simple shirt refashions

I took parts of old tops (sleeves and a pocket) and added them to new tops in order to create something unique.

Refashioned wool sweater

This sweater was about to be consigned to the bin because of a large hole near the hem, which you can see in the photo, but I liked the colour and it was good quality 100% wool so decided to rescue it.

My plan was to cut away the holey area, and the sleeves to make something wearable.

I was worried about fraying but this sweater was somewhat felted and it didn't fray following the surgery.

Using fabric from stash, which used to be a shirt, to add length, and the usable parts of the original hem to bind the armholes, resulted in this:

There are more photos and details here

And I feel its cheating if I don't include a photo of it being worn.

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Open Invitation

Opps.  I forgot about the 'dry clean only' tag on this wool jacket when I dumped all my thrift store finds into the wash.

It's too small now.  Good thing I was gonna refashion it anyway!

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Give the Cat a Name

 

More Pattern Mixing

Hello Refashion Co-op. I decided to put these two shirts together and make a dress.

I cut the body off this shirt.

I also cut two long pieces from the arms of the sleeves.

I used those two pieces to make this striped shirt bigger. (It was too tight before.)

You can see how I added the patterned pieces to the shirt here. I attached the striped shirt to the patterned shirt and I had a dress. It is basically a long T-shirt.

This is my Avengers pose.

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Swapping body parts

It all started when I visited a local eco fair and saw some cool shirts for sale. Basic T-shirt shapes are not flattering on me, but I loved the unique prints, so I snapped one up in the largest size they had - I knew I would end up refashioning it in some way, so wanted as much fabric as possible.

The weather finally started to cool down a bit, and I realized I don't really have any long sleeved T-shirts (I'm rarely cold enough for sweaters).
I dug out the T-shirt, and pondered. After a bit more rifling through the refashioning bags, I found a $3 thrifted bargain - a huge, soft man's shirt, new, with tags.

I chopped off the sleeves off both shirts, and trimmed the grey ones to flatten the sleevehead more like the ones from the blue T. I overlocked them on, and did a topstitch around the seam.
Then I cut away the neck, and used the hem of the man's shirt to make a contrast edge, again overlocking on and topstitching.
It's still a sloppy shape, but will be a cosy winter top that I can throw on with jeans! More on the blog.