Color Block Sweatshirt Refashion, the last one for Winter 2015

I wanted to squeeze this in before the first day of Spring!

Here's my latest sweatshirt refashion, and probably my last for this winter. I can definitely say that I can't wait for warmer weather but I will definitely miss my sweatshirt recon collection.  I just love sweatshirts! It's such great material to work with.

For this reconstruction, I repurposed a grey sweatshirt, size large, and an earlier sweatshirt refashion that didn't work out (that happens sometimes).

I had three design elements I wanted to concentrate on; a flounce, a v-neck, and I knew I wanted it to be tunic. With that in mind, this baby was born! I initially thought I would not put sleeves on it but decided against that. It is a sweatshirt! It should have sleeves. 

Once again, I have the coziness and warmth of a sweatshirt and the cool chicness of a tunic.

I am currently working on some spring outfit ideas, can't wait to show you. Thanks for stopping by! 

Sew and Tell: Draped Sweatshirt

My kids are home for spring break so I didn't have time to post my biweekly Tuesday Tutorial. Sorry about that, hopefully, I'll have it up by next week. In it's place, here you have what will be last sweatshirt post until the fall.

Here's a draped sweatshirt I made from a 3X mens sweatshirt. I know, I know, sweatshirts don't drape well but hey, I had to try it out. I like it and it does look good with leggings. 

I also like the sleeves which are half off. A little Star Warsy, no? I need every bit of warrior fashion to face spring break with the kids! Lol.

Here it is without the belt. 

I then decided to add a snap to it and now I love it even more. 

"Wait a second children, one last pic"

I feel like a warrior mom ready to tackle spring break with the kids!!!

Thoughts?

X-Large Men's Hoodie into Ladies Hoodie Mini-dress

I love it when my husband gets into donation mode with his clothes. He donates most of it but I always get a couple of pieces that I could tranform into something cute. This is one of them, X-Large Florida Hoodie.

It started out like this:

Sorry, for the pic, I was trying to get the entire sweatshirt, but I think you can figure out what I was working with.



I basically took a sweatshirt that fit me well, turned it inside out and measured, seam to seam, for a bust, waist and hip measurement.  I then took the Florida sweatshirt apart, cutting the arms and side seams. THAT IS ALL, I CUT NOTHING ELSE. Then I applied the measurments to the Florida shirt and stitched with a sewing machine as you can see below. With a shirt as large as this one, it required to sew up some of the arm hole. 

As you can see from my measurments, I am quite a pear! lol. I also serged the seams for durability but you don't have to.

I like the fit because it is comfortable without being tight.

It looks great with leggings and boots. I have also worn it with skinny jeans. Oh, and it's oh so warm!