Another great thrift store find!  This women's dress was too small for me to refashion for myself, but it was perfect for my little one.  This was the easiest refashion yet.  This style dress is called a pillowcase dress.  There are many free tutorials available online. 
I cut the top bodice off, cut an armhole area.  I then sewed the armhole opening.  I serged the top front and back.  I then folded it over and sewed it in order to allow the ribbon to go through.
The bottom was cut at an angle, so I just cut it straight across and hemmed it.  The fit was perfect without having to take it in at all!
Of course I had to make a matching bow for her hair.   I cut a rectangluar piece of fabric, folded it in half leaving a 2 inch opening in the top middle to allow to turn it inside out.  I then tied it in the middle and wrapped a piece if the original spaghetti strap around it.  I hot glued the strap and an alligator clip, and I was done!
Now we just need to go to Hawaii 😃.

Another mommy and me refashion!  Found this colorful piece at a local thrift store.  I loved the bright colors, and immediately pictured a matching set for my little girl and me.  This refashion was easier than the previous one because I didn't have to take it in.  I just cut and hemmed it to make myself a top.  I then made a little skirt for my toddler.

Next, I made a sailor hair bow for her using the directions found in this website: hairbowsuppliesetc.com.  Thanks for looking!  I'm looking forward to my next refashion!

I'm excited to share my very first post!  I recently upcycled a thrift store find!  It was so much fun, and I was asked to share how I did it.  Since I've been thinking of starting a sewing blog for a while, I figured this would be the perfect time to start it!

I started with this dress.  I had been going thrifting for a while, but hadn't found anything that inspired me.  As soon as I found this, I knew it was what I had been looking for!  I loved all the fabric in it and I immediately imagined something for me and my little one (since my two older girls are now too cool for my sewing projects).

I then used an existing peplum style shirt that I have.  I placed it on top of the dress and cut it out leaving space for the seam.

After that, I used online measurements and a current skirt to make my little one's skirt.  I was able to keep the current hem!!!  I also appliqued a heart to an existing shirt for her, and made a matching bow.  I even had fabric left over !

We are now ready to go out with our mommy and me matching outfits ;)