Long Weekend Means More Jackets!

Couple more jackets made this weekend.  Picked up a tiny Levi's jacket for Hazely that I'll be painting tomorrow during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Flamenco flair

Mosaic on light green jacket

Old Denim to Wearable Art

On to a new craft - painted and embellished jean jackets!

Was browsing Pinterest and stumbled across some killer creative jackets. I have a few jean jackets but rarely wear them because it seems I'm channeling Brittany Spears from the 90's!

Dug out a jean jacket after saving tons of pictures for inspiration. Browsed through my closet looking for velvet, sequin, and satin clothing that was no longer being worn. Had recently picked up some fake leather fabric at Goodwill so grabbed it. Then my meditation began in order to create my denim vision.

In the beginning

Cut and draped fabric on the front, rearranging pieces until they sat just so. Off to the sewing machine! Sewed straps of cloth directly to the jacket. Things were going great until BAM! The needle broke. Had to search to first find my sewing basket then dig deep into its depths to find a replacement needle, all the while telling myself the basket seriously needs some organizing. Finally, lo and behold, uncovered a package with two needles!  Saved myself from having to pause my creative rant to run to the fabric store for necessary supplies!

Playing with fabric

Happy with layout

Replaced the needle then finished sewing the front. Waited until the next day to paint the back with a moon theme, including gold leaf and glitter.

Sewing done

Almost there

Back is finished!

All in all, I'm pretty happy with my piece of jacket art. Have already dug out a few more denim shirts and coats to continue this new obsession. May even sell them on Etsy; during my browsing the majority were being sold between $300 and $500!

Happy New Year 2023!

Close the door on 2022 and hello to 2023!

Had a great Christmas with the kids. Only downside was my Amazon gift order didn't show up until after Christmas due to the weather!!  Made from scratch cinnamon rolls, prime rib, hashbrown casserole, spinach dip, and pumpkin dump cake for the holiday. Sent home leftover care packages for each of the boys. 

We all enjoyed our gifts with the exception that the workboots ordered for Sam were too big. Had never returned an item to Amazon and just have to say it was eazy peazy! Besides standing in line at the local shipping drop off shop for 30 minutes, processing the return went quick.  Handed over the package to the clerk, who wrapped it and processed my return quickly, with no charge for return mail. My refund showed up the next day, which really surprised me.

Took a few days off after the holiday to unwind. December 27th (which was actually my one year mark at my duplex) packed away all the decorations, cleaned the living room, and even made pillow covers out of an old Goodwill blanket, which match nicely with the quilts from Lynn that hang over each couch. So comfy!!

New Year's Eve was fairly quiet.  We did go out on the town but returned home before midnight.  Spent New Year's Day trying to beat my boredom by searching Pinterest and YouTube for a DIY cut your hair in a long bob style tutorial. Ended up rubberbanding my hair into a ponytail and chopping a couple inches off to create the style. It's passable but it needs a little, shall we say, refining so a visit to hair goddess Abbie will be in my near future!

Happy New Year's everyone!