Refashioning clothes

 

One of my goals for 2025 is to 'Make/upcycle/thrift all my clothes except underwear and footwear' and so far I've only bought some M&S underwear.  I used to do this before I returned full time to teaching.  I went back through some old projects from around 2010/2011 to give me some inspiration to get my mojo going again!  I made this yellow dress from scratch using a tablecloth.  BTW that's Emma my black Lab in these photos 💕

This was my son's jacket.  It was a pale grey cotton that I dyed lilac and appliqued an 18 piece heart on the back.

I loved this jacket and wore it to death!!

This was a plain white cotton shirt style blouse I used to wear to work.

I dyed it red and shortened the sleeves.

Yep, my hair was a red burgundy colour in this phase!!

This was a dress my mum gave me.  I removed the sleeves, altered the neckline and shortened it.

I wore it on holiday to Vienna.

This is another altered blouse.  I think I removed the sleeves as well as the collar.

I rather liked that one and wore it a lot!

This was a dress that was too big for me so I took in the side seams and used the belt to make a rosette brooch.

The brooch was kinda lost on the dress but I wore it on other things!

Looking back at some of my previous stuff has definitely inspired me to get started again.  I've been clearing out my wardrobe and getting rid of the last of my 'work' outfits as they're now getting a bit ratty and have holes!!