Sweatshirt Jacket: this jacket can be made from old sweatshirts that need a new life

I had a few old sweatshirts lying around and I wanted to give them a totally new look. Each of these projects are super easy to do and under about $15 each to m…

A favorite lightweight jacket that I have made. It's easy and minimalistic, but so cute. It was so easy to make from a plain sweatshirt.

Sweatshirt Jacket: this jacket can be made from old sweatshirts that need a new life

One of the creative things I like to do is take old or unused clothing and re-purpose them into beautiful new garments or decorative items. The most recent upcycling project was an olive green sweatshirt which I loved the color of but not the fit, it was brand new and never worn; I kept moving it from house to house thinking I would do something with it someday. After much debate I finally settled on transforming the ordinary sweatshirt into a stunning short jacket for fall. For those of you…

Thanks to a particularly nasty encounter with a flu bug I’ve been under the weather and very limited in creative energy. In fact, for a number of days, I existed on fluids and slept. Now hubby is dealing with it. However, a bit of hand work did manage to get completed and here is the […]

Yep, that's right another THIS to THAT! I like the first one so much I did another. Granted its not a dramatic change But at least it's a change! Hahaha This is my first tutorial of 2014! Even though I should have done this tutorial a looooooong, long, time ago I didn't. But that's okay, 'cause one of my new years resolutions is to stop procrastinating..... So far its eh for me, but I'm trying so that's all that matters right? Right? Well I hope so. HAHAHA Anywhoo, This THIS to THAT like I…

Take a tour of Londa's collection of sweatshirt makeover designs that resulted in her line of patterns, books, DVD on sweatshirt transformations.

This is my second blog for National Serger Month, which is this month. I was looking for serged things to show you and I found a jacket I thought you would

Tutorials - How to Make an Easy Patchwork Jacket - Start by choosing a sweatshirt that's a little too big. An old sweatshirt is fine, even with a design on it. I chose a sweatshirt a size bigger than I normally wear. Lay the sweatshirt out nice and flat, front side up. Lay a ruler across it and mark the center between