Adventures in the Walmart $1 fabric bin

I wanted fabric, badly. But I didn't want to blow all my weekly allowence on one and a half yards of fabric at Joannes. Instead I went to walmart and found three lovely stretch knits in their $1 bin, along with some fabric to make a pencil skirt and a dress shirt out of. Earlier this month I had gone to an estate sale and filled a garbage bag full of lovely stretch fabric and other odds and ends (including a loom) for just $5. It's been a good deal month.

These two tops were made from the fabric I found in the walmart $1 fabric bin:



Super soft, super comfortable. It's probobly one of my favorite shirts. There is one little button at the bottom of the v-neck that I found in my button stash. It fit so perfectly there!

Details-
V-neck
Button detail
Short Sleeves



Also super soft and super comfortable. I've been drolling over this swing dress from the 1950s over the past couple of weeks, so I decided I would take the bodice of that dress and make it into a top. It turned out almost exactly like I had planned. I only wish that the should bit above the gathered bust was square instead of slanted. Then this top would have been a dead ringer for the dress I'm in love with.

Details-
V-neck
3/4 sleeves
Gathered bust detail

This is a top I made out of some of the Estate sale fabric:



At first I was going for a 1940s halter, then I realized I wouldn't be able to wear that to school. So I compromised with myself and came out with this. I love it, it fits like a dream.

Details-
Sweet heart neckline
Gathered straps (school appropriate!)


Now I need to go tackle the rest of my fabric pile and sew some more clothes for school.