Cowboy shirt made into A-line high-waisted skirt

     I have always been a fan of the A-line skirt, and I've been tinkering with that high-waisted trend that I'm dangerously close to missing out on entirely, so here it is - the cowboy shirt turned high-waisted A-line skirt.

     Unfortunately, I missed taking a "before" photo of the shirt I cut up, but here's one that's exactly the same, dome buttons and everything:

     Here's the skirt I drafted using a basic A-line pattern. I used a formula that I was taught at a library workshop, but to be honest it fits quite snugly, i.e., I can't eat much more than a few celery sticks in it before it feels like I'm going to pop a button, and I've had better luck just eyeballing it and drawing one up based on an existing skirt that fits me well. 

     The best thing = no hemming! No buttonholes, either, except for at the new waistband. Wahoo!

     I may take that waistband down an inch or so and make it a bit looser, just to give myself some more room, but other than that I was pretty happy with this one. 

     Thanks for reading! 

      Amy Rotini :)

In the Mood for (refashioned) Couture

I was so smitten with In the Mood for Couture's chemise très écologique that I just had to make one for myself…(with an added tweak or two of course):

a large button down + a pair of knee socks =

a fabtastic wrap top!

Make one for yourself with my quick step-by-step

A shirt stays a shirt

With this shirt upcycling, I really achieved the most green objective for my refashion projects: no waste and very small amount of work.
Here is the large man shirt in cotton:

And here is me wearing it:

The intermerdiary steps are explained on my blog. 
I just love man shirts

Cheers
In the mood for Couture

Lumberjack Swants (Sweater Pants) Refashion Tutorial | Diary of a MadMama

Howdy!

Jen here, from Diary of a MadMama

Have you heard of Swants? You know, pants made out of sweaters?

When I first saw this YouTube video, I just had to make myself a pair.

The problem was that I didn't have any sweaters (that I hadn't already cut into) appropriate for the job... but I did have this:

Do I look like a lumberjack?

Pretty snazzy 'eh? I love the plaid (or tartan?) print.

The only problem is that it's not a pullover stretchy sweater, like what's used in the Swants tutorial.

I really wanted this to be transformed into pants anyway, so I decided to improvise and come up with my own tutorial (if you will).

After chopping and rearranging a bit, this is how they turned out...

Look, pockets!

To see the full tutorial check out the Diary of a MadMama Lumberjack Swants Refashion Tutorial post.

Take care!

~Jen

Men's Shirt Sun Dress

If you haven't been following along with Magda's Refashion Month on House of Estrela, you're missing out! A host of talented ladies, including some other contributors to the Refashion Co-op, are participating. It's a solid month chock-full of inspiring projects!

And I am so happy that today it's my turn! You should come on over and see how I transformed one of my husband's shirts into a cute sundress!

Jean Shirt

 I have been searching for a jean shirt and finally found one at a thrift shop. Of course it was not my size but that didn't deter me from buying. Thanks to this tutorial I knew I could make it work.

I removed the sleeves by seam ripping them apart. I then fit the armscye using the instructions from the tutorial. The sleeves then fit perfectly when I re-sewed them back on.

I love this shirt and it is so versatile : )

My Daughters Military Shirt

Buttons in bright colours!

My daughters shirt..

This project is made out of my daughters military shirt.
Together with some cotton fabric - I think it is ment for duvet covers - white whith grey flower print -
it became a summer dress.

And suddenly it became a dress

10 minute project: men's shirt into infinity scarf

My mom gave me this men's Toronto Raptors shirt that she somehow acquired. She thought I could make something cool from it.

I liked the small houndstooth pattern on it and thought it well suited for a scarf. I have a fair number of scarves, but no infinity scarves. It seemed like the time to make one. I started by chopping the shirt in two pieces, cutting across the chest just under the armpits. I made this bottom piece into a large rectangle by trimming off the very bottom curved hem of the shirt as well.

With the buttons open, I folded the rectangle in half, right sides together, to make a long, skinny rectangle. 

I stitched along the raw edges, leaving a seam allowance of about half an inch. I turned the tube right side out and topstitched along the same edge. The whole process took about 10 minutes.

I twisted the ends a few times, then buttoned it up to make it an infinity scarf. It was just long enough to loop around my next twice. For an accent, I added a watch band I got for a dollar at the thrift shop.

Of course, I can also wear it as a regular scarf, if I want. I love having options!

The only problem with the scarf is that the material is a little too stiff to drape nicely. If I made another one of these, I would use a softer/thinner fabric. 

Thanks for reading. Happy holidays!    -Amy

1st Day of Summer in NZ

Hiya! To celebrate the 1st day of summer here in New Zealand I decided a sweet lil summer refashion was a must!
I bought this huge shirt for 50c and transformed it into a simple, comfy, throw on over your bikini mini dress!

I'm also currently working on garments for my 1st collaborative fashion show :)

Will look forward to sharing some pics from the event before the end of the month, very exciting! 

As always you'll find me at Made with Love by Hulibug

My first copy cat

It is a h&m knock-off .
Find out more on my blog --> http://etheea.wordpress.com
Let me know what you think , thank you!

Paisley Fun

Hi All,

Today I'm sharing another Men's shirt refashion into two items for members of my family.

The shirt. An old one of my hubby's.

I started by cutting off the collar of the shirt, and this young man just happened to be in the wrong place at the right time. He got a dashing new collar.

A few more snips and stitches later and a second outfit was created. I simple refashion using some elastic, a fabric scrap and some 80s lace and buttons.

Two happy customers! Ok, so maybe Ernie, my 13 year old pooch wasn't overly impressed, but he let me do it anyway.

My blog is being rested at the moment, but you can keep up with my adventures via facebook if you want to here.

Sharon

'reWorking the Workwear': #1 Chambray Dress

Hello hello! I'm Nay and I blog over at The Wardrobe Surgeon, a mostly refashioning blog with a little DIY pattern drafting on the side. This my first post here at Refashion Co-Op, very timely too as I've just began my first refashion series 'reWorking the Workwear' where I'm attempting to re-purpose all of my old work clothes into garments that I can wear, rather than having them wear an accumulating layer of dust!

So this week I started with two chambray shirts; one reasonably fitted and one jumbo sized-maternity shirt. After a bit of chopping/ironing/pinning/sewing/dying I ended up with a dress! It was supposed to be a summer dress, but it proved to be very versatile when the day I wanted to wear it happened to be a cold and rainy 17°C day!

I'm a mother and I repeat myself enough times when talking to my children, so I'm not all that keen to do it here too! If you'd like more details and photos please head on over to my original post. I can't wait to share more projects with you all very very soon!

- nay TheWardrobeSurgeon

Men's Shirt to Little Black (Pinstripe) Dress

I found this short sleeve button-down shirt in a bunch of my husband's old things. The material is very soft and I liked the way it felt so much that I wanted to wear it!

I removed the things I didn't need, turned it backwards on my dress form, pinned, stitched and trimmed and ultimately ended up with a dress!

The details and more pictures are on my blog at probablyrachel.com.

It didn't turn out like the picture I had of it in my head, but for my first time refashioning something that my husband used to wear... I think it's okay!

I have an old polo of his that developed a few wear spots,  but is a lovely shade of blue that I'm trying to figure out what to refashion it into. Any suggestions?

Blue Flannel

I LOVE flannel. Mostly because I like to be warm in cold weather, but also because it is soft and versatile!

I found a blue and white flannel with red lines at the local Salvation Army, and thought it looked like it would fit. I was more than a little disappointed when I got home. It wouldn't button in front and the sleeves made my arms look like sausages. I don't know what happened to that picture.....

However, after my wildly successful yellow sweater refashion, my inspiration tank was over flowing. So I started off unpicking the seams under the arm and down the sides. 

Then I took some grey jersey (there was a huge hunk of it I found at the thrift store) and cut some long 4" or so strips and sewed them into opening I just made. (This post is sadly low on photographic genius today) 

Here is what became of it:

I can conquer any refashion!!!!! Rawr!

Now I have a flannel shirt that fits! I probably could have lengthened it in the middle with more of the same jersey for a tunic feel but I work outside on the farm a good bit and this seemed practical. 

Thanks for reading!