Letting out a sweater dress

This dress is a favorite of my pal Molly.  It's from Hanna Andersson a few years back.  And as kids do, she has grown.  (I hadn't seen her in 2 years and was amazed at how tall she is now!)

So, I was asked if I could make this sweater dress bigger.  If you know anything about me, Dear Reader, is that I like a challenge.

I took the sleeves off and used a piece to make extensions at the shoulders.  Then, I went to my local thrift store and found a sweater in a similar color.  I debated on getting something in one of the colors of the trim, but I didn't see anything that would work.

I used that thrifted sweater to add side panels and more of the owl sleeve to do the trim.  Then, to make it fun, I made bows out of some of the thrifted sweater and a piece of the owl sleeve.  

It was stitched together using a stretch stitch and the sides were serged to prevent fraying.  I then bound the armsyces w/ bias binding.  The bows are hand sewn on.

I had a lot of fun reimagining this dress!

Appliqueing T-shirts onto Hoodies

Today, I'm teaching you how to customize your hoodie.

Recycled T-shirts into a Dress

I recently made this dress out of t-shirts from the thrift store.  I also made a video on how I did it.  

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Hat From Recycled T-shirts.

During this time, I have been making sewing/crafting videos for Youtube. This is a tutorial for making a hat from old t-shirts. I had a lot of fun making it and my video editing skills are improving. Something that I enjoy doing is teaching people how to make things.

 
This is a prototype that I made before the video.  It was a little tight, so I knew what to fix for the video.  I'm very pleased with the final product.

 This is the view of the top.

This is a hat that I made with Jersey knit that I had purchased years ago for another project.

This is the inside:  The edges are cleaned up with a serger.

Here I am with my cat, in my hat.

Edit:  9-6-2020

I have made a few more with bows

The fabric was a little girl's dress that I bought at the thrift store.

 

These T-shirts were also purchased at the thrift store.  The lavender t-shirt was also used to make a bag for Una Vida, a group helping Californians during the wildfires.