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Thrifted blouse to kids harem pants refashion
So this is the second instalment of the harem pants refashions and I am simply going to copy in the explanation from the first one. This is again another refashion from a pattern and the pattern in question is the Ottobre Design Autumn 4/2012 (7) Harem pants for toddlers. I love this pattern. The pants are awesome and
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Sorting through dress refashions
A couple of years ago I started-up the Refashion Co-op together with a group of editors. Over time we have had around 500 contributors come and some are gone again as we can only have 100 bloggers attached to the Blogger site at any one time. We have now reached nearly 3000 posts and have
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Silk blouse to kids harem pants refashion
This is again another refashion from a pattern and the pattern in question is the Ottobre Design Autumn 4/2012 (7) Harem pants for toddlers. I love this pattern. The pants are awesome and it is so easy to use the pattern for refashions of particularly t-shirts and beautiful cotton prints that are not stretchy at all. Let’s face it
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The best dress refashion tutorials!
Do you want to refashion an old dress from your wardrobe? Do you have an old pair of trousers you want to refashion into a dress? Well you’ve come to the right place to learn how to do this. This post is going to collect tutorials, tips and ideas on how to refashion dresses, refashion
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March knitting
I have been using Instagram a lot recently for two reasons. One it’s fun (and easy) to say it with pictures when you don’t have time to write a long story about what you are doing. Snap a quick picture and short description. Two my phone doesn’t take the best pictures so by Instagram’ing them
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Congratulations Refashion Co-op
Today is the Refashion Co-op’s 2nd birthday. I wrote a post on the RC that I am just going to quote a bit from: I think it’s good once in a while to remind everyone (both old and new) what it is we are all about and where we came from. Here goes… Back in
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The shirt refashion – from pattern
This refashion is both about shirts and about refashioning from a pattern. I think there is a lot to be said about refashioning from a pattern. It is very handy when the item you are trying to make is very far from the item you are refashioning. A good example of this is my
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Finally got time for some sewing again
My sister is visiting this weekend and the Grandparents are looking after Bess so we found time for finishing some sewing projects that have been lying around for a while. First is a bib-blouse made from acrylic coated table cloth material. Then there is the cute retro shorts made for Bess from her dads old
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T-shirt to retro shorts refashion
I found this great pattern for retro shorts for babies in the Ottobre magazine 3/2012. I knew at once that I wanted to use the left over fabric from my mothers old t-shirts (the same I made tights from). I love how they turned out and I have already cut out material for matching retro
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T-shirt to baby tights refashion
Its been a while since I have had fun with refashions but when I saw the suggestion in the tights tutorial by Made by Rae to use old t-shirts as material for baby tights (the ones I made a pair of yesterday) I was hooked. My mom donated some of her old good quality t-shirts
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Pictures from Bess’ naming party
We had Bess’ naming party at easter and a lot has happened since then so I never showed off any pictures. Here they are then: The table cloth and napkins I sewed. The easter eggs I made. The name tags I cut. The dress I found in a charity shop and added ribbons to. The
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