Recylced Fabric Project

I bought this royal blue 100% silk dress at local thrift store, the Bargain Barn. This dress cost me about 25 cents. I cut it in half and made a separate shirt and skirt.

I spent a significant more amount of time sewing the shirt together than the skirt. I cut the sleeves and top of dress off, then I took in the sides and used the scraps to make straps. The bottom edge of the shirt is not finished, I just ripped it across. I was going to change the gold buttons but by the time I came around to it they had grown on me.

The skirt was simple. I made pleats around the top edge and then attached a white spandex waist band so I wouldn't have to sew in a zipper.

Recycled Fabric Skirt

I found this little girls dress at a thrift store and transformed it into an adorable skirt. The fabric is soft velveteen with flowers, fairies and unicorns! I cut the top portion of the dress off, hemmed the waistband and added the top button. I finished it in less than a hour.

Inspiration: The Bargain Barn, a local thrift store that's now my new favorite place to buy fabric and get inspired to sew.

Recycled Fabric for Curtains

Here's a project I made from recycled fabric. I often shop at thrift stores in search of fabric. Not necessarily fabric by the yard, but clothing items that I can see making something else out of. My mother thinks this is gross and I need to be careful of the energy I take in from others peoples stuff but I don't feel the same way. It's rewarding to transform something that's been discarded into something useful. Not to mention I save money and make a small contribution to saving the environment.
Months ago I found this hideous dress at the salvation army. At the time I was thinking about making a purse or appliquéing the flowers onto something but I wasn't sure. The bright colors in the pattern caught my eye, I liked that it was retro and the dress was huge so it would supply me with a substantial amount of fabric.
Then I moved into my new apartment and saw I needed kitchen windows I pulled this out of my collection. It was a really simple project. The bottom hem of the curtains is the original hem from the dress. I just finished the sides and made the loop at the top. I love my curtains and they go perfect with the funky 70's linoleum on the kitchen floor!