Refashion Projects - 51 patterns

Recycle and repurpose adult garments and fabric reclaimed from household items into kids clothes!

We have gathered together some excellent projects and tutorials to make kids clothes from recycled materials such as dresses from men's shirts and pillowcases, pants from t-shirts, tops from old t-shirts...

These projects are a great way to make clothes for a youngster while saving money and recycling unwanted products. Give an old garment a new lease of life!

Sweatshirt Dress for Girls

Here's a refashioning sewing project that uses a man's sweatshirt as its base to make a dress that could become a kid's favorite. An existing top is used…
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Toddler's T-Shirt Dress

Here's a good project for newbie sewers to get their teeth into, using an existing t-shirt as a base to make a simple dress. This page describes the basic…
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This is my first turtorial and thank you very much for posting it on your website.

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Reverse Applique Knee Patches

Here's a relatively quick piece that focuses upon sewing reverse applique knee patches. The technique could be applied to other aspects of clothing and…
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Refashion a Dress for a Young Girl

Refashioning clothes that are no longer wanted is a great way to indulge your sewing habit and this tutorial describes the general process of how you…
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Easy Adjustable Waistband

This is a tutorial for adding an adjustable waistband to ready-to-wear pants. Even store-bought elastic-waisted pants are sometimes too big for slim-waisted…
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The Jess Cardi

This is a very cute open cardigan for a little girl that is actually an adaptation of a t-shirt pattern. You'll need a basic t-shirt pattern to work from,…
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Twirly T-Shirt Dress

This is a pretty dress for a little girl that repurposes a t-shirt combined with your fabric of choice. The tutorial walks you through the whole process…
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Jeans to Short Refashion

For those facing an upcoming summer, this tutorial will show you how to refashion a pair of jeans into a super cute pair of shorts perfect for a little…
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Dress Refashioned to a Skirt

What do you do with a refashioned garment when it no longer fits? Refashion it again! this tutorial shows how a child's dress (originally refashioned…
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Twirly Whirly Dress

This is a quick and easy sewing project that repurposes a little cirl's top that has become too short and pairs it with fabric to make a cute dress.
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