Weird turtleneck refashion

This turtleneck was out of its mind since the day it was made, simply because you would need a thick log under your head for the fabric to mold onto it. Well...things changed for this piece and it was for the good. Check out the refashion, with more pics --- > http://etheea.wordpress.com/

Upcycled Top in minutes

Amanda watched Stitchless TV and took this boring top and Upcycled it into this designer style top in minutes watch Stitchless TV to see how http://youtu.be/BXD56NN1TNs

Go Change Your Clothes: 1980's Bow Neck

It only takes one thing to change everything.

~ Kelley Dibble

A F T E R

In January, I bought this little '80s number, below, 

for four bucks at an Arizona Saver's.

B E F O R E

She was missing

her detachable collar and belt.

My goal was a bow neck and fitted, push-up sleeves (my fav!).

So how did I achieve that?

1)  I removed the cuffs, the band collar and the lowest border print from the skirt.

Band collar and cuffs

2)  I re-hemmed the just-a-bit-shorter pleated skirt of the dress.

3)  I used the piece I cut off the skirt's hem to refashion the neck with a bow.

I squared off the tops of the front placket.

4)  At the desired length, I hemmed the sleeves, refashioning them as fitted, push-up sleeves.

B A C K

5)  To finish my dress refashion, I bought a belt at Manila's Shoe Mart.  (I live in the Philippines.)  Could the color match any better? It highlights that lighter salmon shade in the dress and cost only four bucks.

Let's see.

$ 4.00 + $ 4.00 = $8.00

Happy refashioning!

~ Kelley Dibble

High-Low Dress Refashion

Happy Friday!
I got this hideous dress for 49-cents, and knew I couldn't wear it as-is!

Yikes!

So I decided to refashion it into a high-low dress.

After altering the neck-line and the front hem, this is how it turned out.

Much better!

Do you like the way I accessorized it?

So, what do you think?

Have a fantastic weekend everyone! :)
~Jen

Upcycled Bikini / Holiday Top

So, i'm off on holiday (a week in Lanzarote) in a few weeks and summery clothes have been on my mind :) This started as a cutoff from another project - i'd used the bottom part of this top to make another top, and had this bit left over. You can't really see on the picture but there's some of the back of the top left there too.

I couldn't bear to throw away any of this lovely tropical print fabric, and it was conveniently lined so there was quite a lot of fabric there to work with! Essentially i cut it all apart and removed the straps (not a fan of cental straps on a halterneck!), and used one of the (luckily very long) straps to make 2 new straps. From the scraps of the back i extended each piece so they'd come a bit further around the sides, and made some little loops - pinned and sewed and finally used the remaining original strap as a cord to lace up the back.

End product: bright tropical summer top - perfect for holiday times!



More details, as usual, on my blog.