Dress Shirt to Shirt Dress

Hello dear readers!

I apologize for not posting for over month.

I have been quite ill for the last two months...

on the up side.. I'm expecting!!

Anyway.. so I've been very very very slowly working on a refashion.

And it is finally done!
(Click on photo's to enlarge them)

Before.. a very large men's dress shirt

Now.. a cute shirt dress for me!

And the back :)

and a twirl

Wow I look so tall here!

I have yet to gush about it on my blog,

so check back soon for all the details.

I'm thinking of replacing the little white buttons with larger black ones..
What do you think?

~Yelena~

Ruched Strap Cover

After making Scrappy the Snake 

I want to use up more of my leftover fabrics.

So yesterday I made this strap cover for my camera.

Completely out of leftovers!

Want to make your own?
Follow my tutorial here. 

~Yelena~

Scrappy the Snake

I have a few scraps projects that I would like to do,

but just never seem to get around to them.

Thanks to the Refashion Co-Op book giveaway,

I decided to make a few projects this week.

Meet Scrappy the Snake!

 Made completely out of scraps :)

For those of you who like to see the making of

and for that extra ticket to win the book

here is my Scrappy the Snake tutorial:

Have fun making a snake for your snake lovers :)

~Yelena~

Jacket to wallet

This was definitely a fun refashion/repurpose :)

...Before...

a leather jacket 

 

...Now...

a wallet for my husband

Read more here. 

Thanks for letting me share :)

~Yelena~

Power Phrase

Last week I purchased a sewing book.

Stitch by Stitch: Learning to Sew, One project at a Time

by Deborah Moebe

Today I would like to share with you something from the book

that I have decided to live by in my sewing world :)

Power Phrase #3

When you finish a project you've sewed from scratch, there is always a strong temptation to apologize for the flaws. Say you've just whipped up a cute skirt and someone says, "Cute skirt!" Don't reply to that compliment by saying, "Yeah, but the hem is uneven, and the pocket didn't turn out the way that I wanted ..." Heck, no! Always say, "Thanks! It turned out really well." Plus, it prompts them to say, "Did you make that?" To which you can reply, "Yes. Yes, I did."

I hope this will help you to be a more confident sewist

as much as it is already helping me :)

~Yelena~

Scraps to Doll

OK I don't know if you can classify this as a refashion...

But I did use scraps of fabric and yarns left over from other projects..

I hate to throw away scraps and I love to use them up :)

This was a fun way to do it!
 

If you want to know how I made it

You can read about it here.

~Yelena~

Thanks for letting me share :)

Jackets to baby shoes...

I want to make some baby shoes for sale and gifts...

I need you to help me decide which ones I should make

and from which jacket :)

Here are the jackets:

And here are the shoes:

(some more info on why I want to make them)

You can click on the photos to enlarge them :)

Thanks so much

~Yelena~

Skirt to Dress

Ok here it is!
The dress I was working on...

The one I let you have a sneaky peaky of earlier this week :)

BEFORE:

NOW:

The tutorial

(if you can call it that)

(it's more of a process)

can be found here. 

Thanks for letting me share :)

~Yelena~

edit...
Here is a photo of me in it :)

Hello!

I am super exited to be a part of Refashion Co-op!

Thank you so much for letting me share with all of you!

I have been following Refashion Co-op for a few months and was so inspired that I started sewing more. And in the hopes that I’ll refashion more I even started my own blog Yelena's Nest. And guess what... so far it’s working!

I got my sewing machine and stash bin out of hiding, and although I haven’t refashioned many things, I have a few projects finished, a few on the way and of course lots more is added every week. And I can’t wait to share them with you!

I will try my best to post on here often, but with all of you waiting, that won’t be a problem!

Here is a dress I refashioned recently

Before

Now

Not a major refashion, but I can now wear this dress without looking too mommy-ish
(more of the process here)

Here is a bit of a sneaky peaky at my current dress refashion

(and this one is for the challenge) 

Well technically it's only a part of the dress :)

The dress is coming along, I wish I could say smoothly, but it hit a few bumps.

Not to worry though, the bumps have been smoothed out

and the dress just needs a few finishing touches.

 Today is the 17th, and that means I have less than 4 days to finish it and post it here!

Yikes! I better get a move on it!

Thanks again for letting me share and I am looking forward to sharing some more!

~Yelena~