I have always known that making clothes was hard, but making clothes from your own, at home, found materials is even harder. I remember last semester going through clothes and donating them to Goodwill, so the truth is, I now have a thinner closet with few items I would like to recreate. At an auction I sold few dresses that I had made by hand and one vintage dress I fitted for a customer. The past few weeks I have stared into my closet and gone mad in thinking, "I have to create sustainable clothes, but not only that, I have to go into my own creativity to make something sustainable." I think it's fair to day sustainability starts with a thought, then action. But when the resources are limited, how do stay sustainable without using too much or wasting? This is what I had to do, but in a smaller less important sense, in that this was just my closet, not the end of the world. I shook the big question in my head and thought simple. For example, a plain white tee. I must for anyone's wardrobe. But how can I make it different? Simple: Take scissors and experiment. Thankfully, I have a lot of plain white tees. But it only took me a few tries to get what create look I wanted.
P.S. Vegetariansism, not doing too well. Last week had fish, then something in my dressing/dip had chicken. Totally felt sick too...this happened in high school when I was vegetarian, and I came into contact with beef and threw up on my prom dress when on sixth street. It was very classy... The composting however is going well, and I am happy to say that the whole family has joined in it.
Natalie K
4 comments:
There's a great book called "Generation T, 108 ways to transform a T-shirt" that has some fun ideas on how to use a basic t-shirt to make everything from tops, to dresses, to skirts, to bags. The instructions are easy to follow and easily altered to fit your own style.
There's also a network of online people who share ways to restyle/recycle clothes into your own fashions. My favorite is http://www.threadbanger.com/blog. I used the instructions there this Halloween to make my daughter's pirate costume from some old clothing we had around the house and am planning on refashioning one of my old pair of jeans into a new skirt. Their tutorials are easy to follow and again leave room for your own alterations.
Have fun!
It is awesome that you are making your own clothes. I used to do the same thing with my tshirts but eventually i stopped but you have inspired me to start up again. And good job with the composting.
Those are very cool shirts great job
Let me just say, your clothes look amazingly cool! :) Honestly, I wish I could learn to do something like that. Maybe since my mom knows how to sew, and I've been meaning to learn anyway, I now have the perfect excuse. I'm really hoping you bring some samples to class. I think it could really inspire many others, the way it has me.
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