Shirt Collar Headband

I was inspired by the scrap give-away though I couldn't enter due to time constraints.

My husband altered a regular men's shirt into a steampunk shirt with removeable collar.  The original collar was set aside in our scrap pile.  I found it recently and decided it would make a nifty headband.  Afterall, if people can make ties into so many things, why not collars?

The camera I used to take the "before pictures" ran out of juice (and we left the battery at my mother's place), so those pictures will be added later.  But here is the end result.

I'm pretty happy with the results and plan on making more.  I did try adding some buttons to this for a cute feel, but it just didn't look right given that I intend to wear this to work on casual Fridays.

Liberty print skirt to tunic

I saw this skirt through the open door of a charity shop & recognised it as a Liberty print. The skirt wasn't my kind of thing but I loved the fabric. I'm not sure if it's '80s or '90s.

I took the waistband off, unpicked the hem & side seams & washed it.

I made the tunic from two rectangles & used tucks to make it the right size so that I could minimize waste. I cut out a neckline & made a button placket. I didn't use a pattern.

The tunic finished. I'm very pleased with it & wore it yesterday for the first time.

Twirling in This is My New Favorite Past Time

I'm a 15 year old Audrey living in the Chicago suburbs, this is my 6th completed dress but my first post. I'm hoping to maybe eventually start selling my dresses at a near by vintage/thrift store but i figured I should get some feedback first.... so here it is, Dress 6.


Before:

This dress featured an oh so very (not) flattering, 6 inch wide, awkwardly located, elastic section along with a modest button up front. For $3 at an Atlanta Goodwill, it was like getting an averagely weird dress for $3.

After:

I turned it around, chopped a bunch of stuff off, created a belt out of left over fabric, used the chopped off buttons to fasten the belt in the back, and then frolicked around for a while.

If you'd let me know what you think, that'd be nice.

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Plus a Question for Etsy sellers

First:
I wanted a little unobtrusive, non-bulky, purse/pouch/whatever you want to call it to hold my flash cards so that I have them on me all the time. This was super quick and easy to do. I didn't need a pattern or anything I just studied some pics I found online and sort of figured it out. All the materials were either repurposed or scraps from other projects (except for the snap).



Before shot.

Now a question: Does anyone on here sell on Etsy? I was thinking of putting together an Etsy street team for those of us that sell, if it's ok with the editors that is. What do you think of the idea? BTW I can't comment here. There's a weird Blogger bug that only allows me to comment on blogs that have the comment form pop up in another window. So if it's OK with the mods and anyone is interested you can comment over at my blog or email me reverseclothing a t att d o t net.

http://reverseclothing.blogspot.com/

Hello World!

Hi there, this is Kiki here. I'm new to Refashion Co-op, but I can't wait to get started. Most of my projects come from this author and refashionista Megan Nicolay (check out her website : http://www.generation-t.com/). If you have a lot of old t-shirts, these are the books for you since every single project revolves around re-using and refashioning t-shirts. There are two books; the first one is all about your wardrobe and accessories, while the second is about both fashion and other items for home, your car or your pet. Many of the projects are no-sew, which is good for those who have sewing phobia. The books also give you variations for many of the projects, which allows you to experiment with your own designs.

Thanks for letting me join, and I hope you enjoy my refashioned items!

Sincerely,
Kiki

Ladies jumper to boy's robot vest

I have really been enjoying looking at everyone's lastest refashion posts. Such variety has inspired me to share my lastest attempt.

What started out as a ladies woollen jumper has become a vest for my four year old, red loving, robot fanatical son.

The idea was not mine, it came from the Warm Fuzzies book.

I have posted a little explanation on my facebook page. Just do a search for Lollean and you should find it.

A bird in the hand is worth two on a shirt

a little bird landed on my old ugly halloween t-shirt



see here....http://spindlejigs.blogspot.com/2011/06/when-pumpkin-hatched-there-was-bird.html

the fabric is a gift from a friend (part of bin and two bags of fabric and trim etc..) this is my first foray into the bin

A Girlhood Dress Revisited

This dress is bit derivative, but only in the best possible way. I thought that I got the idea from here, but when I showed my mother, she said, “I made dresses like that for you all the time when you were little.” So maybe Lex's dress touched a long-forgotten chord within me. Or maybe it was just so freaking cute that I couldn't resist making one of my own.


I began with a t-shirt that was far too short. I don't particularly like it when the bottom of my shirt and the top of my jeans just brush each other, and there was a missing two inches between the bottom of this one and my waistband. Plus I have this amazing slightly metallic red fabric that, let's face it, I'm never going to make into a dress on it's own. It's been sitting on my shelf for at least 4 years. I don't think I even have the pattern that I was going to make with it anymore. It was perfect for a nostalgic dress that reminded me of jungle gyms and eating way too much candy and playing on the swingsets and not even caring if anyone saw my underwear.

I did change it up a little bit to make it more adult, though. The gathered skirt sewn directly onto the shirt looked terrible, bunchy, and messy, so I ripped out my stitches reverse sewed it, and turned it into a paper-bag waist. Add a black velvet belt, a removable fabric flower, and I looked like an adult but felt like a kid again.

Want to see more of my projects? I blog at iMade.

The Dreaded Muumuu!!!!

Ok so here is my before:

And here is my inspiration, once again from ModCloth

And here is my after!

There is more info about the transformation on my blog.

Help the "Girls" out!

Hello all-

I am new to the Refashion movement, but very very excited to get my hands dirty! I've made a few attempts at some refashions, some ending somewhat decent (posts to come), and some ending very very tragically. My biggest issue for my tragedies is when handling the arm holes for my stuff. I'm a bustier gal and it seems, even if I drape it on myself before hand and mark, I wind up with a shirt that looks like something out of a strip club (we're talking without wearing tanks constantly, major side action... maybe even more). I was wondering if you all have any tips of the trade for making sure there is enough coverage in the bust area. I know the easiest way to make sure is using a figure form and I am in desperate need for one but can't get it until Christmas. Any tips on how to do it without one would be a HUGE favor to me and my poor butchered clothing!

Thanks and much love!

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Newbie One Shouldered Dress Refashion.

I have been a long time fan of refashion co-op and I'm very excited to be a new contributor.  Here is my first "refashion" refashion.  This dress belonged to my mother and she definitely wore it out in the 80's.  I saved it from certain destruction after my parents divorce and have had it in my closet every since.  I just loved the print, color, and the fact that my mother loved it so much.  It wasn't until she had seen the "after" dress that she admitted that my great-grandmother sewed it for her in her 20's.

I knew that I wanted to make it one shouldered and it already had a built in elastic waistband that I used as the new bust line.  It held up great considering this dress is as old as I am.

 Here is the new neckline in progress.

And the end result!!

Happy Refashioning All!!

More detailed instructions on the transformation on my blog:

www.mauigirldreaming.blogspot.com

Refashioning shoes

Hi everyone! This weekend's refashioning project started out as a pair of fairly dingy cream shoes that I'd thrifted a while ago and not worn very much. The fit and style were good, but the color...especially with some dark smudges on it...eh, not so much. I just wasn't wearing them.


So I took a bottle of nail polish that also wasn't getting much use, protected the edges of the the soles and the scalloped trim with masking tape, carefully brushed on a couple of coats of polish, and turned these into pink shoes with cream trim.


I've been wanting more bright-colored shoes, and this refashion seems to do the trick! I wore them yesterday without any damage to the color...we'll see how long it lasts before I need to touch them up.

As always, other refashions are on my blog. Hope everyone is having a great week!

Triple Peter Pan Collar

Here's a slightly different take on the Peter Pan collar - The Triple Peter Pan Collar Top from Topshop.

And not too hard to replicate:

This started out as a plain coral tank top that I already had in my closet. I've posted a tutorial for making the triple collar on my blog.

A forties style dress from a nineties dress

After: A forties style shirtwaist with a six gore skirt.

Before: A nineties dress

I have been participating in some of the weekly challenges at Sew Weekly. This weeks challenge was to refashion an old and neglected garment. This dress above started out as a shirtdress from the 90's. It was really long and boring looking before I refashioned it  We went to the old Fillmore train station near our home to take these photos. To see more about my transformation check out my blog. Thanks!

Sew Country Chick

Thrifted Dress to Skirt

Hey everyone, I’m happy to finally be able to contribute to this wonderful community!

Over the weekend, I took this dress…

… and made it into an elastic-banded skirt:

I know it’s a pretty simple refashion, so I won’t go into too much detail here. I’m actually teaching myself to sew (this is my third project!) and if you’d like to get the full story, you can check it out here.

Pretty flowers

Hello! I decided to give making chiffon flowers a try and discovered I love them! I started with 2 discarded zebra print sleeves & some orange scraps:

Which I then cut into as many circles as I could. I put two circles together, folded into 1/4 then stitched them together at each point in a chain using my machine beacause I am no fan of hand sewing! Then I turned them round to create the flowers & stitched together once again on my sewing machine to hold the layers together. I then handstiched ribbon from my stash to the underside and these are the finished flowers:

The orange one can be worn as a headband, choker, or belt & the zebra print one can be worn as both a headband or choker.

The next one I made from a small scrap of polkadot fabric from my stash. I cut long ovals, pinched them in the middle and stitched them together in a chain:

I twisted them around to make the flowers & stitched right through the middle, adding the smaller flower on top. I then added stretch lace to the underside to make a sweet headband:

Hope you like them! Huli

Walk in the Wild

I made a dress for last Saturday's Walk in the Wild at the Oakland Zoo.

I started with a vintage sheet.



And ended with a cute dress!



Details: http://reverseclothing.blogspot.com/

The Unicorn Horn Dress.

My model was not too excited about the early morning shoot. Nevertheless, the dress came together in less than an hour yesterday. Such a fun upcycle that actually looks better on Micah than the photos suggest.

Ingredients include:

• Old lace tablecloth
• A 2-T toddler shirt cropped in length
• One of my old black yoga pant legs
• Red poppy applique cut from an old cosmetics pouch
• Turquoise "unicorn horn" cut from old pants fabric
• Turquoise skirt ruffle also cut from old pants fabric

What do you think?

Cargo Shorts

I turned these pants into cargo shorts

I basically just cut off the length and added the pockets and tabs to the sides. I added the buttons for looks and secured the pocket with a velcro closure. The rise is too high but now I have a pair of shorts that I can wear around the house.

more details on my blog

Dress inspired by Cosmo Cover

 

This dress was inspired by the dress supermodel Hiedi Klum wore on the cover of the May 2010 issue of Cosmo.

 To make this dress I used a XL t-shirt and a pair of old tights

  

if you would like to see more pics and how I did it visit my blog nichellenotmichelle.blogspot.com