I came home to the sight of this special delivery today: a whole truckload of Singer sewing machines for our clothing swap event. Details about this event to be shortly confirmed!
It was just as exciting as entering the big room of art supplies at the National Gallery for the first time. Or being invited to help clear out four 14-feet lockers of unwanted craft materials (pretty much anything you can think of) at a Westboro storage facility belonging to a lady who had grown too old to craft.
It’s a sign to start reconstructing some of my preloved clothing, including this oversized plaid blazer I scored the other day for 99 cents. I’ll let you know about my (re)construction in progress. If it turns out well, I’ll post a tutorial in the next few weeks.
Here’s one neat way I could reconstruct it from fivesevenths design blog.
It’s similar to a piece that was reconstructed on the British show How to Look Good Naked. The host took a huge blazer, cut off the arms, created cap sleeves, and a belt out of the sleeves to tie around the waist.
This dress using some slacks/pants from Junkhouse Dollyard is pretty cool too!
Any ideas on how to reconstruct the blazer are welcome 
Blazer reconstruction ideas: Cropped sleeveless vest / blouse, or long sleeveless vest / dress. Use the lower half to make a skirt, shorts, or culottes, using the sleeves as a belt. This would create two pieces of clothing with unlimited uses. You could piece the lower half with the sleeves (or not) and make a multipurpose shawl for the neck, waist, or a wrap skirt. Add matching or contrasting ribbon to one or both pieces.