Annette’s posterous

One of 99 projects in the 99 Ways... Book. Again sewing know-how is required as the instructions are brief.

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This is the second find at Border's during our weekly book store browse. "99 Ways to Cut, Sew & Deck Out Your Denim" has lots of ideas for what to do with that stack of worn out jeans in the closet. Love it!

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Here's a sample project from the book - notice the two clothing items on the right page that were combined to make the dress.

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This book shows you how to cut up, combine and re-sew thrift store finds into unique new outfits. You have to have general sewing sense, and it encourages individualty via vague intructions rather than precise patterns, but if you're like me and you just need to see the finished project and a few bullet point how-to's then this book is a great resource! Sweaters and skirts turn into dresses. Even an old crochet afghan is spliced onto a dress. The before-and-after photos show what the starting clothes looked like before the trnsformation. 5 stars!

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I loosely used Simplicity 4762 to make this. I had to enlarge the pattern, and I altered the details. The brass accents I got from Dina at cloakmaker.com. They were on sale so I got lots, so you'll probably see them on other projects in the future. J complimented me as I was making this, "Mom, you are a good sewer." Awwww... Thank you son!

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I like to start with details before anything, so I started this skirt with a panel of ruffles. The skirt body and ruffles are made from beige shirting. The trim is a brocade from the home decorating section of the fabric store.

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Done! We will see how well it gels when it cools. It sure smells good. There are still lots of plums and grapes, time to make some fruit leather...

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Fully cooked jelly is ladled into jars and is now processed in a hot water bath for another 10 minutes.

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The handsome pink grape/plum juice is boiled again with pectin and sugar. Everything is measured accurately following the recipe in the pectin packaging.

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