Dress to Raincoat

 Hello Refashion Co-op. I found this unusual dress that was made from faux leather/pleather/vegan leather/vinyl/plastic. I thought it would make a great rain jacket. 

Before and after. 

I turned the dress around and cut the dress open and added a zipper. 

I added a belt like a trench coat would have. 

This was a fun project and I like the lightweight jacket I ended up with. Thanks for reading along, for more details go to I Can Work With That.

Removing Jean Pockets

 Hello Refashion Co-op. I found these jeans at a thrift store and they were super soft. They felt like sweat-pant-jeans. I loved them and thought hey would be so comfy. 

Do you see something is a little "off"? What is up with these pockets??

 

I had to remove the lopsided pockets. I unpicked the stitches from the inside so I would not damage the front of the jeans. 

 

There were some white marks from the stitches on the front of the jeans. I used black and blue permanent markers to make little dots on the white marks. It sounds crazy but it filled in the missing color really well.

 

I liked the plain dark wash without any pockets (Or stitch marks.) on the front. Thanks for reading a lot, to see more go to I Can Work With That.
 

 

 

A bow for bow sleeve shirt

 

Hi everyone,

The 14th anniversary Refashion co-op in February encouraged me to do some digging into the archives and statistics. For example, which blog posts were popular over the years, which refashions are unforgettable (too many!). Where do our readers come from (all over the world!) etc etc. I'll be sharing some fun facts and throwback refashions with you in the coming months. After all, Refashion Co-op is a treasure trove filled with refashion gems worth cherishing. 

Best read post
One of the things I wanted to find out is which post had gotten the most views over the years, I was curious!

Well, here it goes: out of 7982 posts(!), the best read post is Bow sleeve t-shirt by Andrea (aka Little did you know). Her post was published on march 7th in 2012 and has been viewed over 247.000 times (yes really)!

Andrea's Bow sleeve t-shirt

Now, the fun part is that Andrea mentions in her post that she actually got her idea from fellow Refashion Co-op blogger Ruby Murray! And Ruby had shared her refashion 'long sleeve to bow sleeve' here a year before, in march 2011. 

Ruby's Bow sleeve tee

So you could say that Ruby and Andrea both were responsible for most populair post on Refashion Co-op! Congratulations to you both, it's such a fun and simple idea. I immediately liked it when I saw it and I absolutely want to try it myself.

What's your favourite refashion shared here on Refashion Co-op? Let us know in the comments!

Ruby explains the whole process in her post and if you're into easy projects, you should look into it. According to Ruby it's 'quick and easy and you'll be done before you know it'! I guess that's my cue, until next time!

Small cat wallhanging with jeans

 

You may have noticed I like working with denim. I like it a lot. Hence the knitted jeans bath mat, jeans belt and jeans Sashiko slippers I made earlier, I'm probably forgetting one or two projects... And you probably know the impact of jeans on the environment, because of the dying process, with all the chemicals. So it always makes me feel better to reuse old jeans or scraps.

Last year I discovered denim art: with images and (sometimes giant) wallhangings made of denim. Just search for Ian Berry on the web and you'll be blown away. Anyway, I felt I needed to try this myself (a bit smaller as you can imagine...). So here it goes, my own small decorative cat wallhanging.

I used a picture of Max, he sadly died of a bacterial infection at the age of 4. It's been a couple of years but I've always loved this picture of him. Now, about the process, it's not difficult, actually. I copied the image several times and printed it to be able to cut out the pieces I needed. They served as pattern pieces and I cut out different combinations of the shapes to be able to create layes for more depth.
 

With the embroidered eye, Max really came to life. And a cat needs his whiskers of course, so I unpicked a few threads to give Max his whiskers. 

Hope you liked the idea as much as I do! If you want to find out more about the the process, you're welcome to visit vermaakster.blogspot.com. Until next time!

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New Posting Guidlines at Refashion Co-op

 Hello Refashion Co-op. We have some new posting guidelines to share. We would love to see your projects! All your projects! You can post what you want, as often as you want. There is not a minimum or any commitment you need to agree to.

 DO post a refashion as often as you can. Life gets busy, we know that. There is no minimum, share your refashions when you have time.

DO share your wonderful and creative refashions/upcycles in any form. We want to see it all. Did you make clothing into home decor? Did you make clothing from home decor? Did you make clothing from clothing, or home decor from home decor? It doesn't matter, we would love to see it. 

We want to build up the community and encourage each other in our sewing practice. Check our "Posting Guidelines" page to read all about it.