Hi Everyone!
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This is week 2 of Refashion Runway ALLSTARS! This week the challenge is METALLIC. SO, after you check out my entry, click here to VOTE FOR ME!!!!! Just scroll down through the entries and the voting app will be at the end.
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Metallic? Thinking about this challenge, I needed to find something to incorporate this into my wardrobe without looking like a cheesy episode of “Lost in Space” (Dating myself here)or someone who had never left disco behind 🙂 It had to be simple, classic, and fit into my life. This sweater was a $3 Goodwill find and made of lurex yarn. It is a classic shape with a perfect fit, but VERY see through…Uhm no!. I had to jazz it up! When I saw it, I knew the plan immediately! I had an idea and rushed home to try it out. I actually finished this piece before the velvet challenge!!!
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I love the way this turned out. I am wearing it with a gold tank underneath here and paired it with some great heals and white jeans. This would be a fitting look for a party, cocktails with friends, or the holidays. I think if I were wearing it during a non-holiday, I would wear a white tank underneath to make it more casual.
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The plan was to use some off white cotton yarn from my stash and weave stripes into the body with a tapestry needle. The technique created a wonderful chevron pattern!
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The hardest part of the entire project was making the stripes match and making a visually pleasing stripe pattern across the front and back of the body.
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The under bodice was created from an old wrestling costume I made for one of the boys years ago for Halloween! Such memories this one gave me.
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