Friday 25 September 2015

Scrappy tunic refashion

A refashion for Venetia today. Another top buried in the wardrobe that hadn't seen the light of day for far too long.

Chopped...


Then taken in, although with hindsight I should have taken it in much more dramatically than this - as in chop the arms off and take a good size slice of the sides before reattaching the arms. I wanted it to be quite a wide, swinging style top so I thought I'd get away with just this little bit of shaping but I ended up fudging some more near the end of the alterations.


Then a couple of folds in a piece of A4 paper to make a 'pattern'!


And I cut out, and then sewed together, these shapes from lots of scraps - there are a couple of old shirts in here, a tablecloth, a couple of sheets and an ancient dress.


Once I had a strip the size I wanted, I sewed the ends together into a 'circle'.


And then pinned it to the top, right sides together, gathering evenly as I went.


Here it is right sides together, about to be sewn.

A hem on the bottom, a quick chop and hem of the sleeves and it was good to go (although, as I mentioned above, I did take the sides in some more after Venetia had tried it on!)


I can see Venetia wearing this a lot with jeans, both skinny and standard, as well as leggings.



I do like refashioning - for one thing it's perfect make it up as you go along territory, and for another so many of the fiddly, finishing details - like necklines for example - are already done for you.

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Which often means they're very speedy makes.



So speedy that I still have a couple more to show you!

Sally.

9 comments:

  1. I really like how the stripes of the refashioned top are horizontal and the piecing for your addition run vertically. :)

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  2. Very clever Sally! Looks so comfortable and colourful! X

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  3. Oh how clever! It looks wonderfully twirly and a really comfy top :)

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  4. Absolutely adorable and you have another aspiring model in the family.

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  5. what great refashioning you've been doing! x

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  6. ooh that looks great! and super twirley too

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  7. When I first began refashioning, I didn't like the make it up as you go along. Too many rules I'd learnt were being broken. Now I love to break the rules and make it up.

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  8. You make refashioning look so easy! Venitia looks so comfortable wearing her new top, too. Lovely job.

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  9. That is my favorite so far! :-) The colors are beautiful.

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