All tagged repurpose and reuse

Repurpose - Repurposing a Me Made Shirt

Repurpose - Repurposing a Me Made Shirt

Andrea Eastin
FASHION DESIGN, FAIR FIT METHOD, FAIR FIT PATTERN, SEWING TUTORIALS

Over the years of continuous repurposing, I've found that there are specific ways I cut out a pattern from a repurpose of an existing garment. Lots of times, you can save a whole lot of time if you make sure to save and utilize parts that are already sewn. Especially collars, collar stands, and button plackets.

In this post and video tutorial, I'll show you how I took the shirt from this blog post and cut it down to make a Deer and Doe Melilot shirt. This shirt is a piece in my wardrobe that I'm always wearing and knew would be the best use of my fabric. The video will show you how I deconstruct a shirt for repurpose, and you can watch and learn how to deconstruct your own me mades or thrift store finds from fabulous fabric.

Repurpose - Deconstructing a Me Made Shirt

Repurpose - Deconstructing a Me Made Shirt

Andrea Eastin
FASHION DESIGN, FAIR FIT METHOD, FAIR FIT PATTERN, SEWING TUTORIALS

The other day I was telling my friend I have a conundrum. For the last few years, I've stopped buying clothes and when I want something new, I sew it up myself. And I have sewn a LOT of clothes, and not all of them ended up being favorites or making it to the monthly rotation. What do you do with self sewn clothes?? I've been striving to minimize how many objects are in my home, and I admit to having an over flowing closet. But donating a me made is not an easy thing. 

That's why I've committed to repurposing some of them and making them into new and updated garments. In this post and video tutorial, I'll show you how I took the shirt from this blog post and cut it down to make a Deer and Doe Melilot shirt. This shirt is a piece in my wardrobe that I'm always wearing and knew would be the best use of my fabric. The video will show you how I deconstruct a shirt for repurpose, and you can watch and learn how to deconstruct your own me mades or thrift store finds from fabulous fabric.

Fair Fit Spring/Summer Dress Collection - How I Designed Dress 1 and 2

Fair Fit Spring/Summer Dress Collection - How I Designed Dress 1 and 2

Andrea Eastin
FASHION DESIGN, FAIR FIT METHOD, FAIR FIT PATTERN, SEWING AND DESIGN

In today's post, I wanted to show the process of making the Fair Fit Dress Collection for Spring and Summer 2018 a little more in depth. I'll focus on just the first two designs featured in the video and the process of collecting items from previous work and collections to use for repurpose. I also made a short video that breaks down the dresses, showing their previous incarnations, with a quick demonstration of the thought process of repurpose and redesign that I used to create these 2 new garments. 

Sewing For Fashion Design- Take a Look at my New Repurposing Method - Heirloom Repurpose

Sewing For Fashion Design- Take a Look at my New Repurposing Method - Heirloom Repurpose

Andrea Eastin
FAIR FIT PATTERN, DYE AND SURFACE DESIGN, SEWING AND DESIGN

some sewists are sewing up A LOT of stuff. Are we wearing or using all of it? and what do we do if the answer is no? Sometimes its hard, just like clothing you buy at the store, not every item that we make really gets worn for a multitude of reasons. And its really hard to part with a me made- if you donate it, because it doesn't have a designer label, it can just get thrown in the "craft" heap. Sometimes they have sentimental value too, like the ones I'm about to show you.

In this post, I want to share with you a recent make, and a method that I devised called "heirloom repurpose." It is a practice of actually repurposing me mades that you no longer have use for, or never quite got worn, but still maintain significance that make it hard to part with them.

What Can You Do With a Serger? Customize your Sweaters, of Course!

What Can You Do With a Serger? Customize your Sweaters, of Course!

Andrea Eastin
SEWING TUTORIALS, FASHION DESIGN, SEWING AND DESIGN, WARDROBE SEWING

I'm really into knit wear this year, I've been teaching it, making it, and customizing it all of 2014. I want you to love it too! Believe it or not, once you learn how to use a serger sewing machine, and learn some basic construction finishing for knits and stretch fabrics, it's a much faster and easier medium to sew than tailored wovens. In this 30 minute tutorial, I'll show you a few sweater hacks so that you can create your own customized knits.