We all accumulate unwanted stuff - clothes we don't wear, broken bits and pieces that look like they might be useful some time, jewellery gathering dust and so on. And why not - it's how a lot of artists collect art materials! So, what's to be done with them - bin or pimp? Well, I dug a plain black Next jacket out of the wardrobe the other day - nothing special about it - I'd picked it up for a whole £1 years ago and barely worn it, only to find a line of moth holes down the back... grrr... However, I had recently picked up a couple of bags of pick 'n' mix buttons from the
Art House (yes I mention the place often cos it rocks) and was wondering what to do with them. I also have a sack of fabric offcuts and some old braid and edging including from muchly ancient French ecclesiastical garments.
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| Bag of crafty joy - £4 - more than in a charity shop maybe, but I get to choose the ones I want... |
So, out with the scissors, needles and threads... First remove most of the boring black office-wear buttons. Then cover pocket flaps with silk and add edgings. Then sew on splendid newly acquired buttons. Spinggg - 'tis revamped!
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| Newly pimped jacket - a bit punk, a bit military? |
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| Some detail of the pocket, cuffs and buttons. |
