More Hoop Art

I am loving the hoop art...seriously loving it, having so much fun!  Two items sold on etsy, and I posted another one. I am glad other people can enjoy my refashioning too!  I need to get down to business and finish photographing the other items I have for sale and get them listed!  Fun!  :)

etsy sale!

between now and Christmas get 10% off anything in my etsy store! 

Coupon Code:  HOLLY10

Merry Christmas!!!!

♥Hil

fashion for the home

so, being a new mommy i've found that i don't have much time to be on the sewing machine, which kind of rules out a lot of refashions I can wear...but, I've discovered a new favorite project of mine!  I have it for sale in my etsy shop...but it's still sitting on my wall from the photo shoot ;)

Thrifted embroidery hoop, thrifted blazer, t-shirt and camisole, thrifted buttons and ta-da!

have a lovely day!

♥ Hil

Dainty Cardigan Refashion

Savers was having a 50% off sale yesterday so I got my friend to go with me and fell in love with this:

Before: a wrap around H&M cardigan

But, I didn't like that it was a little wrap around number.   So, I got to work!  It had lines going down it which were a great guide for turning it into a little cardigan, so I pinned the edge along the line where I wanted it to fall and sewed along that line.

pinned and ready to sew!

 I trimmed the excess, cut the long tie and hemmed it.  Sewed up the little hole that the tie was fed through previously and ended up with this nice little dainty cardigan!  I love it! The best part?   It only costed $3.50 :)

i love cardigans!  ♥

Available on Etsy!

I listed my first refashioned item on etsy today!  I took two shirts I got thrifted and made a zipper pouch with a cute bird embellishment! Because one of the fabrics is a cotton/spandex blend, it isn't as square as I'd like, but I am still very proud of it and I hope someone likes it enough to purchase!

my etsy shop

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I love you, Cuppycake ♥

This is a refashion for the same friend I refashioned for a post or two ago...same style shirt to start off with, in fact! It was very large, as you can tell, soo, first thing I had to do was take it in....way in.

I still have a lot, A LOT, to learn. The neckline and hems on the sleeves need some help, but, its a lot better than it was originally! I hope she likes it!

and...cause I'm a nerd:

I love me some cupcakes! 

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From His to Hers

I didn't steal this from my husband, I actually got it at a little dinky thrift store down the street. They have a last chance rack where you can fill a bag for $2 and this was one of my finds!  I have always liked baseball shirts, but they never fit right, so, I MADE it fit right!  :)  From a 2XL men's, to me!  I'm gettin' the hang of this!

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Refashion for a friend!

To begin, I apologize for the bad pictures of my shirt.  I've become quite the refashion blog junkie lately!  I found this adorable refashion here.
I was chatting with a friend and told her I would going to refashion a shirt for her, and as I was, I thought I'd try to mimic the great detail from the above one!  This is what I started with (again, picture is horrible, from my phone, lol, in my bathroom)...I had already pinned it, but you can see how big and blah it is.

I took it WAY in (tried to make it a little tight for me since my friend is a smaller).

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After:

 

 

I am very new to sewing,a nd horrible at sewing necklines, if anyone has some pointers, tutorials, anything, it'd be much appreciated!  Considering how I've only refashioned one other thing...I think it came out really well!  I can't wait to see a picture of my friend in it!  :) 

my first ever refashion!

Hi!!! I am so excited to join you!  I've wanted a sewing machine for quite some time.  I'm a housewife/stay at home mom, and I've found lots of neat ways to save money, and this is my newest!  Anyway, here is my very first refashion.  I have tons to learn about sewing, but here it is! I'm happy with it!  :)  I got this shirt at Savers for $4.99, loved the neat pockets, but didn't like the flowy sleeves, so...I got rid of them!  Happy sewing!

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