So today has been spent mostly working on skirts for my spring collection, but I took a little break and wandered over to my neighborhood secondhand shop and boy am I glad I did! I found this vintage (I think 50’s, but not entirely sure…) silk chinese-style dress. It’s handmade and appears to be hand beaded, I’m pretty sure it was someone’s wedding dress. It’s absolutely stunning, and beyond that it fits like it was tailored for me! This made my day, now I just need to send it to the cleaners and come up with an occasion to wear it!
Then I tested a pattern for a shopping bag made from recycled materials. I found a photo in the flickr recycled materials group that gave me the idea, now Becky and I are trying to figure out the best way to make these sturdy enough to hold our larger items. We want to use these at festivals, instead of purchasing shopping bags. We’ll probably use stickers to put the SuperCute! logo on the front, so that we can all three use them. (except we’ll prolly be making minis for Liz’s jewelry)
so far, so good, except I might need to reinforce the handle stitching and make them more square, less rectangular.
