refashioning / opensewing, textiles lover & artisan Helga Schmidt, Vienna https://www.opensewing.org textiles lover & artisan Sun, 10 Sep 2023 13:21:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.opensewing.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-512-32x32.png refashioning / opensewing, textiles lover & artisan Helga Schmidt, Vienna https://www.opensewing.org 32 32 Playlist shirt “What was I made for?“ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/playlist-shirt-what-was-i-made-for/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/playlist-shirt-what-was-i-made-for/#respond Thu, 07 Sep 2023 23:53:00 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=2919 To celebrate the retrieval of music in my life I made this playlist shirt “What was I made for“. Each song title is stitched in a different color on a stripe.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/playlist-shirt-what-was-i-made-for/feed/ 0 Welcome change / ruffled crop top https://www.opensewing.org/blog/welcome-change/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/welcome-change/#respond Sat, 26 Aug 2023 16:56:58 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=2682 Assuming that these days are the last really hot summer days this year, I introduce “change“. Welcome, change. 🌈 Even I would like to wear this ruche top.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/welcome-change/feed/ 0 Visit me on June 3+4 at Maker Faire Vienna https://www.opensewing.org/blog/visit-me-on-june-34-at-maker-faire-vienna/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/visit-me-on-june-34-at-maker-faire-vienna/#respond Tue, 30 May 2023 23:31:52 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=2243 I am part of this year´s Maker Faire Vienna exploring the possibilities of upcycling & refashioning in my workshop booth and with a lightning talk.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/visit-me-on-june-34-at-maker-faire-vienna/feed/ 0 The maker´s dress as perfect work wear https://www.opensewing.org/blog/the-makers-dress-as-perfect-work-wear/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/the-makers-dress-as-perfect-work-wear/#respond Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:23:17 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=1544 The maker´s dress is made of overalls worn 2003 only a few times in a play. Now, 20 years later I refashioned it into a work dress for my creative endeavors.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/the-makers-dress-as-perfect-work-wear/feed/ 0 Hoodie remake with crocheted t-shirt-yarn https://www.opensewing.org/blog/hoodie-remake-with-crocheted-t-shirt-yarn/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/hoodie-remake-with-crocheted-t-shirt-yarn/#respond Sun, 05 Feb 2023 18:24:05 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=1581 My livelearngrow hoodie is now two numbers larger than before! Inserts in the side seams and hemline are crocheted with self-made t-shirt yarn.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/hoodie-remake-with-crocheted-t-shirt-yarn/feed/ 0 The dress: About success and failure https://www.opensewing.org/blog/the-dress-about-success-and-failure/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/the-dress-about-success-and-failure/#respond Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:11:06 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=1496 Modifying this too big linen dress was my first attempt of altering a dress with many modifications after my long sewing pause: All my successes and failures.

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