I decided to finally finish this wrap that I began during my 365 days of creativity. It is constructed from two XXL men’s t-shirts.

Altered an XXL men’s t-shirt into a fitted tank dress. I’m also creating an A-line version.

Here is a picture of the JW Anderson shirtdress I mimicked.

So this was an experiment in sewing – a challenge to mimic a JW Anderson shirtdress that I clipped out of a magazine. His version costs $1200. Mine cost a thrifty $20 and started out as 2 XL men’s tailored shirts. I took a lot of liberty in my design since I have no idea what the real dress looks like under the leather jacket or from behind.

My latest sweater alteration. I used an XL women’s poncho and created fitted ¾ length sleeves. I wanted to create a hood, but settled for the cowl neck. As always, I added the nested rectangles.

Several months ago I saw a fleece shawl sweater I liked that was a simple rectangle with arms. I decided to try to make one for each of my girls. They chose the color, pink and blue – no surprises there. Honestly, the design works for Stella’s size, but is a bit odd for Adin. Notice the expressions. It was torture convincing Adin to let me photograph her for my blog. Yep, Adin will never, ever wear it.

Finished a new prototype plushy. It has snap-on limbs and face with a write-on/wipe-off surface underneath. The eyes are buttons and the color shapes around the eyes have button holes so they can be removed or changed around. The stuffing includes some poly beads so it sits up nicely.

I made some simple felted wool hand warmers from a sweater I had mostly chopped up for Christmas ornaments.

Back to altering felted sweaters. This one is cropped but scoops lower in back. I added second cuffs to the sleeves because I like mine really long. And of course I had to add the nested rectangles.