New Dress A Day

After the past two days in NC, I’ve realized that my blood has totally thinned.  I’ve been SO cold, sleeping in the fetal position in a bed of blankets, and dealing with freezing hands (especially when I’m typing!)

When I saw Lucia’s project, I thought that it was just what I needed to keep me warm right about now.  Check it out…

“I had to send this to you because I had so much fun making it, and it turned out perfect.  I was recently shuffled to a new part of the building I work in and found out once I was settled that it has a reputation for being cold.  There is a breeze from a vent that blows across me and freezes my upper body.  There are days when my fingers are sooooo cold and stiff! 

Already, I know what she’s feeling!!  This was her before:

Lucia - Before

I was thinking about fingerless gloves, but realized what I really needed was something that kept my shoulders, arms and hands warm.  The wheels started turning…

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Third sweater from my bag o’Marisa donations!!

This one was another pile sale fine – $1 (I spent more on laundering!), Irish, woolen, ivory, button down sweater.  I figured it would be cooler in these parts and this could work on my trip.

More Wool - Before (PS, sorry for the 'in front of the door' shots - road tripping=not as cute before backgrounds!)

Unfortunately it hasn’t been cold enough out yet until tonight when I wore it as a jacket.  The detail on this sweater is just amazing!

ECU detail!!

I wore the before version, pre-tweaked, this evening and will finish it up to wear on tomorrow’s post.  Just a little embellishment to make this a bit more glam!

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More sweaters from the bag o’Marisa’s warm weather clothing donations.

This one was something I got towards the end of college.  It was during a trip to the Bev Center – (for those who are non LA-familiar, it’s the big mall smack dab in the middle of the city that was being threatened by an oozy lava flow – pre-CGI – in Volcano…

Volcano in LA!!!!!!!!!!!

- where I was newly exposed to bebe and found it on super clearance.  One of those 60% off on top of the clearance price deals, so I caved.  NOTE TO SELF: Just because it’s cheap doesn’t mean it has to be purchased.

I put it in my giveaway sweater bag because I wasn’t a fan of the construction after holding onto it for way too long.

Old bebe Sweater - Before

Here’s a closer shot.

It's all stitched together!

I hate when things are stitched like this – I need some movement!!  And also, there wasn’t elastic here either!

Stitched!!!

There was too much openness and bagginess down to where the piece was stitched and I was over it.  Two snaps a twist, over it, so I figured I’d pass it along, that is until this little road trip came about and I went digging in my sweater bag to pull out some options.  Had a little aha moment.

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Road trip continues!  I finally finished up the sweater that I teased a few days ago – reminder below!

Wooly Sweater - Before

This was a piece that I got for a buck years ago and just never ended up wearing it.  Wool in Los Angeles isn’t the most practical thing so it was brought to my storage unit and put in my donate box with a few other heavy sweaters.

Wool!!

When this trip came to fruition, I went back to that box and decided that I’d try to make it work on the road that I thought would ultimately be colder than Wilshire Blvd.  (It’s been quite warm, however this piece was going to do the trick acting as a warm enough top that wouldn’t constitute a jacket!)

Before we get to the sweater, small trip recap!

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My day began and ended here…

Texas Waffle!!

TEXAS!!  We started off in Abilene and cruised on over to Fort Worth to shack up with awesome fam M&B.  We enjoyed their signature margaritas and had a lovely dinner full of Tex Mex.  I’m still full hours later…

More recaps tomorrow, but today I’m proud to show one fantabulous remake that got submitted by nine-year-old Audrey.  Even though we didn’t feel the cold today because of some humid and warm temps out (I leave LA and it’s warmer on the road then it is at home!) it is getting cold in other parts and Audrey’s remake is just the right piece to toss on in weather where you can see your breath!

The amazing message I received goes a little something like this…

“My daughter loves reading your blog and she is getting more confident with sewing each day.  We get such great ideas from your posts and I just wanted to let you know that you are having an impact on lots of people of all ages!

Background on the sweater…

Audrey - Before

We picked this up from a friend (Linda) who bought with Audrey it in an attempt to unravel it.  When that didn’t work out too well, she helped my daughter refashion it into her new creation.  It was purchased during a special $1 sweater sale at the Salvation Army.

Time to see my little crafty maven get her sew on!!

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