DIY: A Refashion Anyone Can Do With One Little Tool!

Believe it or not, I did this "refashion" (I use the term loosely since I barely did anything) before I started blogging. In fact, it was several months before I was even close to starting this blog. I had forgotten that I had done it until I recently found a misplaced SD memory card. You can imagine my surprise when I found this refashion fossil! Here's a little history lesson.

Back when I was going to the thrift store near my parents house and back when that thrift store still had a $0.50 rack (see how long ago this was!!), I saw this cute argyle sweater:

I loved it. It was a great color and had a cute pattern. The only issue was that the beading detail was coming apart in a few sections. I almost gave up right then and there but I remembered that somewhere in my house I had a seam ripper. How hard would it be to cut the thread holding the beads and just take that detail off entirely in order to transform this cardigan? I decided that I could do it. It would be painstakingly tedious and boring, but I could do it.

And don't forget, this was the first time I ever really did anything like this. That's why the pictures suck. I was just trying to do a before and after so I could send to my mom's e-mail since she was with me when I bought the sweater.

Anyway, if I remember correctly, this took less than 30-40 minutes. I am pretty sure I did it while I waited for dinner to cook. I have no idea what I made but I don't usually cook stuff that takes longer than an hour.

And that's that. I don't recall if I ever took more pictures to show my mom, so this might actually be the first time she sees this as well (Hey mom!! Let me know what you think!).

I love refashions like this because anyone, creative or not, can do something like this, all you need is a seam ripper. Seriously people, they only cost a couple bucks and they are pretty useful! I originally bought mine because sometimes new jeans have their tags sewed onto them and seam ripping them is a pretty easy way to detach the thread. Go buy one. Go buy one now!

One more thing:

I have been having issues for the past few months with internet/computer stuff. You all know that I bought a new computer a couple of months ago because my last computer was killed by viruses. Everything was going along perfectly, until I decided to download Window10 on my new computer. My blog operating system does not like Windows10 for whatever reason and it's taken me a couple of weeks to figure out how to make them work together. I hope to start blogging on a regular basis again, as long as nothing else ridiculous happens!!