Makeover: Repurposing and Recycling
Yesterday I went to my neighborhood American Sewing Guild meeting. The neighborhood groups are part of the local chapters, ours being in Ocala while we are in Gainesville. There were ten of us since some people are still on vacation and spending the warm months in cooler climes. We discussed plans for future meetings and things we’d like to do.
After our brief meeting, we headed out to our local thrift stores. Since we live in a university town, thrift stores and consignment shops do very well. The students come into town and buy at the beginning of the school year, and at the end of the school year they sell all their stuff. So, there’s a good market here.
We had six shops on our list including Salvation Army, a hospice store, and a couple of consignment stores. The purpose of this outing was to buy something and remake it into something else. One girl bought a denim jacket, another some sort of boxes, and still another a beautiful blue suede jacket! I bought a chambray blouse, a blue window valance, a pair of child-size denim pants and a pink belt.
I’m thinking I will use the denim pants to make a purse and trim it with the pink belt and maybe something from my fabric stash. I have bamboo purse handles in a box somewhere, and I’m sure I have something with some pink to make a lining. The valance will be taken apart and will become a scarf or trim or sleeves for my blouse, along with some beads I have in a drawer. Oh! I want you to know I spent less than ten dollars for my four items.
At our September meeting we will all bring in our items for show-and-tell. It will be interesting to see what everyone will make, and I will be sure to let you know.
So, what do you have in your closet that can be made into something else? It’s the end of summer and time to start thinking about a fall wardrobe and Christmas presents. The way the economy has been, many will be making their presents themselves, or not giving at all. Find new ways to look at an item. Jeans can be made into a purse, or pillows. The trim or ruffles on one item can be moved to another. Sleeves can be added. Sweaters can be cut apart and added to something else. One lady told me she had taken valances and made them into a dust ruffle for her bed.
We all want to be more conscious of the environment, so what better way than to reuse, recycle, and repurpose our old clothes?
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