The 90 degree trick, again!

Ok, I warned you... here comes my simplest re-fashion EVER. But I believe it's worth posting anyway, and I hope you agree...

I had this really, really wide knit sweater, which I actually liked. The problem was that I couldn't really wear it under coats without looking like a stuffed turkey, that's how wide it was in the torso... :-)

I couldn't just take the sides in, because the sleeves would have ended up too short. So I did the 90 degree trick again, as in my last refashion project HERE...

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a before-shot. Here is one, after cutting into the sides, but you can still see the original shape/size...:

What happens now? You cut open the sleeves and turn them into the bodice, while the bodice pieces become the sleeves:

For a little more information on the process, please visit my blog HERE. But as I said, it's so simple it was done in three steps... :-)
My next refashion is a bit more complex again, I promise!

Best to all of you,
Katja

49 Cent Friday: T-Shirt to Girl's Dress Refashion

Hey everyone! I started a new Friday series on my blog Diary of a Madmama, called 49 Cent Friday Refashions. I've had such good luck with 49-cent thrift store finds, that I decided to dedicate each Friday to posting a new refashion using said finds.

Here's my latest post in the series...hope you enjoy it!

I started out with a plain pink t-shirt that I got for (you guessed it) 49-cents!

The shirt fit me (except for being too snug in the neck), so my daughter tried it on...

She doesn't look too impressed does  she?

I decided to turn this too-big top into a cute dress by taking in the sides and sleeves, and then adding some length using shirts she had outgrown...

To add the extra length on the dress, I simply cut the bottom (hemmed) edge off of each shirt, and then sewed them onto the edge of (what ended up being) her new dress. 

To finish it off, I made a fabric flower using some of the scraps from the t-shirt I took in.

When I was all done, this is what it looked like...

So what do you think? No doubt my daughter was very happy with the end result! 

To view more of my refashions and crafting adventures (or for more details on this one) check out the Diary of a MadMama blog! :)

Thought you guys might be interested ...over the next week or so I'm going to be sharing tutorials on my blog; on how I took a pile of old jewelry (before picture on the right) and remade it into some of the handmade pieces below.... There's a bit of info on the reason behind it on my blog...

Pillow Case Tote

From this....

To this....



I have a complete tutorial on my blog.....Got It At Goodwill.  It's quick and easy, give it a try!

Refashion: Resize A Sweater

Awhile back I had a friend of mine give me a bunch of clothes. In that bag there were a lot of sweaters and cardigans. I never really liked the color, but my younger sister LOVED it and begged me to sew it down to fit her. So I did! :)

 

As you can see here the sweater fit's her really well...and as you can see below the sweater started out much too big:

 

I will warn you that the tutorial I'm about to show you would be pretty hard, or probably impossible, to do yourself...unless you added a lot more steps and worked slower. Either way, this tutorial was made to help you get through the steps of refashioning a sweater for someone else. Possibly your daughter. :)

 

 

1. Have the person who the sweater is being resized for try on the sweater inside out. Pin along the arms and sides of the sweater. Try not to twist the sweater while you're pinning it.

2. Sew along the pins through the sweater to create the new seam.

3. Now your sweater will look fairly funky as you can see in photo 3.

4. Use a good zigzag stitch multiple times. Sweaters unravel easily and after you go to all this work you won't want to have it fall apart.

5. Trim along the new edge of the sweater. Be very careful not to cut into any of the stitching since this will cause the stitches to eventually bust and the sweater will fall apart.

6. Now all the edges are fixed!

 

This was a V-neck sweater which was much too low for my sister to be wearing so I took the scraps from the edges of the sweater to build a piece that went in the V-neck to make it higher. If you're interested in doing this yourself please check out the original tutorial for this sweater refashion!

 

Helen @ Blue Eyed Beauty Blog

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