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Tutorial: Use color blocking to add length to a skirt

May 26, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Michael Ann from Michael Ann Made guest blogs in Skirt Week at Crafterhours with a tutorial showing how you can use a simple color blocking technique to add extra length to a skirt.  This is a great fix for a… Read more ...

Read all about it: Tips and tricks for refashioning sweaters

May 23, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Jody Pearl gives some tips and tricks for cutting and resewing sweaters to create a beautiful upcycled garment.  The stretchy knit of a sweater handles differently under the needle than a woven fabric, but she gives tips for cutting the… Read more ...

Tutorial: Little girl’s flutter sleeve t-shirt dress

May 22, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Disney from Ruffles and Stuff shows how to make a little girl’s dress with flutter sleeves.  The dress is a refashion from an adult-sized shirt, so all she had to do was recut the sides to fit a small child’s … Read more ...

Tutorial: Refashion full length leggings into ruffled shorties

May 17, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Kymy from Everything Your Mama Made & More shows how to turn a pair of full-length leggings into ruffled shorties.  The extra length that you lop off to turn them into shorts is used to make the rows of ruffles… Read more ...

Tutorial: Add 1-2 inches to your jeans waist by giving them a sash

May 15, 2012 by Anne Weaver

PC from MeiJo’s Joy shows what to do when the waist of your favorite pair of jeans no longer fits comfortably.  Rather than squeezing yourself in, she shows how to remove the waistband and replace with it a tie sash. … Read more ...

Tutorial: Neon banded cardigan from a boxy top

May 14, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Kate from See Kate Sew shows how she added a pop of the neon trend to a boxy top, turning it into a cardigan in the process.  Cute!  Get the how-to. [photo from See Kate Sew]… Read more ...

Tutorial: Make a bouquet of t-shirt roses

May 14, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Heather from  The Sewing Loft  shares a fun project in Green Child magazine for using a child’s outgrown t-shirts.  She cuts them into strips and turns them into fabric flowers.  I think this would also be a neat way to… Read more ...

Tutorial: Give “mom jeans” a lower waistband

May 13, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Jeans.  There doesn’t seem to be a happy middle ground between the 1-inch show your crack super low rise jeans, and the high waisted much mocked “mom jeans”.  J from Jillian’s Refashions came up with a solution.  She took a… Read more ...

Sewing Tutorial: Girl’s maxi dress t-shirt refashion

May 11, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Melissa Mortenson from fourteen may and The Polkadot Chair shows how to make a girl’s maxi dress out of a t-shirt and some pretty yardage.  If you’re new to sewing but want to try your hand at making a little… Read more ...

Tutorial: Designer-inspired silk scarf and denim patchwork shirt

April 30, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Donatella from Inspiration & Realisation shows how to make her denim and silk twill pieced shirt, inspired by a similarly styled Dolce & Gabana shirt.  Her version is a refashion, combining an old denim shirt and a silk scarf.  I’m… Read more ...

Lookie what she made: Boho bubble top refashion

April 28, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Cath Grace shows the fabulous bubble top she made for her daughter.  It’s a refashion, made from two thrifted shirts.  The result is deliciously boho, in a bright palette that tweens will love.  Read more and see more photos at … Read more ...

Tutorial: Reshape a long jumper to a chic fitted dress

April 27, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Head over to It’s Always Autumn to see how a long blue linen jumper because a chic fitted dress.  I love this refashion!  The shorter, more fitted dress flatters the figure.  She used some of the fabric she cut from… Read more ...

Sewing Tutorial: Little girl’s playdress refashioned from an adult t-shirt

April 25, 2012 by Anne Weaver

LiEr from ikat bag shares a tutorial on Project Run and Play showing how she refashioned an adult’s long-sleeved t-shirt into this cute little playdress for her daughter.  The shirt had been practical maternity wear, but hadn’t been worn much… Read more ...

Tutorial: Cuffed skirt refashioned from a pair of pants

April 17, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Sheri from Sew Much Fun and Awesomesauce & Asshattery shows how she refashioned an unloved pair of pants into an awesome new cuffed skirt for herself.  Get the tutorial. [photo from Awesomesauce & Asshattery]… Read more ...

Tutorial: Give a shapeless tee structured shoulders

April 15, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Starsweare from The Style Workshop shows how she refashioned a rather shapeless v-neck t-shirt into one with structured shoulders and a drapey neck.  To give the shoulders more shaping, she added in some shoulder pads that she had taken out… Read more ...
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