I've been making things...

In my lengthy absence, guess what I've been doing? Making things! Of all sorts too, and here are most of them for your enjoyment. Above is a shirt that I just added the lace too, nothing incredible but I still love how it turned out and doesn't it look nice on that chair? (my dad found it at the dump last summer) The most recent skill I have begun to acquire is that of needle lace, and really, I have only just begun. This jean jacket is the first thing I've tried it on, all I did is some sort of netting on the pockets, I can't even remember what the stitch was called. However, I do like how it turned out and want to get (a lot)better at it.




Next a new skirt, sorry for no better view, but you can get the idea pretty well from this one, I made this skirt from an little girl dress that I had already stolen the buttons from, so I figured, why not take the skirt off of it too? I'm really glad I did too, because it turned out so bright and summery and happy that I'm not sure I'll be able to stop wearing it! Oh, and the lace I got at a garage sale last year.

This dress is what I find by far the most impressive, I've been working on it for a really long time, it might even been the first dress I've ever finished, I can't remember. Either way it is very special. I made it from a pattern from the 50's and I wore it on Easter, and oh, it makes me so happy.

To finish this off I've been doing some art journaling lately and I thought I would share part of a page with you. Traveling has been almost all I can think about lately, I just feel so ready to leave and explore and discover things I can't find here.