My sons seem to share my passion for coming up with design ideas for refashioning things - they both requested refashions for Christmas; one of the requests was actually for a girlfriend, and my son designed it himself.
My older son went out to the thrift shop and found a jean jacket in just the right size - Score #1.
I went to Joanns with a 40% off coupon and bought the perfect red/black plaid fabric, after sending him picture mails so he could choose while over at her house (she was totally unsuspecting - LOL) - Score #2.
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| BEFORE: thrift store jacket and plaid flannel fabric |
I received an AWESOME coupon via email from the Embroidery Library, where I was able to buy five embroidery files for $5.00 - SCORE # 3! She loves Japanese themed things, as well as my Sewing Assistant (named Neko, which is Japanese for "cat"), so these were the perfect embroideries to customize her jacket:
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| Maneki Neko with sushi, and a custom designed Yin Yang with paw prints! |
I worked on the jacket for two days before Christmas, and finally finished it off before leaving for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve (whew - not much time to spare)!
Christmas day, and one very happy girlfriend:
Merry Refashioning! :)
2 comments:
It is a great jacket refashion. I think it is so good that your sons are reqesting refashions and getting involved.
Debbie
EOD
This is fantastic, the whole situation. Your sons requesting it, the girlfriend loved it! I'm trying to develop my refashioning skills, so that I can rework op shop items.
- Clare of thelifeofclaree.blogspot.com
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