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 so it worked out perfectly! […]
DIY Upcycled Bed Sheet to Child’s Dress
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 to being a part of […]
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, I want to tell you […]
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 I had, so she could […]
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 + (@candiceayala) on Jan 5, […]
DIY Upcycled T-shirt to Child’s Bomber Jacket
Hey guys, If you follow me on Instagram, this is old news! But I wanted to make sure I put it in a blog post just so I could catalog this make. I took an old Tshirt and turned it into a Bomber Jacket for #theSpiritedOne using the Ollie Bomber Jacket PDF Pattern by Sew A Little Seam. When I […]
DIY Upcycled Adult Dress to Child’s Dress
Happy Tuesday Lovelies! It’s Week #2 Season 16 for Project Run and Play and I just want to say THANK YOU for voting for my Circus inspired look from Week #1. I was 1st place for Community Public Votes but in total I ranked 2nd Place all in all, as I lost points from the judges in the wearability category, which […]
DIY Upcycled Shirt to Child’s Top
Happy Monday Guys! I’m so excited to finally share SOME of the details of my UPCYCLING (part 1) contributor post for Issue #1 of Sew Sew Def Digital Magazine where I transformed one of my old denim shirts and a some fabric into a two piece outfit for my daughter. “Sew Sew Def is devoted to filling each issue of Sew Sew […]
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 interests can CREATE their sewing portfolio, […]
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 power. Another great way of […]