The Tie Dress

 Hello Refashion Co-op. The holiday season is so busy, my sewing time gets more limited. But I was able to make a few refashions. My favorite was this tie dress. It was so fun to make. 

The Tie Dress

I have been collecting ties for a while and I sewed tie after tie together. 

 

I made the dress sleeveless and I wore a shirt under it. You can see more details and pictures at I Can Work With That. 

Chickie
 

 

Tie front blouse from too long fitted blouse

 

Hello everyone, life got in the way lately. For instance, I was busy making 'surprises' early December. In the Netherlands we celebrate Sinterklaas on December 5, with surprise gifts that involve a lot af crafting. Which I love to do, but it does take time, especially when you have to make 4 surprise gifts(!). 

Apparently, it were also the Dutch who brought Sinterklaas to the US a long time ago. Who, with a little help from Coca Cola, eventually became the Santa Clause we now know. Funny enough Santa Clause made his way back to Europe and some European countries now celebrate both Sinterklaas and Santa Clause:).

Anyway, back to this refashion. I fell in love with the print of this blouse, just look at those cute hands! I bought it second hand at Zalando pre-owned, not as cheap as a thrift store but I must say the quality is usually worth it (almost new)! And I really like the aubergine colour, which also happens to be one of fashion colours this winter.

However, the shape was not really my cup of tea, too long and fitted. So I decided to turn it into a looser tie front blouse.

I've been trying to find the right translation for the Dutch 'knoopblouse' and came up with 'tie front blouse', but I also ran into alternatives such as 'knot tie' and 'knot front'. So let me know if I made the wrong choice here. 

I used another tie front blouse to copy the 'knot part' and cut the excess fabric. I had measured that I wanted to shorten the blouse by 10 cm / about 4 inches (with the exception of the 'knot parts'). 

The leftover fabric came in handy to make the blouse more loose: I sewed in an extra strap of fabric in the side seams. These alterations made the blouse much more my style and I was really glad I got my 'hands' on this blouse!

If you're interested in more details, you're welcome to visit vermaakster.blogspot.com. And of course, I wish you a

merry everything and happy holidays, 

wherever you are!

🎅

Fall Leaf Jacket

 Hello Refashion Co-op. I love fall and the changing leaves. I decided to make a jacket to celebrate fall. 

 

I used a denim jacket that I already owned and a cotton place mat.  

I traced and cut out a leaf shape. 

 

I used a zigzag stitch to sew the leaf on my jacket.

 

My fall jacket was fun and didn't take very long to put together. For more details and how-to information go to I Can Work With That. 
 

 

Yellow Plaid Pants

 Hello Refashion Co-op. I found these super fun plaid pants at a thrift shop and had to have them. There was a small problem though...

A bit too big. 

I cut the front of the pants away from the back of the pants. And I cut them down in size to fit me. 

 

Then I sewed the front and back of the pants back together. 

 

I liked how they turned out. I liked the comfortable fit and I loved the bold colors. Thanks for reading along. For more pictures and details go to I Can Work With That.
 

 

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