Tina Witherspoon
Posted By Craft Corps on June 29, 2010
Tina Witherspoon
Name: Tina Witherspoon
Age: over 18
Location: suburb near Seattle, WA
Profession: indie crafter and clothing designer
Craft(s) of Choice: sewing
Blog: http://glamspoon.typepad.com
With five siblings growing up, my parents couldn’t afford to buy us designer jeans and trendy outfits. When I needed a dress for eighth grade graduation, my mother introduced me to this wonderful thing called a “thrift store.” For very little money, I could buy vintage pieces and unique items that no one else in school had. I developed an aesthetic that is still with me today. I paid no attention to sizing because if something didn’t fit me, my mother showed me how to alter it. Throughout high school and college, my clothes were custom made. Fashion has always been a big part of my self-expression, but it is empowering to make something with your own two hands. Knitting was another great love of mine growing up, because I was creating my own fabric from yarn. My mother was a meticulous knitter and would rip out eight rows to fix one dropped stitch; but I was more of a rebel and would keep knitting, considering the dropped stitch just part of the design. Today, that’s how I create my one-of-a-kind glam.spoon pieces – nothing is sketched ahead of time. I let recycled textiles inspire the design. I start by deconstructing the garments and rearranging the patterns, and a couple of hours later, it has become a signature piece of wearable history.
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