After a few late nights experimenting with various bubbly concoctions in my kitchen laboratory I’ve come up with a formula to de-mustify those glorious scraps of kimono fabric: Deodorize your own vintage beauties and freshen that …
The DIY Upcycled Scarfigan & my new channel!
That’s right my lovelies, I am now the proud producer of my very own series of diy refashionista webisodes! In addition to my regular crafty blog posts I’ll be sharing my adventures in upcycling with …
make a (silly) statement with my DIY animal necklace
A quick trip to the discount store + a few odds n’ ends from around the house = this fabulous bit of frippery! Here’s how you can make a (silly) statement with my DIY animal necklace:
A MODified Vintage Dress Refashion
I took this €1 vintage sack-of-a-dress: and transformed it into A MODified Vintage Dress Refashion: I simply re-visited my Obi-Wan Kenobi dress tute & adapted it for the amount of fabric I had by shortening the …
The Delightful Doily: part three
The final chapter of my little doily manual deals with those fancy oblong bits of tatting that once displayed Oma’s ceramic statuette collection: Onto The Delightful Doily: part three how-to:
The Delightful Doily: part two
The second leg of our doily journey takes us into (mini) table runner land – a place of rectangular shaped crocheted pretties that are superb for quick embellishments: Hop on in & let’s begin The …
The Delightful Doily: part one
Lovely lacy doilies are an integral part of any Refashionista’s arsenal. However, one must not simply stitch a doily to a shirt (or anything else) & pronounce it ready-to-wear as all you have then is …
a deconstructed reconstruction necklace refashion
A bit of patience & a steady hand are all that are needed to transform gaudy to groovy: Wanna see what this bit awesomeness started out as?
Confessions of a Refashionista: Life on the ZigZag
Hooray! My fancy schmancy revamped Confessions of a Refashionista: Life on the Zig Zag e-book is now available worldwide! Contains over 50 projects with easy to follow tutorials & full colour step by step photos …
Personalized DIY Bleach Printed Pants
As we’re now definitely into chilly, rainy fall I’ve been digging through the box of bought-at-the-end-of-last-winter-super-sales-to-hopefully-fit-this-year munchkin gear & am discovering more than a few fantastic deals that I’d forgotten about. Unfortunately, it’s becoming all …