Charity Shop Chic

Charity Shop Chic

Monthly Archives: March, 2011

  • I can do anything I want… I ain’t lost 26/03/2011
  • Ace of Lace 25/03/2011
  • Japanese, if you please 23/03/2011
  • Zebra crossing 14/03/2011
  • Black and White 04/03/2011

About this blog

This blog chronicles my attempts to rescue used and abused clothing by buying charity shop and vintage garments and giving them a second lease of life. I alter, resize, refashion and sometimes just cut them up and start again. Occasionally I even wear them in the state in which they were purchased! You can contact me using the following email address: charityshopchic@hotmail.co.uk

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  • Kate's A-line 60s dress - draft your own! 16/02/2019
    Kate's kelly green 60s style A-line dress has a gorgeous dart configuration and interesting pocket detail. Here's a quick tutorial to draft your own version. The dart configuration is unusual - while it looks like there are three darts there are actually only two since the vertical part is simply a join at the centre front. This shape is accented w […]
  • NEW! Introducing Capital Chic Outfit Designer 16/01/2017
    I'm very excited to be unveiling a new feature on our website today: Capital Chic Outfit Designer! The idea behind Outfit Designer is to help you plan your sewing projects using Capital Chic patterns - you can select any dress, shirt or skirt (or any combination of the separates) from either of our collections and choose a colour or upload a photo of so […]
  • NEW PATTERNS ALERT! Winter 2016 Collection launches today 18/11/2016
    It's pattern launch day! I'm so excited to show you what I've been working on for the Winter 2016 collection. I know it's been a while coming, so thanks for sticking with me for this long! Anyway, there are four new patterns in this collection... Firstly there is a shirt/shirt dress I have named Cuba Libre. This one came about because I w […]

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