Duds made from vintage linens?

[ohairas]

Has anyone made a dress or other clothing out of vintage tablecloths or hankies? I really want to, but just don't have the heart to use my linens this way. However, I'm not using them as it is....
I guess If I find some with flawed edeges, but the things I have are in too good of condition.

Nikki

[Lady Day]

Well, I made this from a crappy wrap skirt that I was gonna use as something else.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showp...&postcount=398

My Mama useta do that a lot. Shed buy bulks of old linnens and make curtains or smocks with them. Its just cloth with finished edges, its fair game in my opinion

LD

[ohairas]

Its just cloth with finished edges, its fair game in my opinion

True that Lady Day... putting it that way makes me feel a lot better!

I love how that smock turned out... you are so clever in using the pattern of the fabric in certain places!

I had seen a dress on ebay once made from a fifties bright tablecloth and it was SOO cute. I really would like to try it!

Nikki

[Hamilton_Honey]

Particularly if you like the tablecloth/fabric in question - if something makes you happy, do it!

My mother once made me a white summer dress - a simple 1910's style out of a fine cotton tablecloth with this really great chain stitching. I still have it someplace - I'll post a picture when I find it. And I used to cut up all sorts of things from thrift stores and hand-me-downs to make dresses and other things for my daughter when she was little. (not to mention aprons and rag rugs).

[ohairas]

Would love to see the dress HH! Thanks!
Nikki

[Elaina]

I use linens from the thrift store as fabric for mock ups since I can get a king sized sheet set for $2, or an assortment of sheets for $10 (with 5-20 sheets in it.)

Made a few shirts out of some wild prints.

[epr25]

I got this really cool atomic raindeer christmas table cloth. I think it's even gaberdine. I wanted to make a skirt out of that since all that I would have to do is add that waist and things that go with it in the middle.

[ShooShooBaby]

i have a couple chenille bedspreads i've thought of making a robe out of. they just sit in my dad's closet, but i don't use them, and they were my grandma's so i don't want to just sell them.

i also have a few tablecloths in bad condition that i plan on removing the embroidery for reusing. i generally will only cut something up to make into something else if it's already in unusable condition.

Elaina, i've used thrift store sheets for costumes before. i paid a totally of $4 for my Blueberry Muffin costume last halloween!

[ohairas]

LOVE the chenille robe and Christmas skirt ideas, go for it girls!!
Nikki

[Elaina]

Shoo Shoo: I know who you went as.

Matter of fact, I've been threatening my son that I'm going as Mandy to the next con we go to (from the Grim adventures of). I found the perfect sheet to do the trick for all of a quarter.

Ironically, one of my costumes I made for cosplay was made entirely of linens from the 60's. I went as a lava lamp, because there was too much wild embroidery, prints and colors to go to waste.