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Thrift Store Coat with Studs

Nov 19, 2016
1 min

Thrift Store Coat with Studs

About a year ago, I wanted a red coat. Not wanting to spend much, I decided to check out my local thrift store for options. I found a nice red wool coat, very basic. While the wool part was lovely, the buttons were red plastic and cheap looking. So, I knew I would replace those. Before I changed anything, though, I went walking one day with a friend. As we were leaving my alley, I saw a woman across the street with a similar red coat, only she was a petite little grey haired

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Dehemify

May 18, 2016
2 min

Dehemify

I'm a tall gal, between 5'9" & 5'10", depending on how old I am on any given day. When I try on jeans, about half of the time the length is too short for my taste. I like the back hem to be as close to the ground as possible without touching. Dehemify is not a word, but I like to make things up. It means to take the mystery out of taking the hem out of your jeans. Boom. Word born. I let the hem out on many of my jeans. Here's my latest, a pair of Lucky jeans I found at ARC fo

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#MossSkirt

Apr 28, 2016
1 min

#MossSkirt

I made a Moss Skirt! I bought my pattern online at Grainline Studio and taped together the .pdf version. With my black fabric and red lining, it ended up looking like a tuxedo for chicks. I have no idea when I'll wear this, but it fits OK and I liked making it. I picked a vintage button from Grams, my paternal grandmother that kept everything, plus leftover black Kona cotton from the UPark Quilt, some Type by Julia Rothman that I bought once for no reason and some red satin-t

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When life hands you coffee stains, make balloons

Dec 13, 2015
1 min

When life hands you coffee stains, make balloons

I love the Broncos. I love coffee. Sadly, I spilled coffee on my Broncos zip-up sweatshirt. Other than the stains it's in great shape. Rather than get rid of the sweatshirt, I decided to rescue it with some patches. Here's what it looked like with the sad, sad coffee stains: I am not a gifted coffee drinker :( Broncos fabric is available at Joann's - I had some on hand from another project. I cut out a couple of shapes and grabbed some of my embroidery thread. I used 2 strand

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Shants!

Dec 8, 2015
2 min

Shants!

Shorts + Pants = Shants! Better known as convertible pants or trekking pants, these types of long pants zip off around the knee and turn into shorts. A new pair cost anywhere from $40 - $80. Mine cost under $10 and I made them for my 11-year-old son, Liam. I bought these boys size 10 Old Navy pants at my local thrift store for $4. The zippers were on sale for under a couple of bucks each and I had some thread that was close enough in color. I found this fantastic video, DIY c

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Poncho-ize an Old Sweater

Nov 20, 2015
1 min

Poncho-ize an Old Sweater

I was going through old sweaters and was on the way to donate them to my local thrift store when I thought "Hey! I should cut those up and make a poncho!" So, that's what I did and here is roughly how: I did make some of these from my old sweaters, but since I was at the thrift store, I looked around and found a fantastic Abercrombie & Fitch sweater for $9.99. I don't want to hate on A&F too much, but one of my arms wouldn't fit in an A&F pant leg. I needed to alter the whole

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Turn an NBA Jersey into a Dress

Nov 17, 2015
2 min

Turn an NBA Jersey into a Dress

My 9-year-old daughter, Sophia, won a Denver Nuggets #35 Faried jersey at school. She wasn't too thrilled with the fit. So, I made a dress out of it! Poor girl. It's a youth size large. We went to the fabric store and found Burda kids pattern 9418. I cut up the pattern and decided it would work with a few adjustments. First, I took the bottom hem out of the jersey so that I could get as much fabric out of it as possible. Next, I took off the little Player ID tag, which I adde

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