Independence Day Refashions

Well, I've signed on for another two months.  I am really enjoying the way my thinking has changed with regards to thrifting and repurposing.  It seems I am able to look at a lot more things and see what they could be, rather than what they currently are.  I love reading everyone's posts; it's all so inspiring!

Yesterday I had hours and hours of sewing time.  HOORAY!  I haven't had that much uninterrupted sewing time in... well... I don't know!  Here's what I created:

I used two embarrasingly-ratty t-shirts to create the appliques on these two basic, boring red shirts for my boys.  I'm very pleased with the result.




For this one I cut out the applique from a past year's t-shirt and sewed it onto a plain onesie.  I used the sleeves of a dollar store t-shirt to make the little skirt, with some inspiration from this blog.  I used a little scrap of ribbon for the faux tie.


 
And finally, a refashion for MYSELF!  I started with this pair of thrift store jeans.
 

 I cut the legs off, removed the wide hem, and reattached i to create a new pair of capris!  I am somewhat short, so finding capris or shorts that don't look RIDICULOUS on me is quite difficult.  I love this solution!

I have more details about my Independence Day refashions on my blog.

And, one more true GARBAGE recycle for the road...

 
A juice pouch belt! 
(Find my tutorial here.)

Happy Refashioning!