I won't say that my work has been GOOD, mind you, but I've been productive - there's a large difference! But practice makes perfect, and if I can practice until I get the hang of it, all the better.
I found this very nice tutorial on how to make sweaters out of socks. I haven't been hemming them - mostly practice pieces you know - so it's my kind of work... easy and immediate gratification! And also fortunately, we have a lot of leftover, unmated socks...
These pictures are pretty poor but should give you the idea.
The bolero started out as a black sweater but I didn't leave quite enough room for a torso - so I slapped a button on there and called it a day. I actually think it looks really cute like that. Of course, I need to make her a nice plain shirt to go underneath it...
The skirt I'm going to redo, it was just a straight-across skirt. I'd like it to poof out a little more, so I'm going to give more of a curve to the thing. Fortunately I have plenty of that cute fabric, and some little blue-and-green assorted tiny buttons (regular, not heart-shaped). So I'm thinking of doing something like a nautical-inspired skirt, with buttons down the front.
This outfit is a little more discombobulated, but again, the top is from a sock - more of a dress sock this time instead of a knit one. (I also made a pink argyle sweater for her, but that needs some patching/will be seen later.) I'm not quite happy with the ruffle, but it'll do for now. :) After all, practice makes perfect.
The skirt is just straight-up from a pair of baby socks my sister got at Target on clearance. It's such a happy looking, uh... giraffe... thing. I have no clue what it is, but now it has lace on it.
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