Fall Fashion: Decorating with Leaves, 3 Ways!

Before the snowflakes invade, I'm still celebrating the last of the fall foliage. The leaves are so beautiful this time of year in Brooklyn. I was up in New England for peak color, but even the last few weeks in Brooklyn have yielded a lovely array of color and variety. Of course, no matter how you try to keep them, the color fades, and they become dry and brittle. Here are three projects with a common autumnal theme that, like the snowflakes I made and painted last year, help make nature last a little longer.

Hand-Stamped T-shirt Totebag II (The Sequel: with Veggies!)

When you're talking fruit and vegetable stamping, a change of seasonal harvest can herald a whole new palette of patterns and textures to print with. And with them, a whole new no-sew T-shirt totebag tutorial -- this time, with fringe! Before the summer fruits and veggies officially relinquish their harvest reign to the autumn root vegetables (reminder: potato printing=boring!), see what you can scavenge from the last of the September haul to make some colorful T-shirt prints -- and a sturdy T-shirt tote to bring to next weekend's farmers market! Behold, this fall's hottest accessory (see this summer's no-sew tote here)....

Oldies but Goodies

The other day, while thrift shopping, I noticed these amazing blast from the past fabric painted shirts! Did you ever make one and what did it look like? These are two of the desired techniques back in the day...spin art designs and mirrored! We are betting they are probably using our favorite dimensional paints...Tulip® 3D Fashion Paint!!





Seeing these made me think of a couple things...first, how can we update these looks or revamp them to go with today's wardrobe? It might be fun to do a Generation T spin on these and make the shirts into cool totes or aprons!

And seeing these made me think of Leslie Hall's Gem Sweater video! Another way to relive good ol' fashion art nostalgia!



–Alexa