Old jeans into overall dress

Supplies: old denim

My sister gave me this cool pair of denim to fix. Besides the fact they had tears all over and buttons falling off, the fit was terrible enough no sewing would fix. I decided to go Trash to Couture style and turned them into a cute overall dress. 

Trash to Couture challenge: Change a pair of unwanted jeans into something new. Send your finished products to me and possibly be featured on the site...

New Shibori hand dyed convertible cardigan made with Jacquard Indigo dye kit found here

DIY Beach Dress

Supplies: Dyed fabric, something with stretch.

This was one of the prints I dyed with shibori techniques. I wanted it to be something for the beach and saw this simple pattern from Victoria Secret, which is perfect for what I wanted... 

See more below on how I made it...

DIY Shibori with Indigo

Supplies: Jacquard Indigo Dye kit here

natural fabric

A little different than tie dye, Shibori is a Japanese method of dying patterns by twisting, binding, wrapping, folding, and such. The main dye used for this technique is Indigo because of its easy to create resist patterns on fabric. Jacquard products make it simple to create this ancient natural dye using their Indigo kit here. 

Get the details on how to DIY below. 

Macramé Racerback from tshirts

Supplies: 2 shirts. 

clipboard, pin board, dress form. Anything to pin the macrame down.

Macramé is a knotting art that dates back to the 13th century. Sailors needed to know these techniques as well. This was a popular decorative art in the Victorian era. This was interesting to know, although my interest came from my mom who learned macramé in high school. Its peak popularity was in the 1970s. My mom made wall hangings and belts. I thought it would bring fresh details to today's fashions, and I was inspired to use it for a few of my designs seen below and here. Some things do come back as a blast from the past!

I finally got around to making a video of this pattern I designed, check it out (here). A nice twist to a summer staple piece. 

Get the directions below and follow the video.

Macramé an old tshirt

Supplies: plain tshirt, Jacquard dye

I've been working on my macramé as we have been on the road these past few weeks. Such a great road trip project. I want to post some videos soon with this pattern I just came up with. Once you get the knotting techniques down it really is a simple task. I just bought some vintage macramé  books to learn different patterns. 

Before this was just a plain white shirt. I cut the shirt into strips for tshirt yarn and then dyed them with Jacquard iDye in gun metal. 

Cloth Magazine

Make sure to check out the new Cloth magazine.

 Cloth magazine is packed with on-trend and easy-to-follow projects to inspire. From beautiful clothes and homeware ideas, to customizing and upcycling advice-whether you're updating your wardrobe or creating a whole new look, make it your own with Cloth. 

 You can easily subscribe here and take a peek inside here. So many projects I can't wait to try. The leather cut out pattern is in the works...

...or try my flapper inspired batwing dress above.