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WHICH ITEM SHOULD I REFASHION NEXT?

January 28, 2018~ SEWING, YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Help me choose which one I should refashion next! This is episode #5 of Refashion Vision, where I take you thrift shopping with me and I brainstorm right then and there how I’d refashion each clothing item.

This one was hard for me guys! It usually takes me 5-15 seconds before images and ideas pop into my mind but maybe because I took a 6 month break, I was rusty! But I was able to come up with cute ideas for all of the options at the end, whew!

Help me choose which item to refashion next by voting in the comments! The # with the most votes will be the one I’ll tackle next!

#UPDATE: #3 won, thank you for voting! To see what I transformed the XL pink men’s shirt into, click here to see it!

CLOTHING HACK MEN’S SHIRT TO DRESS | REFASHION DIY

January 19, 2018~ SEWING, YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Welcome to Refashion Revision where I take outdated clothes and turn it into new. In this episode, I show how to turn a XL men’s shirt into a girls’ dress with a cute sleeve detail.

BEFORE

AFTER

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DIY: Turn a XL women’s shirt into a girl’s dress

July 23, 2014~ SEWING

Before:

I found this shirt on sale for $10. I bought one for myself in XS and then saw another one in XL and immediately thought it’d make a cute little dress for my girls!

yeah, no, I did not put away those shoes around her to get better pictures. You’re talking to a mother of 3 little kids here, psh. please lower your expectations. 😉

Before/After:

Instructions:

1. Cut off the sleeves of the shirt.

2. Get a little girl’s dress to get the approximate sizing to compare to.

3. Place the sleeve of the girl’s dress on the cut sleeve and roughly trace, matching the width and the length, adding about 1.5 centimeters extra on both sides. Make sure the folded part is not cut(and keep the buttons on the cuff).

4. Cut the fabric following the trace to make smaller sleeves.

5. Cut the extra fabric off the sides of the body. You will have to cut the arm-hole smaller too.

6. Sew the smaller sleeves back on.

7. Using the extra fabric you cut off, cut off an oval shape similar to above.

8. Fold the edges twice and sew all the way around on all sides.

9. Ruffle the shorter curved side and sew it onto the top of the shoulder seam.

10. Using the extra fabric, make a waist-tie to use as a belt for the dress. For a tutorial, click here.

After:

What you’ll need:

-An oversized shirt

-matching thread

-needle or sewing machine

-scissors

Directions:

1. Cut off the sleeves of the shirt.

2. Get a little girl’s dress to get the approximate sizing to compare to.

4. Cut the fabric following the trace to make smaller sleeves.

5. Cut the extra fabric off the sides of the body. You will have to cut the arm-hole smaller too.

6. Sew the smaller sleeves back on.

7. Using the extra fabric you cut off, cut off an oval shape similar to above.

8. Fold the edges twice and sew all the way around on all sides.

9. Ruffle the shorter curved side and sew it onto the top of the shoulder seam.

10. Using the extra fabric, make a waist-tie to use as a belt for the dress. For a tutorial, click here.

Estimated time: 45 min.-1 hr.

Budget: just the cost of the dress(mine was $10!)

Skill level: a very confident beginner

DIY: thrift dress to origami peplum dress

November 19, 2012~ DIY DREAM HOUSE

I was a part of the Refashionista series with I am momma, hear me roar blog(check it out here), and this is the project I submitted. I went to the thrift store twice and went to a bunch of stores, hoping to find something I can refashion but had no luck! Discouraged, I went through my “I need to work on this…some day” file, and decided to go along with this dress I picked up this past Spring.

I purchased this dress at a thrift store for $4. At first glance I cringed a bit, but saw the potential with the beautiful neon green/yellow color and the polka dot fabric, so I brought it home with a goal to make it not cringe-worthy.