{"id":154,"date":"2008-06-06T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janesassaman.gloderworks.net\/weblog\/?p=154"},"modified":"2008-06-06T18:50:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-06T18:50:00","slug":"refashion-rejuvenation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"ReFashion Rejuvenation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our family has always enbraced recycling and reusing. Initially, it was out of necessity…. the realities of self employment. But eventually, reusing evolved into a passion and an art. My husband, especially, has a refined instinct for thrift shop treasures, alley castoffs, patinaed<\/div>\n
artifacts and found objects of all kinds.\u00a0And it is reassuring that a new generation has embraced “refashioning” as a responsibility and a creative outlet, too*.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Roberta Morgan is one of the many who have recognized the importance of recycling clothing and has transformed its potential into inspiration. I met Roberta during my visit to the Raleigh Capital Quilt Guild this spring. She was wearing one of her wonderful recycled and rejuvinated outfits with applique, embroidery and a bit of bling. Instantly recognizing that this would be a perfect use for the bags of Sassaman scraps that I can’t bear to throw out, I asked Roberta if she would like some fabric to embellish her future projects.<\/div>\n
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A few weeks later a treasure box was delivered to the studio. WOW, WOW, WOW!! Each enhanced garment was a stunner. I was really tickled because she specifically sought out resale jumpers, obviously she was familiar with my teaching uniform… seven colors of the classic Nordstrom’s jumper!\u00a0<\/div>\n

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The first jumper has been enhanced with a spray of flowers and fronds fussy cut from two Hothouse fabrics. Perfect on this cloudy spring morning.<\/div>\n
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This cotton jumper is the most dramatic of all! Roberta has skillfully dissected the spirals from the Tree of Life fabric and rearranged them into a colorful graduated motif. I like the simplicity of the composition. Then on the back, she has used the printed selvedge as a “designer” label. Eat your heart out Ralph Lauren!<\/div>\n
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This comfortable jumper is practical and stylish. Just the ticket for visiting the farmer’s market on a Saturday morning! Wonder if I could order this in seven different colors?<\/div>\n
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Next Fair Claire models a casual jacket which has undergone a striking transformation. Roberta applied a spattering of color with Color Wash spray paints from Ranger before adding the tumbling leaf motif and the solitary butterfly to the collar.<\/div>\n
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Thanks to Roberta Morgan for her vision and enthusiasm! She has introduced us to more possibilities for using Sassaman fabrics, both handsome and practical. Hmmm……<\/div>\n
I need a party dress for the upcoming cruise… perhaps a trip to the thrift shop, a little applique and a handful of crystals may just do the trick!\u00a0<\/div>\n
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If you enjoyed these garments and are smitten with refashioning, you may also enjoy Belle Armoire and Altered Couture magazines.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0*Also recommended is Selvedge magazine, Feb. 06 issue, The Cycle of Life- Ecotextiles: The past, present and hopes for the future. An enlightened and sobering essay about the impact of textiles on our environment.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our family has always enbraced recycling and reusing. Initially, it was out of necessity…. the realities of self employment. But eventually, reusing evolved into a passion and an art. My husband, especially, has a refined instinct for thrift shop treasures, alley castoffs, patinaed artifacts and found objects of all kinds.\u00a0And it is reassuring that a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}