Just like my crochet cheater top this funkified vest required zero crochet knowledge but looks like I could have spent hours with the hook, meticulously looping, turning & chaining (?) the delicate thread – here’s what I really did:
I started with a faded denim vest that had been skulking at the bottom of my stash for way too long.
Snagged my trusty bleach.
Tossed the vest in a 50/50 bleach & H2O mixture and let it soak overnight.
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et voila! A no-longer-faded-black vest but still not at all nifty enough to wear.
I sifted through my pile of vintage lace and discovered this lurvly little hand-crocheted tablecloth (which I had previously dyed from dingy white to purty turquoise).
I sliced it in half & pinned a piece to each side of the front of the vest.
Chopped off the excess.
Sewed it on with a tight zigzag stitch.
Then I stitched a couple of the remaining crocheted rosette-scraps to the collar, replaced the rivets with some fancy vintage buttons and added a lil’ something to the back too!
Are you diggin’ my fancy new vest?
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What a cool idea. Your creativity always amazes me. I love the colour and you look gorgeous in this photo.
Thanks Vee – it was definitely time to update the “after” photos on this old tute![😉](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/svg/1f609.svg)
Very nice refashion.
Thanks very much
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This is one of my favorites you’ve done. Dying something turquoise is always a plus, in my book.
Some of my fave tutorials are the oldies but goodies![😉](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/svg/1f609.svg)
Great refashion Sheri. And I love this photo of you and the styling too..
I’ve now shared over 500 tutorials so I thought it was time to re-shoot the “after” photos & update some of my oldie but goodie projects. This one is from April/2013 – a fab refashion that’s still going strong & looking awesome!![😀](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/svg/1f600.svg)
That’s really cool! How did you finish the cut edges of the crocheted part?
– Heather R., The Real Leopardstripes
Thanks, it turned out even better than I’d imagined!
…to keep the chopped crochet from fraying apart I just zigzagged over the edges a couple of times using a wide, tight stitch (as usual ;O)
I guess you never show them your finished projects.. don’t! Let them continue to think you’re ‘blim-blim’ while you make off with their crochet stash! Hehe
::bows down to your creativity:: I love this!!
Creativity? Maybe a little…it’s more down to desperation at not being able to crochet anything myself but wanting to fill the wardrobe with funky hippie-fied crocheted items! …seriously I think I have a crochet-addiction…just today at the charity shop I giddily picked up a divine hand embroidered round vintage tablecloth with an absolutely brilliant crocheted edge, held it up to myself & did a twirly lil’ dance (it’ll make a gorgeous skirt!) – the staff thinks I’m completely round-the-bend & even asked my hubs if I was “o.k im Kopf”…hilarious!