Crafting for a cause

[hyperallergina.livejournal.com]

A short while ago Microrevolt issued a call to arms. They called it 146+.

In this call they were asking crafters to knit numbered armbands that correspond with victims of the 1911 Triangle Waist Factory fire in New York City on it's 100th anniversary and other such tragedies around the world.

On March 25th, at Cooper Union Great Hall in New York these armbands will be worn in a memorial hosted by Workers United.


I picked 153 for Ruhul Amin.




Can't find my digital camera so I had to make due with making silly faces into my laptops webcam. Grrr! Craftivism! (that is what I am trying to say with my silly face I think...)


*I had to learn fair isle knitting in order to make this. Yah for new skills!

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The other week I got this really cute Kimchi Blue dress at Goodwill, BUT... it fits me just slightly weirdly. The top striped part is a knit fabric, and the skirt/waistband part is cotton weave, and I think the knit part at the top is so springy that it pulls up the skirt from where it's supposed to rest, at my natural waist. Does that make sense? It makes it so that the waistband isn't hitting at my waist, but instead at the bottom of my ribcage, which is rather undesirable for me because I like the way it looks down at my waist. I know it doesn't make a terrible amount of difference, but I like to be able to accentuate my waist... not my ribs. =P

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I've tried just tying the waistband tighter (it ties in a bow in the back), but that doesn't work at all. So I'm looking for suggestions; should I remove the top striped part and just wear it as a skirt? I'd like to avoid that if possible, but if there's no other option, I'm willing to do it. Or is there something I can do that will make the waistband stay where it's supposed to be?

Please excuse my bralessness...

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I decided to geek out an old, damaged floor lamp when trying to fix it and ended up with this testament to both my nerdiness and my love of stencils!





More pics at my LJ

Sewing wrap skirts?

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I've just started sewing after being given a new sewing machine as a gift last year. Prior to that I haven't really sewn anything since grade 9 which is... eep, nearly 16 years ago!

Anyway, I've successfully made a few simple skirts and altered a few things. Now I've found some fantastic fabric that I want to make a wrap skirt out of but I need a little advice.

The fabric has a Halloween print with a border and I think it's supposed to be used as a wall hanging or a cushion panel. Sort of like this except Halloweeny: http://www.jbquiltingfabrics.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=523

I think it will make an awesome skirt but I'm wondering how to do it. I recently bought the Sew What! Skirts book and it seems like the best way to get a wrap skirt to sit right and fit properly is to cut the fabric as you would for an a-line skirt.
The problem with that is that the fabric I'm using has a border on it so I can really only use it in rectangular panels.
Would it look odd to add some black fabric at the edge of each panel to make the a-line shape? Or should I make the skirt from black fabric and just have the front panel of the skirt in the Halloween fabric? Is there a better way to make a wrap skirt from rectangular panels?

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions!