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!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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