DIY High Low Button-Up Crop Top

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TO THIS

Hello everyone!! I'm finally back with another revamping project. I got this dainty button up from Salvation Army (only place I can find good second-hand stuff in my town so like..) for only $3. It is a bit, I mean very outdated, but I was really attracted to the color and the lace high neck. The shirt is a very fancy for me and if you know me, I usually go casual/street-style. That is why I went with a high low cropped top and added the folded sleeves for a more relaxed look. 

To begin my revamping, I cut off the sleeves because they were gathered at the top to create a poofy affect (totally out of fashion). I just want a regular sleeve.

After doing that, I folded the shirt so that the middle of the front and back were the edges ( shown below because I know that didn't make a lot of sense). I then cut the bottom front to the length I wanted the crop to be and then continue cutting in a slanted fashion towards the middle back.

This is how it turned out/looked when I flipped it back to the front. 

Now to the sleeves. I cut off the cuff and trimmed the excess shoulder fabric off of the arm pattern. 

After making sure the arm pieces were okay to sew onto the shirt, I sewed them on and ended up cutting 11cm off of the sleeve for the folded sleeves. To create the folded sleeves, I just folded the sleeve up twice and sewed them down.

For the bottom hemming, I copied the old hem and sewed an blind stitch/invisible stitch. It was my first time doing it instead of observing my mom do it but the seam turned out to be okay. I showed my mom and she was like "you did it so ugly, are you going to redo it" -- ahhaahha no mum. No one will see it but you. 

Thank you for you time! 

Here is the final look! 

DIY Turtleneck Halter Top

Hey! I'm back! and with a video! I decided to change up the pink turtleneck I bought recently (from my last haul). As you can guess from the title, I made a Halter top out of it! If you want to see how I did it, go on and check it out on my youtube here!

Dress Transformation: Fitted V-neck Shirt

BEFORE 

 AFTER

This dress was bought a while back at the Salvation Army and I didn't' know what to do with it so I experimented and this happened!

So the first thing I did was just cut the dress apart. I separated the back from the front and the back was two pieces so I separated those too.
After doing that, I folded the front piece of the dress in half, right sides inside.

I used a fitted crop top as my template and traced it.

Using the piece I just cut out, I fold it in half again and used it to make my back piece. (sorry it's blurry!)

 Then I just cut it. If you're new to cutting fabric, I recommend you to use pins to hold the pieces together.

 I realized that I didn't need to cut the back pieces apart....and ended up messing up. I fixed it by simply rehemming the hem on the other side.

 After doing that, I sewed the back pieces together.

Placing the two pieces  right sides together, I sew down the shoulders and sides. 

Originally, I was going to make a mock-neck but i forgot to make a smaller neck so I went ahead and cut a V in the front. It's better to cut the V before you sew the front and back together but I realized too late that the mockneck wouldn't work.

 To make the V-neck, I fold the front in half and mark how low I want the V to go and simply traced a V up to the neck then cut it out.

After hemming, I cut out the extra fabric at the V-neck area.

You can leave it at this, or go on and make the straps for the V-neck. I just used the old straps on the dress.

I just the shirt and figured out where I wanted the straps and hand sewed them on. Easy as that! The shirt is now all doneee.

Finished look

Transforming an Old Dress into a Trendy Two-Piece

DIY Two-Piece

 

I'm back with another transformation of old thrifted clothes that probably no one will wear as they are! This one is a dress that I will be changing into a two-piece. Again, I didn't record my process. I totally forgot because I was so into the moment. If you guys would like to see future transformations with the process, comment below or tell me through my Instagram or any other social media.
This was the easiest transformation I had done so far and I lovee the outcome!

So, this is the before of the dress:

As you can see, it's sort of an "old lady" style dress and waaayy old. So, I did my thing, and wah-lah!
Here is how it looks after! A trendy two-piece.

So all I really did was separate the top from the bottom and cropped the skirt up. After cropping the skirt, I adjusted it to fit my waist and then added elastic. For the top, I kept it the same, except I added a laced back to the back.

 Accessories  

Choker: Claire's