Posts Tagged ‘scraps’
The Second Dress: Mission Complete
I’ve been making a dress which was started by someone else circa 1970-1973. It was given to me in a collection of fabric, nine years ago. The dress consisted of a basted-together skirt and some scraps to cut a bodice. I started on it last week.… ….and have now put together the pieces. Funnily, when…
Read MoreThe Second Dress
I’ve been finishing two dresses from the 1960s (or 70s?), given to me in a collection of fabric. Last week I finished off the black and white sundress, and can report that it’s been worn by my teen with success. Attention has now turned to the second dress, consisting of a basted-together skirt and a…
Read MoreThe Black and White Dress, Finished 55 Years Later
I’m part-way through finishing off two dresses from the 1970s (or 1960s?). These two partly-made dresses came in a collection of fabric given to me nine years ago. Going for a quick win early on, as you do, I worked on the black and white dress first. It was already mostly sewn, just in two…
Read MoreMaking a scrap-busting heat bag
During the week I made a couple of heat bags designed for the neck and shoulders. I made them out of scraps. Wait a minute, don’t I only do zero waste? Why am I doing things with scraps? Yes, I do generate scraps, but now they’re all of the useable rectangular type. Typically they’re the…
Read MoreScrapbag confessions
This was going to be a post about my home sewing scrap bag, and the result of doing zero waste sewing, but it turned out I couldn’t really measure the effect because I didn’t start with a clean slate. To explain: at the beginning of 2020, after dallying with zero waste for several years, I…
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