reader's closet - applique - Threads
Pretty & Pink Bag
This bag is a total upscycle other than the hand dyed wools used to make the flowers and stem appliques. The pink body is a felted wool sweater, orginally from the GAP, but picked up at the local...
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Shades of Summer
This is a small piece of free-motion and hand quilted raw edged applique that I intend to make part of a casual lightweight jacket. Holding out for the warm weather here in the North East!
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Steal Your Face Jean Applique Jacket
2 commentsInspired by the festivals I went to last summer and the music of the Grateful Dead, I created this upcycled jean jacket, going for a real bohemian marakesh style feel. This jean jacket has been...
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Simplicity/Threads 2591
2 commentsA friend sent me some vintage fabric she found in her attic while preparing to move. I set it aside, and waited for it to tell me what to do with it. I came across Simplicity's pattern 2591 from the...
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Repurposed Applique Tote
1 commentThis tote is made using a beautiful piece of hand dyed damask tablecloth with an intricate design which I machine appliqued onto it. The piece of appliqued fabric was intended to be a focal design...
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Red Poppy Appliqued Reclaimed Cashmere Scarf
where sophistication meets bohemian, ...where consumerism meets environmentalism ....where luxury meets affordability .....where east coast chic meets west coast grunge ......where comfort meets ...
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Crepe-back satin cherry-blossom jacket
2 commentsBurgandy satin cropped jacket is appliquéd with cherry blossoms in shades of cream, pink, and metallic gold, topstitched in gold.
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Red 'letter' jacket for Valentine's Day
Red lame-based black velvet is beautifully shaped into a cropped jacket with asymmetrical front. Appliqued ‘love letters’ and foreign postcards are complemented with imprinted...
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Falling Leaves Patchwork Jacket
Please put my name in the hat for the rotary cutter giveaway. I'd love to win! I loved the way these fabrics looked while they was in a pile on the floor. So I decided to make a jacket...
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The Cat Linen Dress
1 commentI made this for my daughter's second birthday. I wanted to go for the linen look that they show in the Japanese sewing books. I bought all the fabric from JoAnn's fabric store. I made my own pattern...
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