Short skirt to colourblock midiskirt

I wanted to make at midi skirt (appearantly all the rage right now). I had a green skirt that felt a bit too short, and had a scrap of the same fabric, but in another colour. Perfect.

I forgot to take a before picture, but it is the green part of the skirt.

After:

More refashions and creative projects: http://www.sagaifarver.dk

Des nappes patchwork

J'avais besoin de nappes pour mes tables de jardin , alors j'ai sorti des chutes de draps, rideaux de douche, bandes d'anneaux de rideaux voilage , housse de traversin............et avec tout ça j'ai fait deux nappes identiques

Voici un petit détail de la nappe finie

 et pour en voir plus c'est ici  http://le-chat-et-la-marmotte.over-blog.com/2014/03/recyclage-pour-le-jardin.html

Bonne journée
Elisa Elisa

Stripy shorts bag - a quick how-to

Take one pair of stripy shorts, some lining fabric of your choice (polka dot is always good!), a little know-how and ta-dah - a new bag is created!

With that colour denim it was bound to look good!  And it was easy peasy - here's how:

Cut off the legs at crotch level parallel to the waistband and then sew them up.

Make two handles with the remainder of the cut-off section and add them to the inside of the waistband.

Then make a lining of a similar shape and add the fastener of your choice.  Turn the top of the lining down and top-stitch in place.

That's it!

Told you it was easy!

The before:

If you are careful not to cut the bottom of the pocket it can still be used :)

The interior with an added pocket for luck:

For more photos and details of this and other refashions, my blog can be found at:

Sew Selena

Happy refashioning!

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The story about 3 Tshirt

Hello,
I present you my new refashion. In fact, its only 3 Tshirt.

My daughter love only shirt, so I refashion this Tshirt for make a set. I'm not happy with the top, I will do it again.


look as she smiled, she loks so happy !?!!! ;-)

For visit my blog : ICI

New Sleeves for a Torn Top

What to do when you get a hole in the elbow of your shirt? Toss it away? Buy a new one? Of course NOT! We are Refashioners!

So from this:

I cut off the sleeves just above the ribbed hole. And with some remnant yellow cotton ribbed knit, it became this:

 I quite like the brown/yellow combination. It looks like some designer top I have seen. I hope I can keep wearing this for another few years!

Check out my blog for other my Refashioning/Sewing/Stash busting projects: http://lovenicky-froufrou.blogspot.ca/

Upcycled Top - Orange Scarf and Tank Refashion

I read somewhere that orange was the new black.  It was probably a few seasons ago since I am never quite up with current fashion trends.  :-)  Still I have always loved orange.  When I bought the knit top I didn't realize that it had a small hole toward the bottom so I never wore it.  Then I stumbled onto this scarf and an idea was born.  Details here.

Cindy @ Upcycled Design Lab

A few small changes to a summer dress

20 C! (68 F!) i ran for my closet to bring out the summer clothes.

Better make most of it while it lasts (the weather forecast promises snow next week, maybe).

I hadn't worn this new dress yet, and as it turned out, its straps were too long.

And the bodice (is it the right word? I mean to say the upper part of a dress, when the upper and lower parts are made from separate pieces) was not my style.

Before:

I losened the knot, cut of the excess fabric and sewed the remainder together. Then I added a small strip of elastic to the middle.

After, a lot more wearable for me:

http://saga-i-farver.blogspot.dk/2014/04/pnere-udskring.html

A Button Clutch

Made a sweet little clutch this morning and thought I'd share :) I've got a more involved refashion on the way, but that can wait when there is something so quick and easy to be made (who says instant gratification is a bad thing?) :).

I started out with this $1 thrifted woven mat.

I selected a few vintage buttons and grabbed a vintage snap, sewed up the sides of the folded mat and sewed the buttons and snap in place.

And now I've got a little pop of color to complete my spring/summer outfits!

If you want to see a bit more or the button items that inspired this clutch, head on over to my blog. Until next time!

Peace,

Andrea

Winter Jacket to Spring Vest

Hey Everyone!  My name is Summer and this is my first post on here.  I'm really excited to find a group of refashionista's and look forward to sharing my refashions and seeing all of yours!  I don't have a blog yet but I am planning to start one.  Hope ya'll have a great day!:)

 Found this Denim Jacket on sale last spring.  I cut off the sleeves and took it in on the sides.  Goes perfect with spring and summer dresses now!

Little dress into a little purse

One of Kaylee’s favorite dresses was worn out.  This girl plays hard in her dresses!

I looked it over to see if it could/ should be salvaged in some way, and my first thought was to turn it into a skirt.  That would have been easy.   But skirts are not very popular around here for some reason.   Instead, I chopped off the sleeves and the neckline and played around with making a bag.  The top of the dress became the bag lining, and some extra fabric from the skirt became a long strap.   I filled it with some chap stick and hair bows and wrapped it up under the Christmas tree.  She was thrilled to open it, and searched the purse to make sure the little dog charm was still pinned onto the purse.  I have a feeling that doggie charm was the real reason the dress was so well loved.  She wears the purse across her body, messenger bag style, just like I do.

Thanks for looking!
Love,
Amy Jo at The Little Moments

Larkspur Skirt

This one's actually a re-refash! I down-sized this skirt from a size 20 to a 10-ish a couple years ago.

I loss a little more weight after that, and now the skirt fits even better, BUT I still found myself never wearing it. The length was just all wrong.

So I cut off about 8 inches from the outer fabric and the lining, and I rehemmed them both. A quick press of the pleats, and we're all set!

I will definitely be wearing this more often now!
Check out CarissaKnits for more pics and details.

Wrap dress extension

I'm pleased to contribute my first post to the Refashion Co-op!
A friend of mine gave me this great wrap dress, but the skirt barely overlapped. It was a windy day disaster waiting to happen. I cut and sewed in an extra panel to give the skirt extra coverage. Now I can wear it without flashing people!
Read more about this project on my blog, Hoopes Park Studios.
-Claire

Recyclage chemisier rayé

Bonjour, je suis heureuse de vous rejoindre sur ce site que je suis depuis un bon moment . Je m'appelle Elisabeth, J'ai 54ans et je me suis remise à la couture il y a quelques temps par plaisir et pour m'occuper.
Je suis une adepte du recyclage et je trouve ça très plaisant de donner une seconde vie à des vêtements.

Pour ma première intervention Je vous présente le recyclage d'un chemisier qui m'avait été offert , je n'ai malheureusement pas de photo du chemisier avant la transformation et j'espere que vous ne m'en voudrez pas trop. Je  tâcherais de ne pas oublier les photos "avant" pour la prochaine fois.

J'ai fait un chemisier sans manches dans le chemisier d'origine qui était un peu abimé sous les manches, et un peu large pour moi, par contre en hauteur il manquait un peu de tissu; alors j'ai rajouté des empiècements unis aux épaules et devant j'ai fait le col cravate en uni noir. J'ai bordé le bas et les emmanchures avec du biais noir.

Avec les manches je me suis confectionné un sac à main en rajoutant des chutes de simili cuir et j'ai même fait une petite trousse pour pouvoir transporter mes médicaments. 

Plus de details chez moi ici ( http://le-chat-et-la-marmotte.over-blog.com/2014/04/sac-hippie-chic.html) ou ici ( http://le-chat- et-la-marmotte.over-blog.com/2014/04/defi-rayures-chez-kocotte.html)

Merci à vous et à bientôt Très

Eisa Elisa / lechatetlamarmotte

From summerjacket to kids eating apron.

This is my first post on this blog, and since English is not my first language please bare with me if I make mistakes...

We parent's really know the situation well... during dinnertime! Kids splash the food all over their clothes and mommy needs to wash again!
We used to have apron's or bibs from IKEA. But my daughter is 6 years old now and she doesn't fit in them anymore. But sometimes you want to protect the clothes from stains rather than washing the stains out of the clothes. Which sometimes won't work...

I came up with a solution! I had bought myself a new summerjacket because my old one had some holes and was to wide for me. (I could have fixed that jacket for me but I didn't) Now I had the old jacket to turn it into a kids eating apron.


This is me wearing the jacket and this is the apron.




I've cut the collar and made a seam.
I made the sleeves shorter and crated a tunnel with elastic.
The front side of the jacket became the back of the apron. I've cut the zipper and the button's but left the top button to close the apron.
Since the back of the jacket was to wide for my daughter I made it smaller and cut the waist.

My daughter shows the apron... near bedtime ;)

Please read more on my own blog Made by ME. I write in Dutch, but mostly the pictures speak for themselves. And you can always use chrome translate =D
And this is the original post.

Greetings Joke from the Netherlands

2X Women's Denim Jeans to Shoulder Bag Transformation

 

Size 2X women's black denim capris.

 

Transformed into a shoulder bag. A quick and easy project! For instructions to make this purse please see my blog post.



A dress like a skirt

At first, I had this classical, sexy, feminine dress. Most of you wonder why I needed to refashion. It fitted me perfectly except the deep neckline was so deep. I did not feel comfortable at all wearing it. The day I bought it, I already knew that I was going to change that collar:

So I chopped it without sorrow. Simple and curved hand-free cut, a fancy facing for the finishing and a new dress is born. More like a skirt with suspenders than a dress, its look is more a street cool one than a business chic. I really increase the chances to wear it now. The intermediary steps are shown here

White jeans plus a sad sack

I took a pair of big white jeans and converted it to a bodice using a simplicity pattern. My original plan went out the door so I had to rethink everything. I decided to use the bottom half of another sad sack dress I found which I didn't care for the bodice. Or even the back as it was all button down the back. Not conducive to wearing. So I added the two together to get a new dress. Which now I love!

More on this refashion here. I have 31 refashions done this year! Almost 1/3 to my goal of 99! Yeah!

Cheers,
Lauren

Shirt dress refashion for little girl

Hello all,

It is about refashion for my little girl again. This time I started with my own button up shirt (size S).

Before : The girl surely doesn't fit in mommy's shirt

After re-sized the shirt, I added eyelet laces at both sides to created the wings. Then curved up the hem. I did the casting at collar for ribbon. Here's the result:

After : The girlie button up shirt.

Now she can flyyyyy.

Love,

Penya

Curtain skirt

Here's a cute skirt I made from a vintage curtain. I just loved the fun print and felt it needed to see the light of day. I cut the a line shape from another skirt I had.

Sharon

No-Sew Refashioned Vest

This dress was just odd. From the waist up, it's not that bad, but that weird circle skirt in lieu of faux shirt tails? I just don't get it!

Enter my good friend, the seam ripper!

Ah, now that's much better!

For the full run-down, hop on over to CarissaKnits!