Still in the Spirit of Things.

My time at Wardrobe Refashion is long past, and I didn't do a very good job of updating my progress on that front -- in fact, I never even introduced myself on the site. But I did do some refashioning, and I'm still doing some.

In fact, just last week I cut off the top of a skirt I purchased on Fatshionista and made it an elastic waist. I couldn't tell from the picture that the skirt was ankle length, for one thing, and it really didn't sit right on my waist. I have a pretty severe swayback, so most ready-made skirts hang strangely on me. I thought -- no big deal, I'll be done in a jiffy. Except, you know, it took forever...

It looks nice now, though. Not really nice enough to post a picture (you've seen one refashioned plaid skirt, you've seen them all), but nice enough to wear to work.

I've been working on another refashion, though, that's about to do me in.

I got a clearance top from Old Navy some time ago, and I wore it a few times before I decided that its puffed sleeves were just too unflattering to bear.

So I decided to Do Something About It.

Ugh, those kinds of declaration never end well, do they? We'll see.

I Heart Recycling T-Shirts.

I had a terrible flu or something in January, so not only was I not posting here...I was also not making anything. Or doing anything. Literally. I was very, very busy just being sick.

Anyway, after I finally started feeling better, I realized that I was low on kitschy t-shirts. (Sadly, I "outgrew" most of my old ones.) I had purchased a clearance t-shirt from Old Navy that fit really nicely -- for 99 cents, no less -- though I didn't much care for the silver foil Halloween cat and the big "Old Navy" logo below it. You really have to overlook those things when something both fits well and costs less than a dollar, you know?


But I just don't care for brand-pimping, so I planned to cover the design and the logo with some sort of applique. I threw it in my "potential" pile (a nice pile of clothes saved for refashioning in my closet) and forgot all about it.

After my long convalescence, I needed a simple project that would still yield results. A t-shirt project fit the bill.

I dug out my 99 cent wonder and an old, ill-fitting sweatshirt. I measured the original design and cut a shape out of scrap paper just large enough to cover it. Then I cut the shape from a piece of the old sweatshirt.


I pinned the fleece shape over the foil design and began to outline it in uneven black running stitches.


And here is the completed refashion, easy and seasonally appropriate!

The Official Pledge.

I almost forgot to do this, but here is my official Wardrobe Refashion pledge:

I, Sarah L. Crowder, pledge that I shall abstain from the purchase of "new" manufactured items of clothing for the period of 4 months. I pledge that I shall refashion, renovate, and recycle pre-loved items for myself with my own hands in fabric, yarn, or other medium for the term of my contract. I pledge that I will share the love and post a photo of my refashioned, renovated, recycled, crafted, or created item of clothing on the Wardrobe Refashion blog, so that others may share the joy that my thriftiness brings!

So, there ya go. I've officially pledged. Now I need to go introduce myself on the site...which I'll probably get around to doing in, ah, month three or so? Yeah.