She's Crafty- If You Want To Destroy My Sweater...

"If you want to destroy my sweater, hold this thread while I walk away"... ~ Weezer

This monday  so I took advantage of my free time and I purged my closet. While I gathered clothing destined for donation to the thrift stores, I spotted a few items I wanted to play around with.

You'll Need:

• old sweater, maybe one that's too snug or too short.
• scissors
• thread
• pins

The first was a green sweater tunic tank. Which I'd attempted to wear several times without successfully making it out the door. So today was the day, I gave it new life. I decided this lovely sweater would be my guinea pig for this project, and I would repurpose and "Re-Style" it.

STEP 1

Take the sweater and turn it inside out.

STEP 2

I eyeballed the sweater and then cut straight across just under the armpit. (Note: I should have cut a little higher to allow more material to work with). This ended up being about the top 1/3 of the sweater.

STEP 3

Next I turned the newly cut edge down once and then twice and pinned it. It's advisable to measure your new hem to make sure it is even all around. I actually did this twice- the first time, I folded it down too much. I didn't exactly accommodate for the new hem and the actual skirt length- oops! silly me. So I unpinned it all and made the new hem not so wide- then pinned it back down all the way around.

STEP 4
Sew it. You could just as easily sew it using your machine, but I did it by hand since it was such a small piece.

STEP 5

Turn garment right side out and wear it!

Song of the day: Undone (The Sweater Song) by Weezer

Graype Soda

Here I smile, though I feel yucky, so forgive the no make-up/hair up in a bun look,
I promise this will not be a re-occuring theme.

This is me without makeup. Which is big for me- (I divulge I am a notorious glam camper- I can't leave home without it.) Spent the whole day in my pj's today. But I felt a bit better after throwing some clothes on to run a little errand. It gave me a great opportunity to debut my newly dyed purple top. This little guy was originally white, with white eyelet trim at the neck, and I absolutely loved it. That is until I noticed the little unsightly little yellow stain in front, how long and how it got there beats me. I'd tried several of my faithful over the counter spot removers with no luck, so it's been banished to the get rid of it pile- until now. One of my roomates- (and when I refer to roomates I mean inlaws and sister in law because my husband and I are in process of building our home right now and this allows us to save and build- we are so lucky to have them). So yes... my roomate was dying a costume for her school dance performance and at last minute we ran around  the house looking for other things to try dying. No need to waste a batch of perfectly good dye, right? Suprisingly, the shirt came out better than I expected, and due to the different materials it absorbed different amounts of the dye.

With all of the beautiful spring-like weather we've been having these past few weeks, I forgot that it's still tecnically winter. Last nights storm dropped a few inches of fluff in the higher elevations, so they cancelled school for all the kids. I planned to make a quick trip to the grocery store to pick up soup, lozenges, tea and juice before the next storm hits. Who know's what tomorrow will look like...

Heather Gray V-Neck Tee: Old Navy

Purple Shirt: hand me down (formerly white)

Gray Wrap Cardigan: ROSS

Jeans: Old Navy

Belt: Thrifted

Jewelry: Cookie Lee Jewelry

Scarf: Old Navy (One Day Only Sale $1)