Hello Refashion Co-op. December has been a really busy month. I hope you are all well and happily sewing your way into 2021. I have been refashioning dresses all month in honor of Dressember. Dressember is a nonprofit organization fighting human trafficking.
Here are a few of my dress refashions.
The Giraffe One
The Maternity One
The Shirt One
The Tie-Dye One
Happy repurposing and may your 2021 be bright!
Mimi
I had this swimsuit FOREVER. I wore it every year until the point my family was sick of it. I reluctantly got a new one. I still held onto it though. While looking for a project, I stumbled upon it. The elastic was dry rotted and there was a no way I would ever be able to wear it again. I needed to make a muslin for a sports bra, so decided to use the fabric. It’s not as supportive as a sports bra but is more comfortable like a bralette. I used McCall pattern 4261.
Today I want to show you how to give new life to your old cloth. To this refashion I use my old t shirt which I don't use any more and some lace which I cut off from another , this time too long dress.
Few stiches , few cuts and voila totally new midi dress.
Hello Refashion Co-op. I refashion dresses all month to raise awareness about human trafficking. I am an advocate with Dressember. I am wearing dresses(Or ties!) all month to support this organization.
December is also a busy month at my day job. I have done 3 refashions so far this month. This denim dress became a jacket. I am still working on the rest of the dress.
This tight dress and sweater became a 2 piece outfit that fit me a lot better.
After watching ''Clueless'' I felt big inspiration to sew some wrap skirt , have you seen how many wrap skirts ... and hats you can see in this movie ?! it's just insane .
As my fabric I used old pants I got from my aunt . As you can see on photo this pattern is so very 90 !
I got luckly with this checkered pattern.
Dress up a pair of thrift store jeans with DIY appliques! This project takes less than 1 hour to make thanks to some fusible adhesive. Check out the step by step tutorial in my YouTube video.
I bought half a yard of upholstery fabric in a pretty floral pattern. This fabric gave me lots of flowers of different sizes to play with.
I picked up this lovely shirt because of the beautiful floral print and the soft fauz suede feel of the material! I’m not a total fan of collared shirts for ladies, I believe they aren’t very flattering. So, that gave me some inspiration to make this a more feminine shirt!
Alright! I dove right in! I removed the sleeves and the collar for starters.
I took the shirt over to my dress form and started to take the sides in for a more fitted look. Once the sides were taken in, I sewed a new hem around where the sleeves were. Then I stitched where I took the collar off.
I took the sleeves from a pink lace shirt and placed it on the front shoulder area of the floral shirt. I stitched it in place and with my very sharp scissors carefully trimmed the excess lace from around the stitching.
A few simple changes really makes this a new shirt!
Happy Refashioning, Crafting and Upscaling!!!
Making this quilted bag was on my bucket list from a long time . so when I finally found right fabric , thick dark denim I moved straight to work. I took chain and inspiration for pattern from old thrifted bag.
My fabric for bag :-D
Hello Refashion Co-op. I can't be the only one that has gotten too big for their britches, right? Corona restrictions have made my jeans uncomfortable and tight.
I cut the side seams open on the outside of both pants legs.
I used the left-over pant legs from a pair of sweat pants. I cut the sweats at an angle like bias tape. That made long strips of gray fabric.
I used those strips of gray fabric to make my jeans bigger. I added an inch and a half to each side. It made a nice stripe down each leg. I also used the biding at the ankle of the sweatpants. I put the binding at the ankle of my jeans. They match my sparkly sweatshirt perfectly.
Hello Refashion Co-op. I have another fall themed dress. This on had sunflowers and wheat grass on it. It was really long and dowdy on me.
I used a pattern as a guide to make a denim wrap skirt. I like how wrap skirts can adjust so they always fit. I thought this would be great for the holidays.
I used the hem from the dress to make a waistband and tie to close the skirt.
I didn't want a long tie at the waist. I used this button and a little Velcro to make sure the waist stays closed but is able to adjust a little every time I wear it.
This skirt should fit no matter what.
To create this dress I used men's shirt and old bed sheet to make it longer.
Fabric it's non elastic egyptian cotton .
Hello Refashion Co-op. I hate turtleneck shirts. I know they are warm but I feel like they are going to strangle me. I decided to do a turtleneck removal refashion.
I cut the neck off the shirt. I used the cut off fabric to make binding for the neckline. I just wanted a round neck, like a t-shirt.
I attached the new binding with my machine. I went over it again from the outside to make sure it would lay flat when I wore it.
