I was able to put together lots of talented ladies! Some have big/popular blogs, others don't, but I am sure you will love them all equally! So don't miss every single one of them.
Max California - Alida Makes - Feather's Flights - Nelesc Designs - Threading my Way - Serger Pepper - Refashionista - Mammy Made - Carissa Knits - Do Guincho - Sewing Mamma RaeAnna - Made with Love by Hulibug- Winter Wonderings Wanderings & Whatnot - Theresa's To do's - MellySews - Mikelina Makes - Charity Shop Chic - Sew Chibi - Wunderbar Life - Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy!
I hope this will be a source of inspiration to everyone! Follow and sew along, you can share your refashions with us in the flickr group.
And to start it I bring you a simple no sew refashion of my own for today! I had these jeans I loved and fitted me so well, but they were stained and I always wore them around the house and maybe to the grocerie a few steps away from home. It was breaking my heart that I couldn't wear them more often, to other places too.
I forgot to take a before picture. It happens to me much too often, and it really bothers me, but I couldn't remember to take that photo until I had the jeans all covered in bleach! That's when I get the autch moment! Lucky for me, I was wearing them back in 2010, when we made a little fashion show with kids. They were all wearing refashioned items.
Here's how they were before (sorry not too good pictures in this post!!!).
I had seen a lot of bloggers bleaching their jeans and getting wonderful new pieces from old ones, but I was always a little too scared to try and do it myself. I realised that I had nothing to lose though, my jeans were ruined already so why shouldn't I give it a try?!
And I did it! I bleached my jeans. They were left in the mix of water and bleach for a whole day and night, and from light blue they have turned white. They weren't totally white after dry and they still kept some stains.
But then I dyed them in my washing machine and they turned out a new pair of jeans, brown, which is a colour I've been loving more and more lately.
I guess I will be able to wear them a lot more often now! And if I get sick of the brown colour, I think I can re-do it all over again.
It's such an easy process I'm still amazed why was I so scared to try it. And I loved the look of the contrastic thread on the brown of the pants. Don't you?
Great no-sew refashion, Magda! And the color result is wow-licious :)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see other ladies' refashions...
MammaNene
SergerPepper.blogspot.it
Thank you. I was really happy about the colour, I wasn't sure if it'd turn out good enough but it did.
DeleteLove the brown, Magda and the way the stitching contrasts.
ReplyDeleteWow, just a simple dye can make a pair of trousers look wow-sers! Just a question though, will it the washing machine be affected in anyway? I have always wanted to try it but the only problem is I'm worried that the dye will remain in the drum and stain my other clothes!
ReplyDeleteTrue, it can change a piece completely. I've only tried dye a couple of months ago, because just like you, I was afraid it would stay in the machine drum, but NO, not at all, you just have to follow the instructions and things will work just fine. I've done it 3 times already and never had any problems at all.
DeleteThis is my first time seeing this technique. I LOVE the stitching contrast on the pockets. I am kicking myself for getting rid of that pair of jeans I spilled bleach on. Shucks!
ReplyDeleteYep, and if you get tired of brown.... there is always black! I've jumped into
ReplyDeletedyeing lately too... I did a pair of shorts earlier this summer... they were a
sort of beige, and I dyed them blue...They turned out great! And to re-fresh an
older denim skirt I had I found a shade darker green then they were, now it's
like I have a new skirt!
or I can bleach them again and use another color other than black. That's the magic of recycling and reusing, right?
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