Ever since showing them my black infinity dress they have been asking that I teach them how to make a dress and a shirt. Some of them don't wear dresses ever, so they got to make a shirt. When I teach a new technique they have to make a prototype whereby they learn the ins and outs of the pattern and because they are using upcycled fabrics they have the freedom to experiment. We started the lesson with this box of preused school t shirts and some cotton knit sheets and night

Most of the jewelry that I wear are pieces that I create myself and most of them are made from remnants left over from other projects. This time I decided to make an art cuff using my textured quilted technique. The base for the cuff was an upcycled shirt cuff. Which was used as a base for the small patchwork pieces which I stitched on creating a textured quilted piece. I used remnants from a clutch bag that I created last week and added some pink and tangerine scraps to t

.I really enjoyed that confetti quilting experiment that I did a number of days ago. So I decided to do another one and this time to make some black and grey fabric buttons. I chose the fabrics from the grey confetti "paintbox" And added some more black to the mix Tossed it around in a bowl so that the darker pieces were randomly mixed in Took a strip of black fabric, laid scraps down and randomly stitched down. No pins, whatever the needle caught it caught. It made quite a m

I teach how to make new fabrics from scraps. When sewing I end up having a lot of fabric remnants in a variety of sizes. In the past I either used to throw them away or snip them even smaller and use as stuffing for pillows or dolls but lately I have been looking at the scraps with different eyes and seeing the potential of new “fabric” there. The technique that I focus on here is actually a way to create new fabric “yardage” which can be used as is or can be used as fabric t

Now to see what happened to those glued pieces. After giving it a good shaking so that the unglued pieces would fall off, this is the result. There are a few gaps where the glue didn't catch the piece so I gently laid down a few loose pieces and then laid a layer of black tulle over everything. I pinned the tulle every 7 or so cm all around the edges, took the piece to the machine and stitched all around the outer edges- a frame. I then removed all the pins. And begain quilti

Today I decided to paint with fabrics using my version of the confetti quilting technique. Throughout the year I collect all the remants from projects and store them according to color families. I normally use the prettier ones to create fabric beads but I have a lot. Looking at them in their bottles made me think of paints. So today I decided to experiment with a fabric landscape and I am going to share the tutorial with eveyone. The pieces are too small to sew. So I decide