Upcycled Clothing!

 

I've been in a shopping mood lately.  It doesn't happen often but once in a while I feel a strong urge to buy some new clothes.   I normally talk myself out of the shopping trip to avoid spending a ton of money. 

Because I've been blessed with hand-me-down clothing from friends and my mama through the years, I rarely "need" anything in the clothing department.  Sometimes I just want something different.   To satisfy the shopping urge, I decided to look through my own closet to see what pieces could be recycled into a "new" item.  These are a few items I altered into new pieces.


1)I love the fabric but hate the
 way the shirt fits.  I feel
like I look like a clown in this shirt.

 


2) I unattached the sleeves,
 hemmed around the
arm holes and took in the sides
by 1 inch each to take some
 of the bulkiness out of this
blouse.  Now I feel good wearing it!

  


Next project  1) I cut an ordinary
t-shirt up the middle of the front.
I then cut the neck band off.

 


2) Then I pressed a 1 inch seam up
the front both sides and around
the neck.  I stitched, leaving both ends open to
allow me to thread a string.

 


3) Voila!  After threading a ribbon through the seam and cinching it up,
I now have a really cute little jacket! 
I'll probably change the ribbon color but other than that, I'm thrilled with the idea!
Thanks, Cut Out and Keep for the great idea!

 


  


And a white blouse that I love but have
stopped wearing due to a tear
in the left shoulder
made a great pairing with an old t-shirt.

  


1) I turned the t-shirt into a strapless tube
style top by cutting off the t-shirt from
the armpits and above.
2)To prevent the tube from falling down,
I ran elastic through the seam
above the bust.
3) I then stitched the bottom
part of the white blouse
under the waist hem of the t-shirt.

 







4) I took the salvaged ties from
the white blouse and
strung old buttons that
were my grandmothers.
In this photo I have the belt
up under my
bust.

 


In this photo I'm wearing the
belt at my waist.

 


This garment is long enough I
could probably wear it as a summer
dress!

I had so much fun tapping into my creative side yesterday!  Now I have a whole stack of garments I'd like to put my own touch on!  If you've got basic sewing skills, you can have fun making your own clothing creations!  I'm not a great seamstress and I found this very easy and fun.