— Sir Paul, and the Beatles (When I’m Sixty-Four) A dress I bought from a thrift store– I added the flowers. I made a roundish shape from scraps of cotton fabric and then ironed the folds into place. Then I took sheer material and…
— Wilco (Summer Teeth) I got these shoes at a thrift store and then decorated them with some cutouts from magazines and brochures from places I’ve been. Abraham Lincoln silhouette on the right shoe and a picture of Indiana on the left. Honest Abe…
— T.S. Eliot (Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock) Finally done with one of my bigger projects this summer. This dress is made from all recycled materials. I used an old slip as a base and sewed sleeves and the knit roses all over…
— Violent Femmes (American Music) Happy Fourth of July! Too bad it is raining drearily here and I have to take pictures inside. These are my shorts I made especially for today. 🙂 They are an old pair of jeans that I cut off.…
— Bob Dylan (Tombstone Blues) Of all my decorated shoes, I would say these are my favorites. They were simple to make–though sewing buttons in faux suede is painful even with a thimble– my pricked fingers and I still love ’em. I love that…
— Cake (Short Skirt, Long Jacket) This skirt I made is from one of my dad’s old shirts. It is simply sewn, but I love the buttons and pocket that makes its former life as a shirt obvious. For some reason the skirt got…
— View (Same Jeans) So here is one pair of old jeans that I messed with during the school year, I acquired some of the fabric scraps from a rad professor who manages the costume shop. I did not have to pay for anything…
So one hobby that I have is finding cheap shoes and embellishing them. My mom used to be a seamstress so there has always been interesting supplies and fabric around the house, (not to mention an excellent sewing teacher). These were the first shoes…