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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Red Coat Refashion plus bonus baby shoes

I found this red coat at one of those by-the-pound thrift stores and I don't even think I paid $2 for it. It was a fabulous red. But just sooo oversized. Ill-fitting. And also was a bit odd. I undid the lining. Slimmed down the sleeves and the waist area. I then fixed the pockets to be side pockets. Plus I visually fixed the buttons. Everything was finished with bias tape.


I used the leftover wool to make baby shoes. I have more wool so I will probably make more. I just find them darling. And wahoo for using up scraps of fabric and buttons from old refashions!

Coat post here. Shoes post here.

Cheers,
Lauren
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7 comments:

  1. Andrea26 February 2014 at 00:08

    Cuuuuute baby shoes! And the remake on the coat is amazing :) What a transformation! I've got a spring jacket that I need to do this to...just working up the courage to deal with all of the downsizing!

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  2. Sandy26 February 2014 at 11:12

    Love that colour. Good idea for turning the pockets.
    cute shoes.
    Sandy in the UK

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  3. Amy Jo26 February 2014 at 15:06

    Those shoes!!!! So cute! I love that you used the extra fabric for something so neat.

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  4. jennifer elliott26 February 2014 at 19:48

    You are amazing. I envy your talent and creativity. Great job!

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  5. Unknown27 February 2014 at 05:54

    I've never refashioned a coat before (a bit chicken maybe?) but now I really want to. Your projects turned out so well!

    - Elizabeth
    aka The Hungry Octopus

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  6. Anonymous27 February 2014 at 06:29

    Loving these refashions. And the baby shoes are just darling. So cute!
    ~Jen

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  7. IWOM27 February 2014 at 20:29

    Oi! Don't date us here!

    My first store card was from Stiegers!

    ;-)

    IWOM

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