Hello! Thank you for inviting me to your wonderful community. I got very inspired by your class and actually had some leftover fabric from an Upcycled skirt that I made this summer and figured the Twilly was the perfect way to use up the rest of the fabric so that now I can proudly say that this was a true zero waste project! The skirt is an upcycled pair of jeans, which I had used the bottom part to enlarge a dress for a client (my day job is designing bespoke clothing and re/designing my clients loved pieces). I had the idea to use the top part as a yoke for a gathered skirt. The bottom is cotton poplin which I used the entire width to make each panel (front & back) so that it would be zero waste. That said I did have about 10 inches of fabric left over which is what I used to make the Twilly. Kate, I love your idea of using tassels as a way to weigh down the Twilly. I wanted to find a way to do the same thing with my scarf, but since I don’t have any tassels, I thought it could be fun to replicate the frill from the skirt as a bottom panel for the Twilly. Because I didn’t have very much fabric and also, because I thought it would be fun to try making one by hand instead of using a sewing machine, I ripped two strips of 2 inch fabric, which I attached together. I then attached a wider gathered rectangle to the bottom of the strips. All the seams are felled so that the scarf looks identical on both sides (bottom of the twilly is the selvedge). I quite like how the raw edge looks, although I’d probably want to add a whip stitch along the length just so that it doesn’t fray when I wash it. I still had a few strips of leftover fabric, so I decided to turn them into a little rosette which I can pin over the bow or use as a closure on a coat. Shout out to Betsabeh Rais, because I loved your use of a vintage brooch. You inspired me to use one of mine as a centre for the rosette. Such a fun project to make!

So here is my conversion. I had this mesh top with trumpet or bell sleeves. I wanted to layer this top with a short sleeve or button down shirt. But that doesn’t work with the wide sleeves. I also never like when the sleeves slip up when I lift my arms. I love turtle necks. That’s what this mesh top is missing too. So I tightened the sleeves and with the leftover scraps I constructed a little twilly which can either work as tight scarf or a little accessory on my jeans to join top and bottom. Sorry for the bad lighting in my videos. I will work on that.

There's still some finishing touches to add but I love the twilly, I just need to work out how to style it past using it as a cumberbund (which I love). I need to take the skirt in at the waist, but love the potential. I bought the dress secondhand about a year ago, I adored the print but the dress turned up with a weird unexpected ballon shape, the neck and arms were too tight, and not the length I'd thought it was. A twilly seems like a small project but the idea of the twilly means you have to think about the bigger project which is brilliant.

Hello All! We are so excited for tomorrow's live feedback session via Zoom! Kate will be hosting and is looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible to hear more about your thoughts and to have a nice IRL chat about how things went! As a reminder, the session begins at 4:00pm EST and you can join via the Zoom link below. Please note that we will be recording the session so that we may revisit it to ensure we capture all of your feedback and suggestions. ​https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85340577049?pwd=m2wpxKOnri4h1HTfUQf1cd7Ca7qM8M.1

My emails seemed to disappear into the ether, but I'm here now. I find the colours in this dress a little too strong for me, so i found a favourite fabric in my stash & made a quick twilly to soften the overall look. Going forward i might steal some fabric from the dress's neck facing to do another twilly. This one's not quite finished yet, but here it is.