If I was going to make a coat, this is the coat I'd imagine. There are so many unique features (the hood, the buttons, the secret pockets) and I especially like how the bottom scoops in the front. I needed a new coat, so I found this at the thrift store Value Village for a measley $8.
Also this week, the fabric store was having a HUGE sale. These patterns were cheap! I'm going to start one tomorrow. I'm excited to work with a pattern. 
oookay so i've been dabling with stamping fabric...
i got some of that cheap craft foam, those 8.5 x 11'' ones, in a tacky color... and some styrofoam blocks. I cut out a design from the foam and hot-glued it to the styro....
then i mixed a little paint with some fabric medium... and WA-LA!
i think it turned out pretty damn cute! And it's an awesome way to cover up crazy stains (and i'm a stain magnet)!!! YAY!!! totally cheap and unique... will do it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This refashion starts with a blah, shapeless mess:
And ends with a kind of neo-preppy tee:
For more details and a link to the tutorial I used to resize the tee, visit my blog, Darling Petunia!
I found that I have three pairs of jeans that I never wear anymore. So this week I made two of them into jean skirts. I have not exactly decided what to do with the third pair but as soon as I do I will post a picture of it too.
This used to be my favorite pair but alas I wore them to much and they became very threadbare.
I wanted the skirt a little shorter so I ripped out the bottom seam in the pocket and sewed it back on once the skirt part was attached.
This is the other skirt it is full length and done very simerlarly to another one that was posted on here.Please pardon the pics.
I have been having trouble taking good pictures of myself.
Till later.
Elizabeth
Yesterday I tried my hand at the "cheeky panties" pattern on Burdastyle. For anyone that has never, ever tried to make underwear before... start here! The pattern is *so* easy to print -FOR FREE- and the instructions and a complete how-to with pictures are available. I had mine whipped up from an old T-shirt in no-time, used some 3mm soft elastic for the leg openings and the band (as instructed) for the waist. I love them! Fit is perfect, eventhough my T-shirt fabric was beaten up and worn and not so stretchy anymore. The legholes looked professional. The only thing I would change is the amount of fabric covering the bum-area. The cut is quite high in the back (to my taste) and a bit low in the front. (No, I checked, I did not put it wrong way round :-). So, a bit too much cheek showing there for a non-thong design. On the Burdastyle site there are already lots of adaptations of this pattern going 'round and you will probably find it is very easy to adapt the style of fit you want.
Another mistake I made was that I did not use a jersey needle in my serger and therefore the fabric around the seams is a bit cut. I am figuring these panties will not last long because of this, but it was a try-out anyway. So, no piccies of this one, but the next ones will definately be photographed! If you cannot wait that long, go check out the creations of other burdastyle members here.
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This is my first post to Wardrobe Refashion. I would love to start with this piece that I finished last night. It started it's life as a second hand size 18 lacy button up shirt (thank you Adra op shop) and a single bedsheet (also secondhand at the op shop) I fitted the bodice, shaping it on the dress form,adding darts ect and making the armholes smaller. I then
added the waistband and aline skirt (cut from the sheet) I finally added the lovely slightly puffy
sleeves that were cut from the larger ones, and hemmed it. This is how it turned out
It has a definite colonial style to it.
This is what the shirt looked like before....
And this is what it looks like now:
We've been in a drought for so long that I wouldn't dare complain about it being such a rainy week!
Still, it puts a damper on the spirits, so I decided to take a long-forgotten shirt and make something fun and sunny. It was a shirt from when I was a lot bigger so there was plenty of fabric available to work with.
I fiddled with pattern after pattern - all afternoon - but didn't hit on the right thing until I laid out the pattern pieces for a bikini.
I figure the sun will come out....eventually!
Okay so I've been busy with my mending pile (2boxes and an overflowing basket) and preparing my refashions. I've taken all the before photos so I can post befores and afters.
I'm also planning a Tea Party for my daughters 7th birthday which will involve making a princess costume from material in my stash and chair covers to pretty up the table (from stash and op shop).
Will post more after they're finished.
