ever since i could remember, i was always taking clothes apart and then saving the stashes for a “rainy” day.
my mom got the bright idea to get me a sewing machine when i was 12. it was a brother.
she got it from spiegal for like 200$ ( its now worth like 40, but i still use it)
and i LOVED IT!!!
but we’ll get back to that at a later time when i can find the first refashioned item i made ( a silk wrist bag…now where is that thing!!)
SO, if you don’t know by now, through the kindness of the textiles department @ my job…i get alot of leftover textiles.LOTS ( note to self take pics of my sewing room). And every so often, i find myself making last minutes gifts for friends.
This was such an occasion.
We were going up to vermont to see skippy and nina. BUT i thought, ok we are bringing wine for skippy, but we need to bring nina something. SO the night before we left, i sat and looked around to see what textiles could i use.
AND poof! some KnollTextiles in Cato and some Proenza Schouler for Knoll luxe in Sands.
i added a vintage button and elastic, and helloooo adorable makeup bag.
overall, i was sooo happy with it. then i realized. I only made one, and i have enough to maybe make two. but i rather not.
i rather have nina, have the only one ever made.
from start to finish it was a 2 hour project.
xo
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