Tag Archives: secondhand clothing

Crocheted Eye of Rainbow Providences

A recent series of crochet rainbows and all-seeing eyes. Continue reading

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Crochet DIY patchwork to reinvigorate tatted clothes

Taking ordinary clothes and using crochet patches to make them extra – ordinary Continue reading

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Pinterest tutorial results, How To Cover Shoes

I tackled a shoe tutorial found on Pinterest a few weeks ago now. It was a tutorial on covering secondhand shoes with a new fabric to give them a new life. It is from the lovemaegan blog, direct link available … Continue reading

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Clothing alterations; adding to a slip to make it correctly fit

So, another thing that I tried out in January was learning a new stitch, and using it on a boob-tube style slip that I purchased that just wouldn’t stay up (but that’s why it’s called a slip, right? Hur hur). … Continue reading

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