Category: UPCYCLES

DIY Upcycled Shirt to Skirt Tutorial

Hey Guys, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! This year I decided to start working on projects that brought me the most joy, and so I went head first into a couple upcycling projects. I posted the first project on Instagram last week, you can find that below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by candice ayala […]

DIY Upcycled Adult Clothes to Greatest Showman Costume

Happy Tuesday!!! If you follow me on IG you know I’ve been super busy working on projects for Project Run and Play Season 16! If you’re not familiar with Project Run and Play, it’s pretty much the blogger’s version of Project Runway, but for kids! Competitor’s are given a theme each week with the challenge to create a unique outfit using patterns they […]

DIY Upcycled Shirt to Child’s Blouse

Happy Sunday Lovelies! It’s that ONE THIMBLE time of year again! It’s been so busy around here that I almost didn’t have the time to sew up anything for Issue 15 of One Thimble Magazine. *clutches pearls and insert dramatic music here* I absolutely couldn’t let that happen, so instead of my usual two part post, this […]

DIY – Creating a LINED Child’s Dress from an Adult Shirt

Happy Thursday guys! I know its been a minute since my last blog post but it’s been so incredibly busy! I’ve been focusing a lot of time on www.SewingPortfolios.com and building our user database.  *brace yourself for shameless plugin to follow*   SewingPortfolios.com is an online worldwide community where sewers of all different levels and […]

DIY Upcycled Adult Dress to Child’s Dress

Hi Lovelies!! It’s been an incredibly busy start to 2017, between building SewingPortofolios, our collaboration with Michael Miller Fabrics, and being one of the contributing editors for Sew Sew Def Magazine, I managed to find some time for a much needed relaxing sew. I’ve been itching for a good upcycling sew, and decided this time I’d […]

DIY Upcycled Adult Dresses to Child’s Dress

Happy Thursday Lovelies! Welcome to my stop on the One Thimble’s Issue 12 Blog Tour! I gotta tell you, I’m crushing soooooooo hard on this issue! And like every issue before it, Issue 12  is filled with a whole bunch of amazing patterns and helpful sewing articles. I got to review two of the ten patterns in […]

Earth Day Blog Hop – Upcycle Round Up

Hello Lovelies! Today I’m participating in the Earth Day Blog Hop hosted by Lulu and Celeste in honor of Earth Day. Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22 – on this day especially people worldwide demonstrate a unified support for protecting the environment, like beach clean ups or making a conscious effort to conserve […]