Holey Polo to Sweet Bolero!

Ever have that cute dress or top that needs a simple cover-up, but all your cardigans and boleros are either too hot, or too formal?

Then I've got the tutorial you've been waiting for ;)

I started out with this simple grey polo.

Seems fine, right? Why refashion it?

Holes galore! Eek!

Don't be too quick to throw out items that have a few holes! If they aren't reparable, you can still use the non-holey parts to make something else!

I chopped off the bottom of the shirt, right under that pocket. Holes begone!

Then I pulled out my trusty seam ripper!

Picked out all the stitches holding the button and button-hole sides together...

And then just snipped through the remaining bit of cloth!

Last thing is to finish the bottom edge.

If you pull on stretch or knit fabric while doing a zig-zag stitch over the edge, you'll get a pretty lettuce hem!

And that's it! Ta-dahhhh!

Comfy, casual bolero!

Wear it open or button it up!

So now you know! Don't throw away holey, old things you don't wear any more - keep them out of the landfill, and get something brand new to wear and use!

Thanks for reading!

Mwa!

2 Boring T Shirts into 2 Beachy Vests! ~No Sew Tutorial

GUYS. In case you haven't noticed yet . . . it's HOT.

Which makes me feel like this.

But! With my new swimsuit I just made, I can head to the pool! However, our apartment guidelines say you have to wear something over your suit to walk to the pool, and I've been really wanting something light and easy to take on and off!

So I made two different versions of vests:

Start snipping!

One sleeve had already been harvested for other purposes

Annnnd here's where I forgot to take a picture. So I doodled for you :)

Orange lines are where I cut!

Yeah . . . honestly, I don't even know what Mighty Oregon IS (unless it's just the state . . . but the adidas logo tells me otherwise), and I didn't feel like having it on my new vest. So I snipped it off!

Then I tied the new straps I'd cut, and started cutting some fun fringes!

REALLY took me back to camp days . . . I used to fringe-ify my shirts all the time then!

And the bottom needed fringe too. Because I said so.

Left side is what it looks like before you pull on the cut pieces. Pull your fringe!

Vest #1! Boho fun!

Yay fringe!

I kept the Might Oregon "O" - why not?

My second vest started out like this!

Still hot and miserable.

Cut off the sleeves and neckline!

Cut off the hem, cut up both sides, and I widened the new back for a thinner halter-neck.

And that's it!

(To see the original/inspiration blog for this, visit Wobisobi!)

So that's it! 2 super-fast, super-easy no-sew refashions! :D
Happy Summer!

Mwa!

Fastest Tshirt Refashion EVAR! (no sew!)

So after a couple false-starts on refashions (where either something didn't work, or my end pictures didn't turn out right), I just wanted to get SOMETHING done to show you guys I'm still alive!
And I found the perfect candidate.

It's not a bad shirt! Men's Medium?

It's been MONSOONING all afternoon, so comfy clothes was the order of the day. This tshirt is fine, as far as regular ol' comfy tshirts go, but I wanted something cute as well as comfy!

I was inspired by the trimming done on this refashion by CTA Glam Couture

Someday I'll do their actual thing - the darts looks cute!

 

So I layed that shirt down and did some snipping!

I cut about an inch from the collar on both sides, and just under the collar on front and back.

 The sleeves were still lacking something for me, so I made another snip!

Right up the middle!

Then I took those two cut pieces and tied them together in a knot.

And that was it! Ta-dah!

Still comfy, loads cuter!

You know you want to go do this now ;)

Seriously, guys - it took longer to take the pictures than to do the refashion. Yay for a quick no-sew!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mwa!