This was actually scrap fabric too, which I purchased for around $2, it was rolled into a little black ball of organic cottony goodness. I won't claim the design as my own, the reason this skirt is especially adorable (besides that my wrinkly bug bite covered knees are accenting the piece) is because I used the coolest book ever to get the idea! Generation T 108 Ways To Transform a T-shirt is the freaking greatest book for beginning and advanced crafters- the projects are totally easy and some of them blew my mind. The finale' project is a wedding dress made entirely of white t-shirts! The book came out a while back, long enough that I am certain every crafty New Yorker has seen it - but I had never laid eyes on such innovation. Love it! This sexy skirt is my very first project I tried from the book, and although it said to make one straight tube I had to actually make a bit of a triangle shape to get it right. The satin ribbons are even organic! Yippee! <3
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Learning To Sew: Local Organic Cotton Part 2
This is my second project using locally woven organic cotton I bought from Spiritex, an Asheville organic clothing & fabric store.
This was actually scrap fabric too, which I purchased for around $2, it was rolled into a little black ball of organic cottony goodness. I won't claim the design as my own, the reason this skirt is especially adorable (besides that my wrinkly bug bite covered knees are accenting the piece) is because I used the coolest book ever to get the idea! Generation T 108 Ways To Transform a T-shirt is the freaking greatest book for beginning and advanced crafters- the projects are totally easy and some of them blew my mind. The finale' project is a wedding dress made entirely of white t-shirts! The book came out a while back, long enough that I am certain every crafty New Yorker has seen it - but I had never laid eyes on such innovation. Love it! This sexy skirt is my very first project I tried from the book, and although it said to make one straight tube I had to actually make a bit of a triangle shape to get it right. The satin ribbons are even organic! Yippee! <3
This was actually scrap fabric too, which I purchased for around $2, it was rolled into a little black ball of organic cottony goodness. I won't claim the design as my own, the reason this skirt is especially adorable (besides that my wrinkly bug bite covered knees are accenting the piece) is because I used the coolest book ever to get the idea! Generation T 108 Ways To Transform a T-shirt is the freaking greatest book for beginning and advanced crafters- the projects are totally easy and some of them blew my mind. The finale' project is a wedding dress made entirely of white t-shirts! The book came out a while back, long enough that I am certain every crafty New Yorker has seen it - but I had never laid eyes on such innovation. Love it! This sexy skirt is my very first project I tried from the book, and although it said to make one straight tube I had to actually make a bit of a triangle shape to get it right. The satin ribbons are even organic! Yippee! <3
The skirt really is sexy. It accentuates your sexy legs....
ReplyDeleteLeslie, it's awesome.
ReplyDeleteWhere is the ribbon from?
Hey Skye!
ReplyDeleteThanks!!!
The ribbon was actually a perk of The Oko Box - a shipment of organic brown velvet jackets came in from france (designer MACHJA) last year and the organic satin ribbons were not attached or sewn on in any way. I decided I could not sell it like that, so i set the ribbons aside in my crafting box and now sell the jacket without them. I have been using them like crazy and hardly have any left now. ;)
Here are two sources for organic ribbons:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wholesaleribboncarnival.com/category_41/Earth-Friendly-Organic-Ribbon.htm
http://www.schiffribbons.com/buy_ribbons.aspx?pc=Earth+Friendly+Ribbons&gclid=CKyggtOOqZQCFQNfFQodkHdttA
On on a different note, here is a place that prints organic cotton clothing labels::
http://www.bcilabels.com/clothing-labels/clothing-labels-printed/index.cfm
Sounds like the makings of a couple of CAGW posts for you...
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