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Colorblock Knit Dress

ahallet, member | September 23rd, 20093 comments

This colorblock knit dress was inspired by the swimwear in Oscar de la Renta's summer 2009 line. The colors and weight of the fabric are perfect for transitioning into the fall monthsnbsp...

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Transform a Wool Sweater into a Felted Vest

Tina_Hilton, contributor | September 23rd, 20095 comments

With the official arrival of Autumn it is time to begin thinking about bringing out the sweaters. Give an old sweater a second chance with a little makeover.

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Recycled newspaper rainbags

carmie2, member | September 22nd, 2009

This gown was desigZned and created by me, Deb Seeger. I cut rectangular bags into spiral strips them wound into balls just like wool yarn. I designed the pattern with no expereince in...

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Rock & Roll Micro-Mini Dress

lauratron, member | September 22nd, 20091 comment

"Rock & Roll Micro-Mini Dress" It all began when I fell in love with an XXL T-shirt that I found at a used record store. I decided that instead of simply altering it to fit me, I would make...

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Skirt Suit with Peplum Jacket

Retrochic74, member | September 22nd, 20091 comment

　 For this Skirt Suit, I chose 3 elements of inspiration. Recently i was checking out the Metrostyle online catalog. What I found was three skirt suits each had some attribute that would make a...

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ADRI inspired dress and 2 matching jackets

heidilyn, member | September 22nd, 2009

I fell in love with this ADRI Vogue pattern when I saw it. They were very casual in style, yet with the angled hems, the pieces were quite fashionable. I...

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Little Flower Girl's Dress

sew4love, member | September 22nd, 2009

Little 9-month old Serena was a flower girl in her uncle's wedding. Her dress, of polyester chiffon and satin, was the same color (blue radiance) as the bridemaids, and was styled using New Look...

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winter tulip

prettybypam, member | September 19th, 2009

a jacket i designed for a friends birthday, very soft, with a faux fur colar and cuffs, top of jacket made of micro suede, and bottom is a very soft and stretchy cotton lycra. 3/4 sleeves with...

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maximizer

prettybypam, member | September 18th, 20093 comments

Louis Vuitton's runway 2009 model inspired this black and purple 3 pc dress. I made a black satin halter dress, very fitted, top cut on the bias. The peplum corsett of black...

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Black Satin Strapless Gown

Retrochic74, member | September 17th, 2009

This piece has 2 inspirations. First inspiration once again was the Oscars. This time it was dress by Atlier Versace worn by actress Drew Barrymore at the 2005 Oscars. The 2nd inspiration was a...

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Two Piece Satin and Lace Gown

Retrochic74, member | September 17th, 20091 comment

My inspriration for this piece was the Oscars, recently i happened to be going through my fashion magazines from a couple years ago. They were showing fashions from the Oscars and noticed a gown by...

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Hat's off to Fleece!

theemptynest, member | September 16th, 20091 comment

I found the cutest fleece hats on Martha Stewarts website and decided to make some of my own. I embellished mine with fabric yo-yo's I had made (I have bags of them!) and crocheted flowers. I also...

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Three digibudi's pillow cases

digibudi, member | September 15th, 20092 comments

Last night I had so much energy, that I've made three pillow cases.I've used the zippers from my old ones, who were 9 years old, and didn't look so good anymore.So the only thing I've used from my...

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Ferrari model cars framed as shadowbox

primaluce, member | September 14th, 2009

I saw them on one of a shelf during my visit to a friend. Then i asked him to give me all of them. He was suprised and asked what i was gonna do with them? I returned them in a short time. and he was...

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My Little Black Dress

JoWilliams, member | September 14th, 20098 comments

This dress was created without a pattern. I studied the runway video, pulled snapshots from it, then draped a muslin on my dressform. I then used that muslin as my pattern to create...

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My embroidered Sweater insperated by Erika Kern

ringelpunkt, member | September 12th, 20092 comments

As I saw this project i was really inspire. Long time past, but finally here is my sweater. My blossoms looks not so neatly, but i like it this way. Sorry, I di not a before picture, but it was an...

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Bratz bathrobe

JoWilliams, member | September 12th, 2009

No patterns for either of these. for the child's robe, I sketched out a small size pattern (minus the hood), based on the larger pattern I had made for Dad's robe. Then sketched a...

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The Love of Vintage!

JoWilliams, member | September 12th, 20091 comment

This dress was created without a pattern. I draped this dress onto my dressform to create a muslin, I then used that muslin as my pattern to create this dress! I had to make an assumption...

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How to Embroider a Basic T-shirt Dress

_nikki_, contributor | September 9th, 20097 comments

Jacquard fabric paint and a bit of embroidery turn a basic T-shirt dress into a stunner. Embroiderer extraordinaire, Erika Kern, created this floral design that can be paired with black leggings or jeans for an effortlessly stylish look.

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Recycled Office Chairs

kkmack, member | September 8th, 2009

I needed a new office chair and found two old dining chairs (?) that had wheels - $15 for both! They were unfinished pine that was badly stained so I sanded them and covered with a can of...

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