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Katja from Of Dreams and Seams shows she made this cool top – out of a pair of pants!  The pinstripe pants she used gives the top a sophisticated edge.   Get the tute at Of Dreams and Seams.

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Check out the super cute button art that Laura Bray from katydiddy made!  She shares the fun project on her blog.  I love the red buttons and matching red hoop!!  Would you believe that they both started out gold?  She …

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Agy from Green Issues added a pop of color to a little black dress with stripes of brightly colored ribbon.  The angled and criss-crossing stripes give the plain dress a modern edge.  I love this idea!!  Read more about her

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Cindy from Bumblebee & Sophie posts on her blog about the yard sale sweater she refashioned into this cute little girl’s jacket.  The felted wool will be warm for the colder months, but what’s most striking is all the little …

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Check out this awesome kid’s Explorer Sash made by Randi from An Eclectic Mess and Dukes & Duchesses!  The raw-edged fabric sash has all the loops and pockets a young explorer needs to keep his (or her) tools at hand and …

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Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shares a fun idea on her blog for using leftover bits of foldover elastic.  If you have 7″ of it, you have enough to make a little hairband.  (A children’s boutique in my town is …

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Little Apple Seed shares photos of the 7 new items she made out of one thrifted dress.  The dress (shown here) was $3.99, and she used the fabric from it to make a sewing machine cover, an iPad cover, nursing …

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Just because a pattern is made for one type of garment doesn’t mean you can’t use it to make another.  Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs used her basic t-shirt pattern to resize a thrifted dress so that it fits her …

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Jill from Homemade by Jill has a cool idea for using those long skinny strips of fabric that your serger cuts off as it sews.  She bundled some of them together and made a little pom pom hair accessory for …

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Lizzie B from C & C shares a fun way to repurpose some less-than-attractive elastic waist pants.  She turned them into pleated high waist pants.  What a transformation!  Her project is part of her Granny Chic series, and she shares …

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Magdalena from ClouDesign shows the cool vest thast she made from the bottoms of a couple of pairs of jeans.  (She used the denim left over after she cut them off to  make shorts.)  The vest is cute enough left plain, but …

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Jessica from Running With Scissors shares photos on her blog of a fabulous maxi dress she made – from a vintage sheet.  The sheet she started with had a border print which ended up running around the hem.  How cool …

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Julie Kundhi from julie-k created fabric tags that she sewed on to her daughter’s favorite stuffed animals.  They serve as permantently attached ID tags that will help Puppy and Gnocchi (the stuffed dog and cat) make their way back home …

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KJ from Let’s Go Fly a Kite shows the retro-awesome bowling shirt she made for her daughter.  She gives a couple of links to patterns and tutorials for making a bowling shirt from scratch, but hers is actually refashioned from …

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Erica Louise from Recycled Fashion shows off her pretty new dress.  It’s a classic sheath dress made from a patchwork fabric.  She made the patchwork from a set of upholstery samples. Because they all came from one set of samples, the colors …

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