6 January 2010 – Buttons, originally uploaded by academichic.Sources:
- Red and white eyelet top – from my grandmother’s closet
- Black cardi – Marona, thrifted (embellished by me)
- Jeans – thrifted
- Wool leg warmers – local drugstore
- Boots – Dillards
Endnotes:
This is something I wore during my break in Romania and never got to posting. I’m now back in Munich and back to work. When I wore this, I was just spending a casual day reading and hemming a dress of my mom’s that I found that she probably wore in the 70s or 80s. I can’t wait until it’s warmer out and I can wear it. I’ve been inspired by a plethora of sources lately to flex my DIY muscles a bit more. I will long not be the DIY queen that our E. is but I’m hoping to get better at handling a needle and thread (I don’t have a sewing machine) so that I can buy all those lovely garments I always see while thrifting and put back because I don’t know how to alter them.
Buttons, originally uploaded by academichic.
Buttons, originally uploaded by academichic.I’m starting small with a dress hem and this embellished cardi I’m wearing. I was inspired by this embroidered black cardi by the lovely remixer ‘The Frog’s Eyebrows‘ and the button embellished cardi crafted by the stylish Clodo to pull out my own thrifted black cardi and spruce it up a bit. It’s hard to go wrong with DIY’ing a thrifted item since it’s not likely to have cost much or be all too irreplaceable. I found a handful of pretty vintage buttons in my grandmother’s sewing drawer and grouped them in clusters of three in shades of red and whites to adorn the cardi’s neckline. It’s not much of a change but just enough to make the cardi feel a little more exciting and new to me. I still want to try my hand at embroidering a cardigan, but that will have to wait until I thrift a practice item and some embroidery ribbon.
How about you? Are you of the crafty sort and if so, what are your favorite kinds of DIY projects? For us novices, do you have any words of wisdom? Also, does anyone know of a site with great embroidery patterns for free? Thank you, as always, for your input! S.
6 January 2010, originally uploaded by academichic.
