Hi All, It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me huh? SURPRISE! I’m back on the blog with something exciting to share. I’ve published my second pattern the UPCYCLED PDF PATTERN SHIRT TO DRESS – complete with a step by step tutorial that includes a bonus tutorial teaching you how to add an overlay […]
Category: UPCYCLES
PR&P Library Lounge Looks
Hi guys, I know its been such a long time since I’ve sewn and posted about it, but here I am and I’m really happy to be back. 2020 has thrown us so many curve balls that I lost my sewjo along the way, and have only began to recently feel good about sewing again, […]
DIY Upcycled Shirt to Dress Tutorial ADD ON! Adding an Overlay.
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know about my Upcycled Shirt to Dress Tutorial on Etsy! This tutorial shows you how to transform an adult shirt into a LINED toddler dress using a bodice pattern piece you already have. BUT! I recently just finished making a dress with this pattern and decided […]
DIY Upcycled Bed Sheet to Child’s Dress
Happy Monday Lovelies! I made this dress on a quick whim last week since I wanted to try and play along with at least one of the Sewcialists Mini Challenges this year. I spun the challenge wheel and got the color Coral, and I so happened to have a coral sheet sitting in my upcycled pile […]
DIY Upcycled Men’s Shirt to Child’s Top
Hey all! Have you ever had so many committed projects lined up that you try and figure out ways to “kill 2 birds with one stone?” This is what happened to me this past week! lol I’m knee deep in sews and prepping content for my second annual Upcycling Challenge but I had already committed […]
PDF PATTERN REVIEW: The Callie Tie Back Dress
Happy Tuesday Lovelies! Made the cutest Easter Dress for Abigail this year, and I thought I’d share a small review with you. Remember the shirt I cut up to make this upcycled skirt tutorial back in January? [You can find the Step by Step Tutorial for that HERE] I used the bottom half of the shirt, and […]
DIY Upcycled Shirt & Dress to Child’s Top & Pants
Hi guys! I’m so excited to share with you my latest upcycled outfit featured in Sewn Magazine! In the magazine I share with you a quick an easy tutorial on how to add a cute button feature to the ankles of any pants pattern. (pictured below) But this blog post is not about that DIY tutorial, […]
DIY Upcycled Shirt to Child’s Skirt w/ Pockets Tutorial
Hey guys, I did this upcycle before we started doing them in video, so for now all we got are pictures lol. This skirt was actually meant for my Sewn Magazine feature, but the steps ended up being way too long for the magazine and so we went with something else, BUT now I get to […]
DIY Vertical Zipper Pocket Tutorial
Hey guys, Adrian has been asking me forever to put bigger pockets on his jackets but I just never got around to it. I was going through some items I saved for upcycling and I came across one of his shirts that I saved thinking the zipper would come in handy…but then I realized I […]
DIY Men’s Shirt to Child’s Dress
Happy Sunday Lovelies! Soooooo full disclosure, this upcycle wasn’t planned for February, but it happened. #Thespiritedone celebrates 100 days of school on Tuesday, and for this 100th day, she can either dress in green, or dress as if she was 100 years old, ….not surprisingly she choose both! lol. I picked out all the green fabric […]