Top to girls dress

I had this top from a clothes swap I went to last year. I was going to adapt and make it into a dress for myself. However, my daughter decided that she wanted it. So I look in the sides and bust darts, moved the zip and adjusted the shoulders and sleeves, et voila a dress suitable for a child.

More of my makes over on my blog.

Come take a look.
Claire

Scarf refashion - sort of

I was given a pile of square scarfs a while ago. This week I tried to make them into a dress for my daughter.

I rushed and the resulting item needs considerable work to make it really wearable.

Here's a couple of pics so far.

You can see what else I've been up to over on my blog :
Ragbagsandgladrags.blogspot.co.uk

Refashion Fail?

I made this a while ago, but am not that happy with it. Anyone got any good suggestions?

Before

After

Flower skirt to dress

All ready for summer in my recently refashioned dress. I love the colours in this and just didn't wear it as a skirt. hopefully will get more outings now. More details over on my blog

Ruffle Refashion

This is the rather quick refashion I did on a rather long and frumpy cardigan.

Before:

And after:

More details over on my blog.

The Movie Project 2012 - first make and a refashion as well!

I've set myself a challenge this year - to make clothes inspired by the movies.
This is my first - Inspired by the stunning Audrey Hepburn and her many iconic movie outfits.

This dress started out as a table cloth. and is now a versatile dress that I can accessorise as I wish, dress up or down. I might even wear it with my new Red or Dead silver glitter heels!

Pop over to my blog for more details. You might even consider taking part in the movie challenge as well!

Flower dress to skirt

I started out with this...

And turned it into this...

More details on my blog.

From tat to glam

Old satin shoes turned into lovely funky glam ones

Before

After

Details of how I did this are on my blog. please come along and take a look.

Skirt Refashion

Finally I finished it!

From this...

To this...

Find out more about how I did it and see my other creations on my blog.

Claire.

coming soon...

I haven't given up on my refashioning, just got slowed down a little. The Skirt refashion is taking much longer than expected, but will be here soon!

50's dress from a Next Kids dress

I made this a while ago, but haven't got around to posting about it. A few years ago I bought a dress from Next. It was from their Children's range, but being an age 16 it fitted. I loved the fabric on the skirt, but it was rather short, and being gathered from just under the bust it made me look pregnant.

So I used the lining to make a matching bodice, bought some fine cotton to line the dress with ( think that cost more than the dress had originally) et volia, one simple 50's style dress, teamed here with Red cardy and Doc Marten Mary Jane shoes.
you can see more of my creations at my blog - ragbagsandgladrags.blogspot.com

Mens shirt refashion

I made this Asymmetric paneled blouse from one of my husbands shirts.
It turned out pretty well. I've explained the process on my blog
http://ragbagsandgladrags.blogspot.com/2011/06/mens-shirt-refashion.html

Quick coat Improvement

I changed the rather frayed jute fastenings for some lovely polka dot ribbon. see more on my blog

Purple Silk Sensation

I made this dress and wore it to a theatre visit in London. See my blog for more info.
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