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13 March

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  Mar 13, 2011, 02.03 PMby Crystal Fashionsbycj Jordan

  where do you stay in Georgia… and gail k have greta fabric but its not cheap

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    Mar 20, 2011, 02.52 AMby dezi

    I live in Hampton(Henry county), and thanks for replying : ) Where is Gail K? I’d definitely like to check it out.

15 December

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  Dec 15, 2010, 03.00 AMby LéonaDy

  Hey, thanks for favouriting my LBD! Glad you like it. I was thinking about adding V straps to it, since it falls down after a while and my only strapless bra is bright pink (not so subtle). Satiny fabric maybe? Oh well, thank you for the love! — Léona

3 May

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  May 3, 2010, 10.28 AMby sewella

  Hi Dezi and thank you for the lovely comment you left on my scarftee! I am glad people like it!

8 February

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  Feb 8, 2010, 10.17 AMby r-force

  hi dezi i m yomna from tunisia i wish i was u r friend would u answer me tks a lot

23 December

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  Dec 23, 2009, 01.05 PMby sandoz18

  For the necklushes… *Use an old T (painted with fabric paint while flat or plain). I prefer them with a little spandex because they hold shape better. They will also roll nicer if the shirt has no side seams, although you can work around the side seams (as I did). *Lay the shirt flat and cut off the hem and across the chest, just below the arm holes. Reserve the chest scrap for later. *Cut your remaining tube of fabric into strips from side to side to create “circles-strips” (i.e., don’t cut the side seams). I used small Ts and did 9 approx. 1-1.5" strips… very approx is fine, although you want the strips to be more or less the same width and not too wide, as they’ll roll. *After cutting each circle-strip, stretch each until it rolls. They’ll stretch to approx. 2-3 times the original length, depending on how aggressive you are. I usually gather all the circle-strips together in one hand and stretch them a 2nd time, as a group, to even them up. *Cut a rectangle (of any size… mine are about 3″×6″) and use it to tie the strips together. If your shirt is seamless, you only need one rectangle. If, like mine, your shirt has side seams, then you need to cut 2 rectangles and tie them around each collection of seams. After knotting your rectangles around the seams, stretch it to cover, as needed, and tuck in the ends (you can probably see this in mine). Note: I tried using triangle shapes cut from the sleeves to cover my seams, but that didn’t work as well as the rectangles.

  I’m sorry if this is confusing. I’ll be happy to clarify any points… wish the blog page I used was still up!

  Btw, I just moved from Atlanta, where I lived for 3 years. I never found a great fabric store, but there’s a nice quilting-oriented store in Decatur called In Town Quilters. It’s relatively large for that kind of store and has a lot of great cotton prints, like Amy Butler. You might also call SCAD (in Savannah and Atlanta) to see where they send their design students.

  Happy up-cycling!

19 October

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  Oct 19, 2009, 11.22 PMby modernvintageworkshop

  thnaks for the dear comments! i’ll post a pattern soon!