Hello all! I hope everyone had a good weekend. I did a ton of sewing that I’ll talk about later, and I threw together this 45 minute dress refashion. Yup, you read that right – 45 minutes! Take a look at the before and after Now, you might be asking why I did this in Read the Rest…
Today I’m going to show you how I refashioned my 1990s grunge men’s flannel into something more presentable in 2013. I started by carefully cutting off the sleeves. Then I tried on the shirt inside out, and with chalk, marked my shoulder points, bust, and hip. Then I used the measuring tape on Read the Rest…
So after all my teasing yesterday, here is the project – dyed turquoise skinny jeans. I had Tater take some pictures today so I could get them on the blog, since Hubby doesn’t get home until after dark. I am sooooo happy with how these turned out. And total amount I spent on the jeans Read the Rest…
This was originally a guest post over on Keeping It Simple., but in case you missed it…Today I’m going to show you how I did my latest t-shirt refashion I started with a men’s size small V-neck that I picked up for $2 at Old Navy. I did have to make it a little smaller Read the Rest…
Kaysi at Keeping It Simple is letting me guest post today. Click on the button above to see the tutorial on how I made this: And while you’re there, take a look around – Kaysi has lots of cute stuff on her site. Like the ruffled bag she posted earlier today. If you Read the Rest…
The last ReInvention of the series! This isn’t what I planned at the beginning of the month (which means you’ll still be seeing ReInventions – just not every Sunday now) but I really like it, and of course it goes with all the Valentine’s stuff I’m seeing in blogland lately. I’m all for holiday attire, Read the Rest…
Second to last ReInvention of this series, wow! I can’t believe that stack of stuff to reinvent is almost gone. This is what I started with this time – a Land’s End fine gauge cardigan from the thrift store in a size Large. First I took off all the buttons, then I chopped off the Read the Rest…
This was a super simple ReInvention. On my last trip to the thrift store, I was searching for longer tops that I could wear like tunic tops with skinny jeans. This top caught my eye because of the pretty apple green color and the neckline, but it was an extra-large and I’m an extra-small. No Read the Rest…
My second ReInvention, a pretty quick and easy one. This sweater started out as this It’s a rayon/nylon/angora blend that got a little felted, which is why I think it was at the thrift store. It’s marked as a size large, but clearly is not that big as it fits my XS self fine. And Read the Rest…
This was my sewing chair Functional but ugly. I’ve had recovering it on my to do list for quite a while. So I finally did it. It took about an hour, which made me wonder why I waited so long. First, I unscrewed the seat and the seat back. I was left with the frame, Read the Rest…
