first dress

i found this material at one of my favorite thrift stores a few months back. i love that it has an old vintage look to it. i thought it was really pretty, so i couldn't pass it up. there were around 4 or 5 yards (??) & it only cost me $4!!

i've kind of been on a sewing from scratch kick lately. so this is what i made with that material:

my first dress!

as you can see from the first picture i still have a lot of this material left over. trying to figure out what i want to do with it next. hmmm? any suggestions?

i made the victory pattern ava dress right after this one, also with some thrifted corduroy material. you can't go wrong with thrifted material!!

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the striped thrifted shirt

remember my muumuu? the thrifted fabric i added to the length of that refashion is the fabric i used to make this shirt. i used the new look 6895 pattern.

first shirt made! overall, fairly successful project.

happy sewing/refashioning:)

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shirt refashion

from this:

to this:

happy refashioning:)

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hot pink + polyester = dress to skirt refashion

when i saw this dress,

i fell in love with the bottom & knew i wanted it as a skirt. 

i love the pleated pattern, the color & it's super comfy.

if anyone knows how to do this pleating & would like to share.....

please do! 

i don't understand what to do to make the pleats stay for good??...

after washing & such.

happy refashioning:)

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shirt & skirt refashion

it's a great day when you no longer hate bias tape!

here is a shirt & skirt refashion that i did over the weekend.

while it may be much warmer in CA then other parts of country, 

i was freezing taking this picture because you know....it's in the low 60's.

happy refashioning:)

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thrifted table cloth skirt

i was perusing through some blogs a couple weeks ago & came across this one. these ladies don't lie when they say this is a simple skirt.

happy sewing & refashioning:)

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shirt refashion

found this shirt.

saw this post;

which inspired me to do this.

i am really enjoying learning to sew!

only wish i would have started sooner....

dress to skirt

i found barney.

now to find waldo.

more pics @ fingers. chopsticks and bobbins.

happy refashioning:)

sweater refashion

i have been on this crazy pumpkin & butternut squash fix. so it was no surprise that i headed straight for this sweater. i've been looking for a oversized sweater. happy to have found one & for only 2 bucks:)

originally it looked like this.

boring right?

thrifted shirt

i found this shirt for only 50 cents(!) & just loved the colors. had to buy it!

oh but wait............it wasn't a shirt.

visit me @ fingers.chopsticks and bobbins to see how i decided to do it:)

the funky red shirt

v-neck.

check

pocket.

check 

but then it looks like a scrub top right?

oops. 

so, this is what i have come up with thus far:

for more pics of the after & different sleeve options, come visit me!

gathered skirt

about a month ago, a friend of mine found this skirt while we were thrifting one day. you can see that originally the skirt had two buttons left side of waist and it had pockets. it hit about mid calf.......and i'm not a fan of that length.

here is what it looked like before:

and here is what it looks like now:)

i just love this skirt! for more pictures and a tutorial, come visit me!

muumuu into shirt

i have always really liked the wild and crazy prints used to make muumuu's. i found this one at my favorite local thrift store here in sonoma county & figured i could do a shirt and a skirt; which i did both but i am happier with the shirt. so that is what i am posting. here's the before picture:

i added some different fabric to the bottom of the shirt. this is what it looks like now:) 

hummmmmm???

the only reason why i bought this dress is because of the neck line. i just loved it the minute i saw it hanging there, oh so lonely. wishing that someone would bring it home, give it a makeover and love it from then forward.

i love how it turned out. especially since this is my first refashion! check out the after pictures here:)