Red Shirt Re-Do

Happy Wednesday Everyone.

I was off today which enabled me to work on a few things that I have been putting off.   To start with, my Son had this beautiful Red Polo Shirt, that he had out grown and I re-made it into a peek a boo shoulder, shirt.  Perfect for the Fourth of July.  This was not super easy , but it wasn't super hard either. Everything went relatively  smoothly, after I figured out how I wanted to re-size it.

Tutorial

Things you need

1. Old shirt, not to big

2. Sewing machine

3. Scissors

4. Thread same color as your shirt

5. Large Safety Pins

6.Chalk

1. I cut out two triangles at the shoulder, once you cut one, use that as a template  for the other side. Be careful not to cut it too big.

2. Turn your shirt inside out .Grab one of the shirts  that fits you perfect. Lay that on top of your shirt and mark with chalk.

3. Pin your shirt with safety pins,  Turn your shirt to the back, see the pleat going down the middle? I pinned that down on both sides. Then try it  on to see how it fits.  If everything fits well, sew where you pinned,  I also stitched around where I cut the triangles out to keep it from fraying.

4. Roll up the sleeves and pin them or stitch them.

5. I also hemmed just the back, to make it shorter that the front.

Two more days until the long weekend!

<3

Anne

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Project Re-Style # 2

Yay!!! My second Re-Style project down . If you are just tuning in,  I am doing one Re-Style project a week for a year.  Click here for details. HERE .  I decided to make a faux fur hoodie vest.  It took me about 3 to 4 hours, and  I did mine over the course of two days.  I used one of G's ( My Son) old Hoodies and transformed it.    This does require a bit of sewing on the sewing machine, but it is just  a straight stitch.  All you have to do is  let your imagination take hold, and you can do almost  anything with this.  Here is the tutorial in Black and White, because it was easier to see that way. Let the transformation begin.

Kind of my inspiration

Thing you will need:

1. Old Hoodie

2. Scissors

3. Pins

4. Sewing Machine

5. About 1 and 1/2 yards of faux fur

(I used a blanket I found on sale cheap.)

6. Thread

7. Imagination

 
Tutorial

Take an old Hoodie, this one the zipper was broken.

Cut off the sleeves.

Cut off the bottom band.

Cut the Zipper off  both ends of the bottom band.

Cut the  Zipper off the front of Hoodie

Hem edge of the bottom band.

Measure where I have marked with a dotted line, for the fur.

Cut the fur about 4 to 5 inches wide, one long strip the length you measured for the above photo.

Pin the fur, RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, to the edge of the vest, where you cut the zipper off,  all the way around the hood and back down to the other side.  As Marked.

I pulled out this tie (as marked above), because I wanted to reinsert it when I was done, and I did not want to  accidentally sew it into the fur.

Sew along the edge All the way around, as marked.   Take your time this furry stuff  was just a little harder to deal with.

Fold the fur back over to the inside of the garment and pin all the way around.  Then sew where the white dotted line is.

 
 Be careful around the hood not to sew shut the space where the tie goes, if you want to reinsert it.

 

Place the bottom band right sides together back on the bottom of the  garment, Pin and sew where it is marked.

Grab a big safety pin, Pin  it to the tie and reinsert it  back into the hood( if you want to, not necessary) I did.

All done !
You can iron the seam at the bottom band, to make it lie flat. 
If you have any questions, please email me.




2 down 50 to go 

  I am going to try and do one every Monday.

Have a Great Day Everyone.

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A Mini Re-style

 Ok everyone, I am doing a little experiment with  the leftovers from the Re-Style that I am posting on Monday.  I hope all of  you tried to make the  
Easy, Peasy Scarf.    
This mini Re-Style is a necklace made out of one of the sleeves of something that I am Re-styling. I really liked how it turned out.  The color version is not good because the article of clothing that I used is red, and RED just did not look good on film. It was too much of a good color screaming at me . I converted the color to black and white. The material is sweatshirt,  and it does not stretch like the tee shirt material, but  I stretched it a little anyway to make it look worn. I made one out of a tee shirt sleeve as well. Lets give this necklace a name shall we.  Lets call this necklace the Stringy Necklace.   Ok,  here are the instructions. 
Have fun..

Stringy Necklace

Tutorial

Cut your sleeve

Find the seam and cut towards it..  This will make the seam the back of the necklace.

Like so

Stretch out your pieces and your done.

Here is the tee shirt one.  Two different looks.

 Happy Sunday Everyone.! Hope to see you on Monday.

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Another Vest?

Are you tired of seeing these yet.  I think this will be my last vest, Maybe.  This one is a little more dressy.  A gray jacket that my sister gave me, with the tags still on .  I don't know why I did not like,  it just did nothing as a jacket . I think that it wanted to be a vest all along. Now it screams with personality. You could dress this up with a skirt or slacks, or down with a pair of jeans or even shorts and a flirty shirt  in the Spring.  See the ideas are endless. I never take pictures of myself, but I was dressed and I was limited on time. This is how I wore the vest today.  I guess Gray is my new Black.

Before

After

Still putting away Christmas :)

I am sure this vest will have many adventures.

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Zippers

This is another sweater I remade last night, similar to the other Re-Style vest, with just a few changes.  This sweater is 100% cashmere,  a little boxy , and it was dying for a style revival. Here is what I did and how I will wear it today.  After I finish cleaning. :)

Before

After

Back

 Shoes from Target

Zippers!  I had some Guess jeans just like this in the 9th Grade.

Bracelets

Cleaning awaits!!

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Project Re-Style #1

So. I have joined a group called Project Re-Style.  Every Week for a year they want you to re-purpose or Re-Style  something old, that you no longer use, and make it new again.  This is my first Re-Style.  I have been wanting a sweater vest for about 3 years now,  and I  could never find one I liked.  I finally  said the heck with it.  But last night in bed , right before I fell asleep I thought,  " What the heck, I could make a vest super easy out of an old sweater."  I  Was so excited about how it turned out.  It looks exactly how I envisioned it.
I Have Posted this on The Shabby Nest for Frugal Friday.  Post your Frugal crafts HERE and join in on the Fun.

Before

AFTER

Tutorial

Start with an old Sweater.  I have had this for about 4 years.

Carefully cut the sleeves off.  If you cut after the two pieces meet, it looks neater.

I cut the ends of the sleeves off to make the flowers.

I folded each sleeve cap different to make two different flowers.

One was sewn on the fold.

the other I flipped and sewed it on the other side.

One makes a double flower, one a single flower

Sew to sweater, anywhere you like.

You could add as many flowers  as you like.  I like the look of two flowers.

I found two neutral buttons.

And sewed them in as the flowers center.

All Done and SOOOOOOOOO Easy.

Yeah!  A new sweater vest for FREE to add to my wardrobe.

If you have any questions, just ask away.

Happy Re- Styling!

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