Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Make a Puffed Sleeve Top from an old nightie
summer tops.
flanelette bed spread to cut summer top. blogged about here http://charlottesewfarsewgood.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/opow-day-three.html
refashions that I wore today
Hi, I am Missy and I am a thrift store addict. However, lately I've been putting those shopping trips to good use. I started a business named Love Flow Creations, where I take trift store cast offs that are doomed to be tossed into a landfill, and give them some loving refashioning, then send them off with my customers to a new and happy home. I have started a blog inspired by Desiree's blog " Pull Your Socks Up". My blog under the Love Flow Creations' name is similar in that I post pictures of what I wear each day and a little about my daily events. In this photo is a skirt I made from an old sweatshirt and part of a pair of Guinness jammies. Have a great Monday.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Last of the Winter Refashions
I haven't done any spring refashions yet, so here are two older ones. Both of these were free - given by a friend or swapped at a, well, swap - both did not require me to buy any notions, and both ended up with little or no waste. The sweater was an XL, but fit like a medium and was fine everywhere except that the sides of the waist were too big. The pants were those ultra-trendy ones of a few years ago, where you had to wear them with boots. I never liked the way this pair was so low-rise (and felt silly in them), and thought that since the legs were so wide, they would make a good pants-to-skirt refashion. 
You can see on the before picture where I have pinned the sweater. After I sewed this and cut off the extra, I had two curved pieces. The sweater had seams up the sides, so I carefully ripped that out and ended up with 4 curved pieces, which I rolled up into 4 flowers. On the pants, I decided to use some of the extra fabric from the bottom (there was a lot in those cuffs) to insert 4 godets, one on each side and in the front and back. Thanks for looking! 
You can see on the before picture where I have pinned the sweater. After I sewed this and cut off the extra, I had two curved pieces. The sweater had seams up the sides, so I carefully ripped that out and ended up with 4 curved pieces, which I rolled up into 4 flowers. On the pants, I decided to use some of the extra fabric from the bottom (there was a lot in those cuffs) to insert 4 godets, one on each side and in the front and back. Thanks for looking! 
A Spring Give-Away
Click on over to my blog to enter to win this refashioned necklace - upcycled from vintage brooches, earrings, and other bits.