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Angela Wolf, a brilliant sewing professional, instructor, designer, and author, shares her free sewing video playlist of 45 video tutorials all demonstrating how to alter, combine, refashion, and re-size garments to suit and fit you TODAY. Angela has been passionate about fashion and sewing since childhood.  “I used to sneak fabric out of my mother’s closet, but I was too young to understand patterns. So I would lie on the fabric, have my younger sisters draw an outline of m

Londa Rohlfing demonstrates how she redesigns and sews unique refashioned tops using men’s knit shirts in this free episode from It’s Sew Easy, a PBS show, Series 1600. Follow along and learn how to utilize knit tops, woven shirts, lace, neckties, and fabric to create your very own one-of-a-kind (OOAK) tops! Sewing Memento Tops with Londa Memento Upcycled Knit Top Sewing ePattern at Etsy More restyling and upcycling inspiration at SWN: Transformation Challenge – Sewing and R

Join Kara Metta in her free video series as she brilliantly refashions and restyles several garments that she inherited from her grandmother. Trench coats, dresses, tops, sweaters, baseball t-shirts, a pink power-suit, sweatpants, a prom dress, bottoms, all converted into updated stylish, unique, and comfortable clothing that Kara can wear right now.  Watch Kara and learn how you can restyle existing outdated garments to build any wardrobe inexpensively.  Subscribe to Kara’s

“Upcycled in this video is an over-sized and unflattering cardigan sweater,  tailored to the correct size and re-purposed  with a thrifted appliqued t-shirt to refashion the cardigan sweater into a wearable fashionable eco-friendly handmade wardrobe essential. ” Watch the video DIY: The Sustainable Seamstress is dedicated to slow fashion. Upcycled clothing for a large family committed to frugal living.  Jill enjoys working with her hands in many different ways including re-pu

A free tutorial from Christina of A Few Scraps creates this pretty bird applique for a skirt easily and without frustration with a technique that makes applique easier.  This is a free tutorial that shows you how to use a dryer sheet when creating your applique fabric shapes.  Simple. Once you see how this tutorial you will be bitten by the applique bug! Use this method to add any shape you want to customize bags, garments, accessories, and more.  Easy and very cost effective

Annika Victoria shares her thoughts on using scraps in this episode of Style Pile! #scrap #sewing #AnnikaVictoria #upcycle #fabric #thrift #scraps #repurpose #StylePile

In this free sewing tutorial, fashion designer Melina Hollway from Damsel in this Dress shows you how to make a pair of vintage sleep-shorts out of a vintage pillowcase without a pattern. Want to become a fashion designer? read more…. With the release of the new eBook “Secrets of a Self-Taught Fashion Designer” you can now start your own fashion label with the easy to follow key instructions by Melina, with simple easy to follow picture tutorials on how to make simple garment