Refashioning To-Do List

This is the list I wound up with, after reviewing what I’d put aside and editing out a few things:

EASY PEASY
White shirt – shorten sleeves & body
Striped skirt – lengthen slit at back a little – DONE
Black skirt – shorten & add decoration/trim
Velvet dress – make lower half into skirt

MORE FIDDLY
Brown long-sleeved top – remove sleeves & add panels to sides – DONE
Infinity dress – cut off straps to make it a skirt, or stitch straps together to make it a dress
Maiocchi dress – let out seams or refashion top part to fit

REQUIRING MORE WORK
Ombre grey top – knit skirt – DONE
Modern art t-shirt – reduce size – DONE – and dye bleach
Men’s red shirt – make into sleeveless top – DONE
Blue mens shirt – take in – DONE then bleach
Velvet dress – jacket
White cheesecloth shirt – make into top – DONE(dip dye?)

I did some sketching a few nights ago:

Since then I’ve changed my mind about a few things. When I tried on the white shirt to work out how much to shorten the sleeves I realised it really was too small for me, so it went into the op shop pile. A second look at the t-shirt told me it wasn’t big enough for the shape I wanted to cut it to, and I think I’ll bleach rather than dye it.

Yesterday I tackled four garments. Today? Today I’m going to see how many of the mens shirts I can refashion.

2 thoughts on “Refashioning To-Do List

  1. Great idea! I have got to start doing this so that I can remember what I was going to do with an item if I don’t get to it until next season.

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