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I have a friend who lives in London and travels around the world, and she periodically brings me some of her wonderful finds from thrift stores and local markets. This time around she brought me a gorgeous piece of West African indigo-dyed cloth comprised of many individual strips of cloth stitched together to form a checkerboard pattern. The challenge was that there wasn't enough of the indigo fabric on its own to make a garment. The solution? The addition of a man's pajama top from a local thrift store and a tricky process of blending the two together with a relaxed frame of mind so that quirks like ending up with a portion of a pocket on one sleeve caused delight rather than consternation.
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And here is how it all came together...
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And there you have it.
Love it! Your laissez-faire attitude to (re)making clothes is so inspiring.
ReplyDeleteThanks! That would make a nice clothing label - laissez-faire.
DeleteLove how you find ways of combining smaller things to make things that are the right size, featuring the indigo front & center is just lovely.
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