This silver scarf used to be a dress I bought in the Zara sales… I had always wanted to convert it into a scarf similar to something I had seen in YSL but priced much much higher. The fabric was very slippery so I used tissue paper to try and stop it from moving too much. Now the Gold jacket was something I had made in a tailoring class. I had some left over fabric so I made a tie with it. Could be worn as a belt, hair accessory or a tie…

Hi everyone, so here's my first attempt at a twilly and my first refashion. I started with an old dress I had been gifted to refashion back when I started sewing in 2010 but I never attempted as 1) I had just given birth so I was nowhere near my final post-baby body 2) I hadn't been sewing for long so found it easier to dabble with fabric rather than feel like I was going to "ruin" a garment by chopping it up. Thanks to the twilly videos and my newer 40+ attitude of it's just sitting in a "stash" so it's no good to me there I finally tackled it. I removed the whole skirt and took two panels out as the volume of gathers really felt unflattering on my hips. I cut two strips from one skirt panel to make this twilly and still have another panel I think I'll make a wider headband with as well as the bodice to refashion. I think I'll adjust the neckline of that to make it more my style then I can wear them as separates as well as together as a faux-dress. Sorry about the lighting - typical, it's just become very gloomy here in south east England and we've had our first snow of the autumn/winter this afternoon. Wendy x

Hello! Thank you for inviting me to your wonderful community. I got very inspired by your class and actually had some leftover fabric from an Upcycled skirt that I made this summer and figured the Twilly was the perfect way to use up the rest of the fabric so that now I can proudly say that this was a true zero waste project! The skirt is an upcycled pair of jeans, which I had used the bottom part to enlarge a dress for a client (my day job is designing bespoke clothing and re/designing my clients loved pieces). I had the idea to use the top part as a yoke for a gathered skirt. The bottom is cotton poplin which I used the entire width to make each panel (front & back) so that it would be zero waste. That said I did have about 10 inches of fabric left over which is what I used to make the Twilly. Kate, I love your idea of using tassels as a way to weigh down the Twilly. I wanted to find a way to do the same thing with my scarf, but since I don’t have any tassels, I thought it could be fun to replicate the frill from the skirt as a bottom panel for the Twilly. Because I didn’t have very much fabric and also, because I thought it would be fun to try making one by hand instead of using a sewing machine, I ripped two strips of 2 inch fabric, which I attached together. I then attached a wider gathered rectangle to the bottom of the strips. All the seams are felled so that the scarf looks identical on both sides (bottom of the twilly is the selvedge). I quite like how the raw edge looks, although I’d probably want to add a whip stitch along the length just so that it doesn’t fray when I wash it. I still had a few strips of leftover fabric, so I decided to turn them into a little rosette which I can pin over the bow or use as a closure on a coat. Shout out to Betsabeh Rais, because I loved your use of a vintage brooch. You inspired me to use one of mine as a centre for the rosette. Such a fun project to make!

Hey everyone! After how indescribably helpful our last Zoom was, I knew we had to do another one! The clarity, ideas, and feedback that came out of that call genuinely moved things forward in the best way, I cannot thank you all enough. So we’re hopping back on Thursday, January 8th at 4 PM EST for a live Zoom where we’ll be: - Sharing updates - Running through new ideas - Getting real-time feedback + thoughts from you This is very much an open, collaborative space; all are welcome! Come listen, contribute, ask questions, or just absorb. Every perspective last time added so much value, and I’m really excited to build on that momentum together! See you then! And Happy Holidays!!🎄 📅 Thursday, January 8 ⏰ 4:00 PM EST (You can start joining at 3:45 PM EST) 📍 Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88377503659?pwd=nWzPh5fnbEV5fad8TjKcCmbjp5jPRy.1