Witch Wardrobe. No Lion.

My design plans changed directions about six times today. I was getting so frustrated. But I grabbed this dress I'd made in high school in the 70's. During that time, patterns that you could wrap and tie in many ways were all the rage. This was a combo dress/ wrap skirt. It's polyester and I swear that stuff never dies. But it's so slippery I never wore it much.  It's kicked around here for years. I've doubled in size so the thing didn't even go around me anymore.

So today I grabbed it and sewed one single seam and in minutes converted it into a flirty little sundress. Hop over to the gallery and see the photo.

I also embellished my sandals with silver metal hearts.

I topped off the outfit with a ribbon headband I'd woven so long ago, I don't even remember the technique anymore. I made the necklace also out of copper chain and wire.

Once I got done being frustrated I had a lot of fun.
It got me to wondering how many clothes could be easily mended but we either can't figure out how to fix them, or we are just too busy to do it, or we lack motivation.

I as watching a video at 3 AM which pushed me into a state of creativity to follow through with an idea I've been kicking around for years. Namely, to use all my artistic skills of sewing, knitting, crocheting, mixed media, fiber arts of many kinds and other skill sets I've gained through home, through college and through the university of life. So I jumped out of bed this morning way more excited than I've been in a long time, and dug through my drawers and clean laundry bag looking for things I've made myself.  So here are the rules: Everything I wear for one year must be sewn from scratch, repurposed from already owned items, or embellished by me in some way.

So my first outfit has a skirt I made for a belly dancing costume, a t-shirt I painted for a dance group I wanted to start, and yarn hair ties I made to sell on Etsy but never got around to listing.

I had thrown a pair of heels away yesterday because the uppers were cracked and peeling. So I dug those out of the trash and started glueing beads and baubles to them. 

I've had fun wearing this outfit today.

I'm going to give myself a week to make my own unmentionables though. I've knitted socks but I think I gave them all away. I know I have a bra pattern around here somewhere.

And somewhere I have a shoemaking book too. Well, one day at a time, right?