Esther Recycles

This was a monthly project from Sewer's Forum which is a group of women in several cities in Eastern Ontario brought together by the love of sewing. The founder of the club, Cheryl Wray, comes up with the most interesting projects, and this was for a fabric clutch. I put my own spin on it by salvaging my husbands boiled wool driving cap, releasing the fabric, washing it, pulling it and ironing it out flat, then using the clutch pattern to cut it out, embellished it with finger felting, and lined it with leftover curtain and kitchen chair fabric.

This was a woolen sweater belonging to my daughter who is taller and longer limbed than I am. She passed it on to me to wear after it's first shrinkage incident. Some months later, it had it's second shrinkage incident, and so I turned it into a handbag and a change purse and gave it back to my daughter for Christmas

This sweatshirt jacked was created in response to a challenge where only used clothing could be used to create a new piece of "artwear".  The base was a "denuded" zippered and embroidered fleece jacket, and the top fabric was an old rayon broomstick skirt.