SEWING: Easy Pleated Summer Dress

Hi Internet!

Recently I purchased some fabrics in the local Markt in Leiden, I got two beautiful flower print fabrics with the idea of making simple easy maxi skirts with them.
Unfortunately when I arrived home I noticed how horrible cut the fabric was and my 1 meter of fabric was completely deformed. 
Pay real attention to too confident fabric cutting ladies, I did not care since both fabrics were very cheap but I had to re-arrange my plans since a long skirt was out of question.

I decided to try-out with a simple dress, the fabric itself is already very pretty there was no need for a very complicated design.

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RE-FASHION: Tropical print shirt

Hello Internet!

Today the post is about one of my favorite things to work with: Re-fashion.

Thrift-transformations are one of the main reasons I learned how to sew. My mom never had a lot of time to help me changing the pieces so eventually I started refashioning the clothes myself, of course many nice old pieces were destroyed in the way but now I'm proud to say I'm very good at it.

The tropical print is a trend this summer, and I just love colorful clothes. When I saw this picture below I could hear my mom's voice in my head saying: "OMG! When I was your age that was exactly what I used to wear". 

Tropical print inspiration

Inspired by my mom's saying that fashion always come back when I landed my eyes on this fruit print shirt I couldn't help but bring it straight home.

Here in Europe you can find so many really cool stuff in the tweedehand winkel (second hand shop in Dutch), and every now and then I pop in to see what new I can find.

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