I cut the dress round and round to make a ribbon/scarf that was about 10 ft by 4 inches. I used a heat tool to cut the polyester so I would not have to worry about raw edges. (Of course I have heat tools! Check out the title of the blog! LOL)
I then used by crazy ninja ...er...shibori binding skills and bound various sizes of buttons into the scarf.
I coiled, boiled, iced, then sliced the binding. Here is the result.
Judith
How cool is that!!! I certainly wouldn't have thought of doing that, but I sure will be taking a second look for cool polyester at my local Goodwill.
ReplyDeleteLeave it yo you Judith to come up with an amazingly clever way to use this technique. Didn't come out great too!! I went to Joanns for a bolt of felt for batting and grabbed a yard of white polyester satin. Hum????
ReplyDeleteI so LOVE what you are doing with the polyesters! Really inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI love,love,love this. It is on my list of things to do. I'm going to donate some Christmas things that I no longer use and when I do I will go into the store to check out poly clothing. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteWow, turning a dress into a great design scarve. What a great idea to use the heat tool to cut and finish at the same time!
ReplyDeleteWell done Judith!!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool idea. I'm going to UpCycle all my clothing that was on it's way to Goodwill! Thanks for the inspiration.
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