A High-low skirt is usually too high in front to be modest but obviously nice and long in the back, so I decided to alter one. Both the skirt and dress were given to me – so free. I loved the print on the strapless dress and even made use of the pockets! First I […]
For my body type V-necks NEVER work. They are always too low. And although I don’t mind the layered look of a tank-top underneath, I live in way too warm a climate to be wearing basically two shirts. So I took some tanks picked up for 25cents at the Thrift Outlet and cut out and sewed […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lace tops are gorgeous- and are almost always partially lined making them only partially modest. I am sure some shirts out there are completely lined but this one did not have the top half lined making shoulders (and bra straps) visible through the lace. Originally this shirt was worn with an undershirt but it gets hot […]
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 […]
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 […]
Prom almost always requires a little sewing to make a dress modest, here we added cap sleeves and Camille needed the dress hemmed and for something a little different and ot make dancing easier we decided on a High Low hem. First we seam ripped the arm hole – as the dress has a complete bodice cap sleeves […]
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 […]
Sometimes all that is needed to upcycle is to add details and of course make the clothing item fit! I originally picked up this 25cent skirt for the buttons but Sierra liked the skirt and so with a few alterations we made it work for her. The skirt was too big at the waist, so […]
Always test your clothing in sunlight to see how sheer it appears. When standing up against a window with sunlight pouring in Sierra noticed that Lauren’s 2$ thrift store skirt was completely revealing. We thus hunted for a lining fabric, and found a green skirt at the thrift outlet for 25 cents that we […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Although Sierra was happy with the black lace overlay on the grey dress for Simply Prom- it’s not what she wanted to wear to her school prom. The 2nd dress that she bought at Bluebird resale shop, was the color she had hoped the original dress she ordered online would be. The cut of the […]
I found this gorgeous white spaghetti strap dress at the Thrift Outlet for 25 cents and having picked up a purple shirt for 25 cents on a previous trip to the Thrift Outlet, it seemed a perfect fit for adding sleeves and a little color to this dress. First I seam ripped the purple […]
Sometimes you only need a small alteration to make it modest and this can be frustrating when you are shopping. For me one problem lies with scoop neck tees and I’m so excited that I’ve now found a quick and easy fix for these! Especially as I just picked up these three gorgeous color t-shirts […]
I started with a strapless dress a few sizes too big and didn’t like any of the options of adding sleeves to this dress so decided to make it into a skirt with a yoga waistband using the bottom of a t-shirt. I first seam ripped the skirt from the bodice of the dress as […]