This Halter dress is not only lacking sleeves to make it modest, but it’s also too short so I decided to turn it into a skirt. The back of the dress was smocked which turned into a very supportive waistband. I simply reconstructed the front top to make a flat waistband and a super comfy skirt. […]
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Maxi Dress to Maxi Skirt
Sometimes #ModestRefashions are easy! This Maxi dress is immodest and in 3 simple steps was turned into an awesome & modest Maxi skirt. We decided to keep maximum length and cut off the top right at the armpit seam. We then folded down a nice wide waistband, and pinned in place. The final step was […]
T-shirt Refashion
I have a favorite shirt, that just fits so well and I’ve always wanted to have it in other colors but as it was bought resale I don’t know where to buy more. I’ve long thought it would be easy to copy the design, and I was right. I started with an XL long sleeve […]
Flower Shirt Refashion
A very simple yet effective refashion, I simply loved the print on this shirt I got at the Thrift Outlet for 50cents but it was several sizes to big and the neckline was way too low – and ruffles around the collar, why? A little seam ripper and a few stitches later and I have […]
Purple Dress to Skirt with Pockets
The original idea for this 25 cent dress & 25 cent shirt was to refashion it into a dress but after some seam ripping deconstruction of the shirt we still didn’t like the collar and couldn’t come up with an idea so decided a skirt would be easier and ended up using the shirt to […]
Refashion to Princess Dress
This pink dress, picked up for 99cents at the Thrift Outlet was easily transformed into a Princess Dress with puff sleeves – my most functional (and pretty) sleeves added so far. The dress needed to be resized slightly so I seam ripped the shoulder straps and resewed them slightly shorter. I found a puff sleeve […]
P-Jays to Maxi Skirt
Want the cheapest, easiest & quickest way to make a maxi skirt? Make one from a pair of p-jay pants! Seam rip the inseam. Once the entire inseam is seam ripped open, reverse the pants and match right sides together. Pin the middle edges together and draw a straight line removing the ‘crotch’ of the pants and creating […]
Pink Polka dot Dress to Skirt
My best kept Resale shopping trick? Shop in the kids section! This size 16 kids dress was a super find at only 25cents and turned into an awesome adult small skirt with expandable waist in a few simple steps. All good refashions start with a seam ripper, I first removed the straps and the […]
T-shirt to Fitted Undershirt
Lauren had a black top with lace portions, thus she needed to wear a t-shirt under it and wanted a colored one as it would show through the lace. She found a green athletic fit t-shirt at the Thrift outlet for 25cents). Worn under the black top it was too bulky, and the v-neck conflicted […]
Two Dresses become a Two-in-One skirt
What’s better than one awesome skirt? a two-in-one! We found the dress with the lace first (it was originally a spaghetti strap dress – we started cutting before taking a picture). We couldn’t simply turn the dress into a skirt as the lining was too tight, so we removed the lace from the lining. After some […]