With this shirt to dress refashion you can turn a women’s or men’s button up shirt into a fun and easy dress. This refashion is simple and doesn’t require any fitting! This past Fall I was looking for items to refashion and upcycle at the thrift store, and I came across this striped button up shirt. I loved it and…
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Learn how to cover a hole in jeans without mending or visible stitches. This is great for coverage behind holes without sacrificing the destroyed look. Sometimes you wear out a pair of jeans until it has holes. Sometimes you buy jeans to look a certain way that has holes and frayed sections. If you like the destroyed look, but you…
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Make a DIY ribbon heart tee perfect for Valentine’s day! The heart t-shirt doesn’t scream Valentine, so it can be worn all year long! I love sewing holiday inspired t-shirts for my kids, but I it’s really great when it’s just a subtle nod to the holiday. That way the t-shirt can be worn all year long! My daughter had…
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Make a DIY Chenille heart tee perfect for Valentine’s day! The heart t-shirt doesn’t scream Valentine, so it can be worn all year long! My youngest daughter had a t-shirt that had stains on the front so I quickly covered it up with a pretty Chenille heart. She can wear the heart t-shirt for Valentine’s day and for the rest…
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Learn how to mend a hole in jeans. It’s common for jeans to get holes in the knees, so this is a strong way to close the hole and it’s almost invisible. I used to work at a tailor shop and we mended holes in jeans all the time. It was a really common fix. You don’t have to pay…
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Make a DIY Anna Frozen 2 cloak that she wears as she travels into the Enchanted Forest. This is an upcycle so it’s easier and cheaper! When I saw Anna’s travel cloak in Frozen 2, I just kept thinking how easy it would be to make from a skirt. It’s essentially a skirt in a bunch of different colors with…
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Make a DIY Anna Frozen 2 Dress out of two men’s button up shirts and some trim. Sew and upcycle the dress that she wears to travel to the Enchanted forest. Since I made Elsa’s Frozen 2 dress and jacket for my youngest daughter, I just had to make Anna’s dress and cloak for my other daughter. She patiently waited,…
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Skirts are one of the easiest beginner projects to sew when you first start sewing clothing. It’s easy to fit and easy to sew, so enjoy this list of free skirt patterns and tutorials so you can make your own! I love sewing clothing for myself. It’s why I got into sewing in the first place. Handmade clothing can be…
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Learn how to sew with one of these popular sewing tutorials from 2019. There are free sewing patterns, sewing tutorials for altering clothes, and sewing tutorials. It has been a really great year, and I’ve worked hard to share lots of quality sewing projects and sewing tutorials. I released my first sewing pattern, upcycled romper sewing pattern, which was so…
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I love to make handmade Christmas pajamas every year, and open them on Christmas Eve. See all the pajamas in the Sew Family Jammies blog tour. When I was having babies it was too much for me to make pajamas every Christmas, and I would just buy pajamas. Now my kids are a little bit older, and they appreciate when…
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