carrot-fail.png (PNG Image, 533 × 860 pixels) - Scaled (54%) The dress I made Upcycled Skirts: Umbrellas Converted into Colorful Clothes Like designing your own styles to dress in but not skilled with complex stitching or comfortable with creating new patterns? From their shapes and size to their scale and appearance, skirts and umbrellas have a lot in common – except, perhaps, that when it comes to an umbrella the interior is designed to be seen publicly and thus is as carefully considered and crafted as the exterior … whereas, well, looking up a skirt … that might get you in trouble. But seriously: used umbrella material is a perfect choice in many regards to upcycle into a skirt, dress, other easily-planned piece of refab clothing, as designer Cecilia Felli discovered during her creative umbrella-to-skirt upcycling experiments. Moreover, since umbrellas are well known for breaking down, this provides a simple do-it-yourself way to take advantage of something that frequently falls apart. Umbrellas come in all kinds of colorful, creative and unique patterns that convert readily into skirt material for women or girls.
Crafty Chic A Little Bit Thrifty One of my favorite things to do is upcycle clothing. I frequent the thrift stores in my area. Sometimes I'll find all kinds of great things and sometimes I won't find anything. I try to be open minded when shopping at secondhand stores. Sometime you'll find a dress that you love, only to find that it's three sizes too big. I found this skirt at a local thrift store for $3.50! I loved the print but it was a few sizes too big. Speaking of thrifting, has anyone seen that new show on planet green "Dresscue Me"?
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