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Turn Your Hoodie into a Halloween Costume! Easy DIY’s!

By elizabethg October 2, 2015 “Halloween costumes don’t come cheap these days, and overpriced looks can dampen the spirit of the season. That’s where your old hoodie comes in. Grab your sweats, scissors, and spunk for three fun and EASY DIY Halloween costumes to bring out the animal in you.” Advertisement More Upcycling at SWN: Blog Post: Owl Hoodie Towel Video: How to Sew a Minion Hoodie Topic: Make A Kids Shark Costume With A Hoody (With Teeth & Fin!) Video: Quick and Easy

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Tall Boys – How to Sew Boys Pants from a Man’s Shirt

Two fabulous sewing tutorials upcycling men’s button-down shirts turning them into boys pants from Megan of Create with Wild Abandon – Meggipeg. The first tutorial by Megan uses a thrifted man’s red shirt, purchased with this upcycle project in mind. The construction process is based on Megan’s previous boy’s pants refashion tutorial and her second tutorial found here is based on this ‘Saltwater Kids’ tutorial for boy’s shorts. Go to Boy’s Pants Refashion Tutorials One and T

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Easy Sewing: Underwear – Annika Victoria’s Free Tutorial

Today Annika Victoria shows us how easy it really is to sew your own underwear! YOU can sew these ladies briefs out of any lightweight stretchy cotton jersey fabrics. Annika suggests recycling old t-shirts! Subscribe to Annika Victoria’s Youtube Channel. More underwear sewing: Fancy Pants aka Stretch Lace Panties Video: Whitney Sews – Making Underwear From A T-Shirt Photo: Lingerie Elastic Sewing Tutorial Tutorial~Recycled Tshirt Panties Panty Tutorial: How to Sew Underwear S

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How to Sew a Pair of Shorts from a Pillow Case with Melina Hollway

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

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How to Dye Fabric

“Knowing how to dye fabric can be one of the most powerful tools in your DIY projects arsenal. If you’re looking for the perfect upholstery fabric for your next home decor update but just can’t find the right color, you can do it yourself! Dyeing fabric requires only a few supplies and a bit of patience. Watch as Better Homes and Gardens walks through you how to use fabric dye right now!” – Better Homes and Gardens Fabric Dyeing Channel: Fabric Dyeing techniques, tips, articl

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Refashion a Bra + Sew an Easy Cascading Nightie

With her fun and concise teaching style GiannyL shows us how to create a beautiful cascading nightie using an underwire bra and some tulle. This is an easy sewing project you could complete in a few hours with sewing machine experience. Make sure you check out Nylon & Dress Tulle Fabric – The Differences + Tips, Tricks and Video Tutorials before you hit the fabric store. Sponsor related sewing projects at SWN: Nursing Sleep Bra: The Tutorial (with pattern) Rosy Bra Sewn Ou

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How to Make a Sock Monkey – Easy Sewing for Beginners Video DIY

Easy Sewing for Beginners shows us how they created a unique sock monkey with this quick DIY video! Watch the creative process from first to last stitch and make a sock monkey of your own. Download free PDF instructions from Easy Sewing for Beginners here: http://www.easysewingforbeginners.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/How-to-Make-a-Sock-Monkey-for-Beginners.pdf Advertisement Monkey Business in Your Sewing Room: Sock Monkeys by Tempest Lee Find more inspiring monkey sewing

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Thrifty Autumn Sewing: Upcycled Peplum Cardigan Sweater – Free Tutorial from Stitchless TV

Upcycled Peplum Cardigan Sweater: Click Here to Watch the Free Tutorial from Stitchless TV . Find more inspiring autumn sewing photos like these on sew-whats-new.com Peplum Blouse Re-style Sewing Tutorial from FabricMart More Thrifty Sewing Projects at SWN: Album: Altered Creations by Marsha Egleston Topic: Toddler Boys Suit Jacket From Man’s Suit Jacket – Free Tutorial & Pattern Video: Wing Chair Re-upholster Slide Show – Thrifty! Blog Post: Neck Tie Apron Album: Altered Cre

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Upcycled Tunic from a Sweatshirt – Free Sewing Video Tutorial

“In this video, I’ll be showing you how to turn a sweatshirt into a long tunic. This is the first part in a two part series showing you how to turn a sweatsuit in to a maxi-length skirt suit with a long ruffled skirt and a matching tunic top.” Paganelli Tunic with Bravo Fabric Tunic Sewing Tutorials & Projects: Photo: Paganelli Tunic with Bravo Fabric Video: How To Make A Stylish Beach Tunic Video: Create A Short & Sexy Vintage Tunic Topic: T-Shirt Tunic – Reconstruction Vide

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Refashion a Skirt into a Dressy Tee

Miss P refashioned a simple gathered skirt into a dressy t-shirt you could wear anywhere. Skirts are a great source of fabric for refashioning! This sewing tutorial shows you what to keep, and what to cut, how to cut, and how to sew it back together. Those thrift store skirts now have much more to offer! Even if you don’t wear skirts, check out the skirt section of your local thrift shop. Portia, who authored this tutorial recommends looking for simple skirts gathered into

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Upcycled Summer Dresses and Shirts – 9 Free Sewing Tutorials

Joy of How Joyful transforms this short sleeve button-down shirt into this sweet summer dress. A thrifted oversized button-down shirt to start with: Joy Kelley is a creative Industrial Designer from the Universidad de Chile by degree. Check out Joy’s blog to see how she deconstructed the shirt and then constructed and sewed the dress together. Joy made excellent use of all of her fabric pieces! Clever and beautiful! See how Joy did it! ✂ Advertisement ✂ How to Recycle Men’

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Pattern and Sew an Easy Girls T-shirt Circle Dress

Melanie from the Crafty Cupboard shows us how she sewed this pretty dress for little girls. Upcycling an existing t-shirt, and using some fabric , a beautiful “Twirly Dress” is born. The bottom half of this dress is actually a very simple circle skirt with a serged bottom hem. If you need some extra help calculating your circle skirt radius, the Snug Bug has some excellent information to help you draft this pattern piece. I really love this sewing project because we end

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Easter Sewing Project Round-up!

Free Easter Sewing Patterns: Stitch up an Easy Easter Chick Decoration and Some Easter Eggs! Free Sewing Tutorials Stitch up an Easy Easter Chick Decoration and Some Easter Eggs! Free Sewing Tutorials Free Easter Bunny PDF Sewing Pattern + How to Sew the Blanket Stitch by Hand Free Easter Bunny PDF Sewing Pattern + How to Sew the Blanket Stitch by Hand Fabric Flower Basket Tutorial Fabric Flower Basket Tutorial Molly Chicken’s Little Love Bird Sewing Tutorial + Basic Embroide

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