My whole life is an experiment . . . sometimes I get surprising results. - C Erdmann

Monday, April 12, 2010

A Giveaway and A New Look?


Lisa over at Olive Grove Primitives is celebrating her blog's 1st Birthday and to mark the occasion she is having a lovely sale and a giveaway!! Yay!! Happy Birthday Lisa's Blog!

Here you can see all her very sweet Raggedy dollies, all in a row! Don't they look like they're having a picnic? lol.

So please go take a look and enter the giveaway. She also has some great epatterns going on over there too.

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Now to fill out the post I thought I'd show some pics of a top I altered a few weeks ago. I love the idea of recycling and giving clothing a new lease on life, so dragged this very blah looking pale green jacket out of my unused stash and breathed a lovely new life into it.....I hope I did anyhoo!

Before...........


After.......
with a little white tank underneath it. Sorry, it does look quite un-ironed, probably cos it is! :)
I cut the button and button hole strips off, then shaped the neck area up a bit. Sewed some lovely vintage lace up both front edges and neck. Then another wider vintage lace strip around the waist to tie. To pretty it up a bit more I added a couple of small crocheted doileys to the front.
All a bit chic, don't you think? :)


Ciao for now. x




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6 comments:

  1. Aren't you clever ! It looks even better now .

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  2. Glad you took the 'before' photo Pam, it's so different! It looks really good. Happy crafting, Jenny

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  3. Thanks for your comment on my blog! The pin cushion swap has been so much fun. I will definitely be seeking some more out. There's a Tassie crafter whose work you might like. Check out http://littleartycraftycrow.blogspot.com/ She makes amazing little 'aged' bunnies and has just started making super cute raggedy dolls.
    xox

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  4. That is absolutely GORGEOUS! Aren't you lovely and slim????? I seem to be piling it on. (Too much time on this thing??? :O))

    Thanks for recent comments on my blog, I have been rubbish at getting back. Sorry.

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  5. What a pretty updated look! I love it.

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  6. Great job on the cardi. Very pretty and inspiring too!

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