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A few years ago, I made a rather delightful discovery while browsing through a local charity store: I stumbled upon a collection of five pique cotton summer blankets that caught my eye. The fabric was not only soft and breathable, perfect for warm weather, but also featured a lovely texture that added a touch of charm to any use.

From a tablecloth that adorned a table to a designer shirt. This is how she did it Was this a table cloth?

Spring is in the air Its definitely time to get the spring wardrobe organized. But how does one do it?

Sometimes the simplest things that we do give us the greatest pleasure. A student decided to create a set of pyjamas to gift her sister

When working on my combat series I found a number of fatigue skirts and pants which I had purchased many years ago at a second hand store

I finally finished writing the tutorial for the technique. All you need are sheets, or cotton and polycotton fabric scraps to create an...

One doesn't have to redesign or sew something complicated to upgrade a tshirt, a quick upcycle will do the trick.

Sewing and upcycling - I haven't had in person classes for a while and last week my talented innovative student came over .

I am working on a tutorial for a versatile tunic from fun to fancy with many different options. different fabrics, different pockets and different necklines and hemlines

But lately I have been having many different clothing ideas. I love jewel colors so when I saw that I had lots of black, purple, pink, turquoise and green t shirt scraps, I decided to make a t shirt which I could use as an over shirt in autumn and winter.

I have MANY t shirt strips so I decided to make a shirt, which I originally thought of as having a cowl neck and 3/4 length sleeves, a more wintry piece. But I ended up making a shirt without a collar at all, and elbow length sleeves, some progress. It is too hot to wear in our Israeli summer but it will be perfect as a layering piece over a solid colored longer sleeved t shirt or even a t shirt with a collar.

Whenever I sort through my fabrics I come up with many different creative ideas. I find that I need a break from creating art techniques and wanted to create some practical pieces that still have that special touch. I looked at this pile of fabrics, lots of jewel tones in there. I added blacks and an interesting idea germinated. Something practical from scraps that I will get a lot of use out of.

So I thought a bit, how does one wear a blanket and still be able to move around, be warm, and work at the same time? I try not to turn the heating on, it dries the air and cost of heating is soaring as well. Its called a poncho. So I started researching making a poncho. Believe it or not I don't even own one. I found all kinds of ponchos on the internet, made from all sorts of fabrics and in all sizes. Of course I wasn't going to purchase any fabrics for a poncho.

This morning I decided to do a very simple but necessary mending job to create an elastic waistband on a pair of jeans.

I have been playing around with this idea for a while. To create wearables using my landscape patchwork techniques. My process takes a while. I think about it, experiment in my head, look at fabrics and then begin to play.

Its October already, skies are beginning to get cloudy and the evenings a bit cooler. Its time to make some t shirt tunics from that pile of t shirts which need to be upcycled. A pile of purples for the first t shirt tunic. Some stained, some small school shirts. I have been collecting purples for a while.

I woke up this morning and decided that I want my navy tunic to be ready by this afternoon. I raided someone's closet and took a too small (for him) shirt and a remnant of fabric and cut and placed the puzzle pieces together on the table. The shirt was too short so I had to be creative.

condition but it had a number of oil stains on it. I was loathe to cut it up for patchwork so after thinking about it for a bit and remembering that I had a few camo colored t shirts I decided to create another crop top or 2.

I was left with the option of making pockets set in the seams but I wanted large pockets. So i looked at my sweatshirts and came up with the idea of sewing my version of "kangaroo pockets". I was told yesterday in one of the facebook groups that this wasn't really a kangaroo pocket as that is one piece and not 2 so, I am a creative. and can call it whatever I want to.

My finished tunic - part 6. I decided to make a second one as well, a sleeveless version, lined with buttons and kangaroo pockets for a casual comfortable feel.