Old shirt, new shirt, red shirt, cute shirt

I don't own a lot of long-sleeved shirts, but since my move to college they've kind of become a necessity. I had some old long-sleeved shirts that I never wore so I decided to see if I could refashion them. This shirt was just a simple boxy crew-neck.

I took one of my shirts that I liked and traced the neckline and waist onto the long-sleeved shirt.

I cut along the lines and resewed them. I also ended up taking in the sleeves as well. There was a lot of excess fabric so I even made a little rose clip.

Turquoise Sweater

I'm pretty sure I picked up this sweater from Goodwill for a dollar. It was huge and extremely dated looking, but I thought it might have potential. I actually ended up giving it to a friend and we worked on it together. Here is the "before."

Absolutely heinous. We decided that the gold buttons had to go and that it also needed to be taken in on the sides and upper sleeves. She pinned it and I sewed it up.

After a few attempts, we finally got it looking decent. We never sewed buttons back on it (simply because of lack of time), but it looks ok without them and we can always sew some on in the future. Here is my beautiful friend and her finished sweater.