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Tutorial: Make a thrifted dress or shirt fit you

September 9, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Stephanie from Sisteroo shows how she transformed some illfitting and rather unattractive thrift store clothing into clothes with fit and style.  The dress you see here used to be a long droopy sad sack of a dress.  She also shows… Read more ...

Sewing Pattern – Make a little girl’s sundress from a woman’s skirt

September 7, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Jen from My Own Road shows how she created this cute sundress for her little girl out of a thrifted skirt.   The skirt would come down to the knees on a woman, but is long enough to make a full… Read more ...

Sewing Pattern – Make a little girl’s sundress out of mommy’s apron

August 26, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Kelli and Kristi from Lolly Jane share a tutorial at Honest To Nod showing how to make a cute little girl’s sundress (or sleeveless tunic top) from an apron.  Because most of the sewing is already done for you –… Read more ...

Tutorial: “Tee”zer skirt for girls from tulle and a tee

August 26, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Megan from Brassy Apple guest blogs in the Dress Your [School] Girl series at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make her “Tee”zer Skirt for girls – a super cute skirt from tulle and an old… Read more ...

Tutorial: Sail Away School Dress

August 23, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Kalleen from At Second Street guest blogs in the Dress Your [School] Girl series at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make her Sail Away School Dress, a back-to-school skirt and matching top with a nautical… Read more ...

Tutorial: Upcycled Sweater Refashion for little girls

August 18, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shows how she createed the Upcyled Sweater Refashion for her daughter’s fall collection.  It started out as an adult-sized V-neck sweater, and ended up a little gir’s empire waist sweater.  I love the little covered… Read more ...

Tutorial: Quick and easy tank from a boxy tee

August 17, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Jen from Upcycled Education guest blogs at Crafterhours with a tutorial showing how to reshape a boxy t-shirt into a tank with a gathered neck.  The boxy tee is sooo much cooler as a tank!!  It’s a quick, easy refashion… Read more ...

In my humble opinion: Is it really recycling?

August 11, 2011 by Anne Weaver

So here’s a question that’s been nagging at the back of my brain every time I dig through my “donate” pile and pull out a garment to repurpose into something else:  Can we really call that recycling?  Don’t get me… Read more ...

Read all about it: Use up those scrap t-shirt sleeves!

August 10, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Have you ever noticed how often a t-shirt refashion ends up with a pair of left over sleeves?  They’re perfectly good knit fabric, but they’re small.  What to do with them?  Crafting a Green World has some ideas for using… Read more ...

Lookie what she made: Little girl’s wool jacket from a sweater

August 9, 2011 by Anne Weaver

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… Read more ...

Tutorial: Make a baby hat from a turtleneck

August 8, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Maridith from Strictly Homemade guest blogs in the Sew Chic Upcycling series on Seamingly Smitten with a tutorial showing how to create this super cute baby hat out of a turtleneck.  The turtleneck came off of a shirt she had… Read more ...

Tutorial: Turn denim scraps into stamps

August 6, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Crafting a Green World shares a cool idea for using the scraps of denim left over from a jeans refashioning project.  They show how to use them to make spiral stamps.  The stamp the spiral designs on to paper, but… Read more ...

Tutorial: Make a headband from upcycled cuffs

August 3, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shares a tutorial telling how she upcycled a pair of sleeve cuffs into a beautiful headband.  Brilliant!!  The cuffs are already finished on the edges, so it’s just a matter of sewing them into one… Read more ...

Lookie what she made: Halter top from a man’s button down shirt

August 2, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Lookie what Zoe from So, Zo… What Do You Know? made from a man’s button down shirt!  This halter top is sooo cute!!  Rows of shirring across the back give it a nice fit.  And I’m loving the way she… Read more ...

Tutorial: Dot Dot Dot tee refashion

July 30, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Disney from Ruffles and Stuff takes a plain tee and makes it polka-dotted pretty for her daughter.  She shares a tutorial showing how she did it.  Get the tute. [photo from Ruffles and Stuff]… Read more ...
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