January Refashion Month with Trish from Feeling Kinda Thrifty

All the way from Hawaii, I have the pleasure to introduce Trish, from Feeling Kinda Thrifty. I met her when we both competed together at Refashion Runway, and I confess: I was terrified when I saw the first challenge refashion from her. I knew she was one to fear! And she did not dissapoint me, her refashions were always astonishing... This is an honour to have her sharing another blown away refashion. 

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Aloha and Happy New Year!  I met Magda as a participant in Refashion Runway Season Two, and I was blown away by her talent.  When she asked me to participate in January Refashion Month, I was thrilled. I have become quite obsessed passionate about refashioning.

Today, I have for you a funky refashion that I've grown to really love.  It's a bit out there for even me.  I've had these pair of jeans for several years.  If I remember correctly, I purchased them at Goodwill for around $7.

As you can see, there's really nothing wrong with them, except for the fact that they're a bit outdated.  I've noticed that dark skinny jeans are really in, so I wanted to give this pair a new life.  I began by dying them with Rit navy and black.

Once the dying process was complete, turned the jeans inside out.  Using a pair of skinny jeans as a pattern, I traced the area that I would need to sew with tailor's chalk.

 

Using the lines as a guide, I sewed a straight stitch.

I cut away the excess with a pair of pinking sheers - to keep the fabric from fraying.

Voila! Dark skinny jeans!  I already have a pair of dark skinny jeans, so I decided to make these a bit more trendy.  I love all of the tribal prints that are out this year, so I drew some of my own using a bleach pen that I found on sale for $3.99.

Basically, I free handed my design.  I found it a bit challenging to make straight lines, as the pen kept bubbling up. 

 

In the end, I think it turned out great, especially paired with my $2 Goodwill top.  I absolutely love my funky new tribal jeans.