Textures

The Haute Project

 

 

 

 

 Yeah, this last picture obviously shows that the hidden peplum was a creative risk gone wrong. So I took it out and left it alone.

I found this shirt in the mens section for a $1. I've been noticing lots of textures in magazines so I decided to see what I could make from this. Considering its an XL, there was enough fabric to make a skirt or a shirt. And there is still lots of fabric left, since I used the sleeves to make the..umm..torso part--jeez, I get so technical by using sewing jargon, I hope I didn't lose any of you.   

All I did was take out the buttons, cut the shirt in half, sew up the front, take in the sides,take off the sleeves and use them for the..torso part and sew up the raw edges and I be done! 

Here's the piece I have left. I might add a black waist band and make a skirt. Let's see how hoochie it turns out. Or I could still make a peplum like the trend above.
 

Update: I wore this top already and did not like how this felt on. This has been now donated to charity in hopes that someone else will love it more than I did. 


XO, Leslie of HauteThrift

Unravel

The Inspiration

The Project

I wanted a striped chunky sweater for the season, just like the one above but without the smiley face.

I don't do smiley face. I do poker face.

I got this sweater for $4.

 Before you go taking your turtleneck sweaters apart, make sure that there's a stitch connecting the turtleneck to the sweater. Otherwise, you'll be cutting into knit work that will eventually make the whole sweater fall apart.

 Isaac Mizrahi for Target. Betcha it was more than $4.

 Once you find the stitch make one small nip at the yarn and undo the stitch manually from there on out. The neck part should fall right off.

 I got happy pulling yarn. Is this any indication that I'm a cat person? 'Cause I'm not. WOOF! Anyway, I ended up pulling far too much.

 I kept pulling until I had enough yarn to sew the hole up. The good thing about knitwear is that the yarn gives enough allowance to sew;  not re-knit.

 And I'm done.

 Look anything like the inspiration picture above?

 So....what to do with the neck?

Hop on over to HauteThrift to find out.
Until next time.

xo, Leslie of Hautethrift

Oxblood Fail

I wonder if it's okay to post up I-messed-up-but-I'll-make-a-post-of-it entries on this blog but there are so many more fails that success stories when it comes to refashioning for me. Often because you have a clear idea of what you want it to look like in your head and as you're working you begin to realize what a mess you have made.

I like to blame it on the fabric for the most part (I need a scapegoat) but here's one that did come out how I envisioned but did not look Haute-tastic on the model (i.e. me).

I got this top/dress thing for $1 and if you keep scrolling you will understand why...

 

 Seriously, this thing was hacked up! But I liked the color and wanted to make a sheer peplum from it but I failed... keep scrolling.

 I cut this thing in half and fixed the stitches. 

 Took the bottom half an folded together. I had the cool idea of making a bubble peplum, if that makes sense.

But I failed. I tried it on and it looks like I'm wearing a matching waist apron. So if I ever want to impress any guests when I'm hosting dinner, I will pull this baby out. But I won't further embarrass myself by posting a picture. 

  xo, Leslie of HauteThrift

Preggo Swing Coat

 

 

Hey guys, here's a minor transformation that took longer than expected.  I used this coat while pregnant, so I decided to make it non-preggo worthy. 

I took in the sleeves and the sides and got rid of the fancy shoulders.

For more pics, hop on over to HauteThrift.

Pants to Skirt

From this...

 

To this...

Hey all.. this was an easy project. All you have to do is cut the pants to the desired skirt length, leaving some seam allowance, of course. Adjust new front and back seams to desired fit and sew! Don't forget to leave a slit in the back otherwise, you'll be unable to walk. Ahem, Guilty.

More details over at HauteThrift

Shirt to Skirt

 

Interested in seeing more pics of the transformation?

Hop on over to HauteThrift.

x, Lc

Rompers Revived

My son seems to be growing faster than hes gaining weight. So onesies and rompers are probably a bad investment at the moment. But what shall I do with those that I was gifted?

The cool thing about rompers is that you can make the shirt as long as you want and they're wide around the belly making them perfect for when my baby gains a little chub in the future.

Now, what to do with the scraps...

x, Leslie from HauteThrift