Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Repurpose a denim dress to a bag


My friend's daughter's dress that's no longer fit. She loves it and wants to keep it. Her mother asked me to re-make it to a bag.
I decided the handles first. Cut the centre back where the zipper is. The two pieces are long enough for handles.

Decide the body and the bands. The two handles are at the top. I chose a red polka-dot fabric as lining.


Cut the lining with the same shape as the body. Sew the bands to the body and the lining.


Add a little pocket to the lining. I sew on my little logo too. The original logo of the dress looks nice. I sewed it onto the main body.



My little logo

The stripe is the highlight.






Monday, April 1, 2013

From Size S to Size L

My friend asked me to turn her Tshirt from S to L
What a pretty garment! ^^




I need the fabric. Have to sacrifice the sleeves.


Have the sides opened.


Cut two stripes from sleeve, 5 cm x length of sides.


Use a walking foot and special needle for elastic fabric.


Done. Cut stripes as bias to finish the arm holes.

The bias look perfect ^^