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MMM'13, refashioning

Refashion: Nautical Outfit Refashion

04/24/13

Sometimes all you need to do to give oversized and shapeless clothes a bit more “ta dah!”…..

….is take them in a bit and/or change the length….!!  So if you’re panicking that you haven’t got enough handmade/refashioned items for MMM’13, why not raid your local charity shop or thrift store (or, shhhhh, the OTHER side of your wardrobe. You know who’s side I mean right?  ðŸ˜‰ and give it a try. This outfit took me under 2 hours to reshape. Small changes make a dramatic difference! The trousers fit me already in the waist; so I just had to take them in at the hips and down the outside of each leg. I also took them in the entire length of the inseam, then cropped and hemmed. The tee was a simple taking in along the side seams and sleeves, then chopping some of the sleeve off to a length that was comfy. Peasy!

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