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Refashioning something that's inspired by... This years challenge from The Refashioners is  reimagining something that was once something else, and turning it into your inspiration image. Well....that's a hard one for me. The inspiration in refashioning for me is mostly the garments itselves. But I like a challenge so I went for it. On my Pinterest I gathered loads of inspiration images so there I would pick one image....  Hmmm, difficult!  I decided to make a compilation of images of jackets that inspire me and work from there. Going through my thriftshop stash I found three items I could use for a jacket. I picked up these pieces in the thriftshop because I'm into plaid at the moment, I'm a sucker for leopard print and my everlasting love for black and white striped pieces. (Check my  Instagram  and you'll see....)  Pattern chosing and dismatle I chose a pattern of a bomberjacket I used before and cut it so that I was able to u...

So crazy about this dot! (Nederlandse versie) The fabric has been moved with me a few times in my fabric box with leftovers. I could not dispose of it. I can not even remember what I have ever made of it (or maybe it's from the leftover stock of my mom). It was only a small piece and after some creative juggling with the pattern it could still be a part of a summery top. The rest of the top is made of a discarded white t-shirt from my hubby. Knipmode December 2016 The top is a pattern from Knipmode and I also used this pattern for the lace body from the Knipster contest last year. (see pictures on my  Facebook ). I made the pattern a bit narrower and so I had to wrinkle it less but made sure the top was still large enough. Now I could process the remainder of the polkadot fabric in a V-shape. For this I have been inspired by the Fenna sweater from La Maison Victor (which is also on my 'to-sew' list). There are a lot of seams in the top, well ma...

Turn a unloved suit into something new  (#therefashioners2017)  Nederlandse versie That's the challenge I encountered on Instagram and it's right up my alley: Making an existing outfit into something new or partly reusing it IS SÓ MUCH FUN. #loveit I did not have a suit that I wanted to remake, so the first part of this challenge started. Shopping! Looking for that unloved suit to be dramatically remade. At my third(!) trip to the second hand shop I choose the only suit that was available as a whole set. In fact, it was still very beautiful and it looked exactly like a suit that my love once had...?  Coincidence! The fabric does not have a very exciting print, but luckily it's oversized so there is enough fabric to spice it up. Let the magic begin: transform a neat men's suit into a cool women's suit that I can wear daily. Dismantle While dismantling the suit I saved as much original detail as I could. Interesting to see how such a suit is ma...