. I do plan to post several times a week.
Thank you so much Ami! so glad that you like it! I think I will add the stitching to the cuffs!
You’re so beautiful! I love what you did with the shirt. I miss seeing your face every day. ❤️
Awww! Thanks Dawn!!!! I miss you too. It is so strange to have all of this time to create. I have always wanted more time but not like this. Everything is so surreal right now.
Really freshened the blouse up! Looks great! One question – you had to remake all the buttonholes, right?
Hi Susan,
Thank you so much for the feedback. I did not have to make new buttonholes because I had saved the placket from the stripe blouse!!! I did have to respace the buttons though because the original placket had a slightly different spacing.
Love your alterations. The buttonband brightens up your shirt beautifully.👏
Hi Claire! Thank you so much. I had fun doing it.
Not frivolous at all! I’m absolutely fine being at “quarantined”! But I do miss my quilting/sewing group, seeing and discussing all their ongoing creative projects!!!
Thank you!!!!
Go for the stitching! A little or lot!!! What ever suites you!
Hello Etta,
Thank you for your comments. I am happy to see that folks are wanting this kind of distraction from the insanity. I will keep the projects coming.
Wow! What a refresh! Sewing is what’s keeping me sane here at n Florida, where we’re staying home and bracing for the worst. Please keep sharing!
Greetings Maddi,
Yes, sewing is starting to give me back my sanity too! Thank you for the feedback.
Everyone I know is grateful for – not distraction right now, but a focus on the things we appreciate.
Hello RW,
Thanks for your feedback. It took a lot for me to get busy because sometimes anxiety bottles up my creativity, but I am finally getting to the point that sewing is soothing again.
I think the boro stitching would be great on cuffs, etc. It is not an “in-your-face” feature but is subtle enough to be elegant.
Love this makeover.
Hello Pat! So good to hear from you. I think I will go back and do “some” “stitching. Not the entire cuff but just a few rows over the trim. Stay healthy and safe!!!