23. Up-cycling Project // Shorts

I love shorts, especially high-waisted shorts. I snagged a bunch at a bag sale at the St. Vincent de Paul near my old school. I wound up spending about $.20 per item! Some of the shorts simply needed a good hem job, but a size ten red pair needed to be taken in. I currently am not proficient at taking before shots (or capturing red items accurately), but here is my mid progress picture, followed by some cute vintage red high-waisted shorts available on the internet! click price for source.



$31.14             $38.00              $34.00             $36.00             $30.00
The original state of the shorts I purchased were too big and long for my taste. I took off the waist band, removed the seams and detached all the pieces (apart from the zipper), added another pleat, reattached the pieces with a french seam, finnished the waist with some bias tape, and hemmed them up! I wore them to work today with a coral Fashion Association shirt. (There isn't a white wall in my house! How sad...)


One down, at least nine to go!

DIYF: Sweater Leggings

Thank God It's Do It Yourself Friday!
It is very cold where I live, in fact, it is snowing and they cancelled school- a rare occasion! A couple weeks ago, my good friend Kara showed me a link on how to make sweater leggings. I lost found! the link: Behind the Seams, and I loved the idea! Thrift stores are full of sweaters just begging to be made into cute leggings! So here is my tutorial version. I hope you enjoy and if you make your own, please let me know!

(click the image for a larger view!)

I cut two inches off the bottom of my shorts and used the excess as a casing.

The casing in process.

The finished product!

A complete outfit!
They are so comfy! I love one of a kind clothing items! Stay crafty!