{"id":1455,"date":"2011-03-02T20:57:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T02:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/?p=1455"},"modified":"2011-03-09T09:21:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T15:21:29","slug":"upcyled-creation-altered-couture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/upcyled-creation-altered-couture\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcyled Creation &#8211; Altered Couture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This originally started out as a pair of jeans, an old favorite skirt and 4 fat quarters I never used. The skirt has been hanging in the closet of a dress dummy that was my size back in 1981 before kids, husband and age. The hem had come down and I was going to fix it &#8220;one day.&#8221; And never got to it, and now the skirt no longer fit.<\/p>\n<p>There are three shots because I couldn&#8217;t fit the result all into one frame. The shots are a close up of the front, a close up of the back and a side view taken in the full length mirror in my daughter&#8217;s room. Optimally, <del>finding<\/del> found someone to take pictures of me in the skirt &#8211; twirling &#8211; for full effect.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\\\/wordpress\\\/upcyled-creation-altered-couture\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1455 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/upcyled-creation-altered-couture\/photo0125\/'><img width=\"56\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0125-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0125-112x150.jpg 112w, 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data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0125-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0125.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/upcyled-creation-altered-couture\/photo0126\/'><img width=\"75\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0126-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0126-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0126-300x225.jpg 300w, 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0126-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0126.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/upcyled-creation-altered-couture\/photo0127\/'><img width=\"46\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0127-91x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0127-91x150.jpg 91w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0127-183x300.jpg 183w, 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0127-183x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Photo0127.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/upcyled-creation-altered-couture\/upcycleskirt\/'><img width=\"63\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/upcycleskirt-125x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/upcycleskirt-125x150.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/upcycleskirt-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/upcycleskirt.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 63px) 100vw, 63px\" data-attachment-id=\"1482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/upcyled-creation-altered-couture\/upcycleskirt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/upcycleskirt.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A1100 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1299266766&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"upcycleskirt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Twirling in the skirt photo by Susabell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/upcycleskirt-250x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/upcycleskirt.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1482'>\n\t\t\t\tTwirling in the skirt photo by Susabell\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This originally started out as a pair of jeans, an old favorite skirt and 4 fat quarters I never used. 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