Star Lord and Gomora

This year for Halloween, my husband and I dressed as Star Lord and Gomora from Guardians of the Galaxy.  It was pretty labor intensive making the costumes, plus decorating a room to match, but also lots of fun!

If you'd like to check out more pics, including closer details of the costumes, check out my blog, Second Chances by Susan!  Thanks!

Sweater Two; Pink Cashmere

Hello Refashion Co-op. It is cold and I hate to be cold. I need warm fuzzy sweaters ready to wear. This blush pink sweater set was perfect for being cozy and warm.

I also had another sweater with this pretty lace back. I don't like this big pink sweater because the open lace is really cold. What good is a big thick sweater if it doesn't keep you warm?

I removed the lace and put it on the back of the cardigan from the sweater set. It matched perfectly and it looked just as pretty on this sweater, but it is a lot warmer.

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Skirt into Dress recycling

 I found this lovely but much too long and too big silk skirt in sh near me.  I had few ideas how to refashion and renew it even before I bought it but finally I decided that dress 👗 will be perfect as I love silk dresses not only in summer.

during work

 

 

 Silk dress after 

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Whole easy tutorial here

 

 

Sweater One; Polka Dots

Hello Refashion Co-op. I am getting some sweaters in shape to wear because it is cold and damp. I need to be warm and cozy.

This polka dot sweater was cute and it fit but it had some residue from a sticky name tag on it. It would not wash out so I decided to cover it.

I gave it some thought. In the end I used this BIG rick rack. It covered the mark perfectly but it looked ridiculous with the ruffle. The ruffle was going to have to go.

 I got rid of the ruffle and this sweater was ready to wear. I liked the rick rack. It was fun.

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A Poppy Refashion

I have been hanging onto this over-sized tank top for a few years now, I am embarrassed to say. Today is the day this tank gets a makeover!


Love the poppy flowers on this!


Remember this from my Positively 60's Refashion Part 1?
Remember how I loved those lace sleeves, good thing I kept them!


I started by shortening the straps.


I am going to add these sleeves to my poppy tank top! Hooray!


I pinned the sleeves inside out onto the inside out tank top.

Once the sleeves were sewn on it was time to take in the top at the sides.


Don't mind this adorable photobommer!


Happy Refashioning!!!
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Posetively 60's Refash Part 2

We've made it to Part 2!!! I hope you enjoyed part 1 as much as I did!

Remember this before picture?!?


I cut off the sleeves and used them for part 1. But what happened to the body of this shirt? Too cute to throw away!


I pinned a new seam around the arm holes.


Once that was done, I took in the sides a bit.


I had this beautiful metallic pink fabric paint that I used to paint in the pink parts of the pattern! This was a bit time consuming, but fun too!






Since the weather is a bit too cold for a tank top I wore it with a jean jacket!

Happy Refashioning!!!

Check out my stash of refashions on my blog!

The Bun Hat

Hello Refashion Co-op. Have you ever wanted to wear a hat and a bun at the same time? There isn't room for a bun in a regular baseball hat. I wanted one off those hats with a hole in the top for a bun.

I marked the top of this hat. 

I cut a circle out of the top of the hat.

I used this bias tape to cover the cut edge.

The hat worked just like I wanted. I had my daughter model the hat for me because it was really difficult to get a clear and closeup picture of the back of my own head.

Thanks for reading along, for more pictures and details go to I Can Work With That.

men's shirt refashion

 

 

I bought this shirt 2 years ago , I really liked the color and the fact that it's 100 % good quality cotton.

 At first I thought to resize it but later I abandoned this idea and hid it to wardrobe ... for 2 years👀

I discovered the shirt again at the end of summer and found totally new way to refashion it💡.

 

Men's shirt Before

 

 

 during work

 

 

 

 Men's shirt into dress

  Ready dress on me 😀

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Whole easy tutorial here

 

 

Poncho to Kimono

Hello Refashion Co-op. I had a beautiful poncho with fabulous shades of blue and green. It was really lovely, it was just too big.

I cut the sides out to make a kimono shape. I used my machine to connect the sides. I also cut it down the middle to open it up. I turned the edge under and stitched that down.

When I was done I had a fun kimono style jacket that fit so much better than the poncho.

 

Thanks for reading along. For more pictures and details go to I Can Work With That.

Positively 60s Refash Part 1

Alright readers! I have a 2 part refash for you! I am super excited about this!!!


Over the summer I found this super duper amazing 60s print shirt with bell sleeves! I must admit this pattern is overwhelming as one piece, but wait til you see what I have done with it!


I removed the sleeves to use for this refash.


I wanted to use the bell sleeves but at them to a much more plain shirt. I also loved the laces sleeves on this white shirt so I took those off and kept them for later.


My first idea was to tie the white shirt together with the crazy pattern on the sleeves. I tried to use an orange fabric marker to color the lace detail on the shirt....that was both time consuming and looked terrible. I decided to cut off all the lace detail.
After my failed coloring attempt I moved onto the next step. I began to pin the sleeves onto the shirt. I turned the shirt inside out as well as the sleeves.

Once the sleeves were sewn in place I took in the sides a bit and added orange rick-rack around the neckline as well as down the front to make a faux warp look, just like the original lace.


I think the rick-rack tied in with the whole 60's vibe of the sleeves! I'd call that a happy accident!


Happy Refashioning!!!
Check out my stash of refashions on my blog!