How to Refashion a Vintage Dress

Remember that fabulous but not great fitting thrifted vintage dressthat I needed your refashionista advice for? I’m pleased to present the groovy results: I mixed and matched bits from your fab ideas and created a fitted yet …

My Double Refashioned Vintage Bowling Shirt

Do you ever create something that just isn’t for you, still want to keep but will never wear? Such was the case with this brilliant but frumpy 1960’s bowling shirt I inherited from Tante Uschi: …

My Simple DIY Maxi Dress

A few bright-eyed viewers of my Why Not Thrift video have asked about the marvelously patterned dress sharing the screen with me. Just in case you missed it, here’s another a look at my awesomely shareable video: Did you …

Why Not Thrift?

I’ve heard so many silly and just plain illogical reasons from anti-thrifters for NOT shopping secondhand that I thought a wee bit of an educational video was in order. Meet my amusing cast of characters and …

No Sew DIY Upcycled Scrappy Fringe Pins

Create a few funky fringe-y pins with my crazy easy no sew scrapbusting tutorial! Continue your passion for refashion with my  Confessions of a Refashionista e-book series:  

Blogging: Dealing with Trolls

It’s absolutely fantastic that I’m able to share my creative tutorials with the world, encourage others to embrace sustainable style and reach such a large audience, unfortunately becoming popular online also comes with its fair …

DIY Destroyed Distressed Denim

Fabulously frayed denim never goes out of style and is ridiculously simple to achieve with the right repurposed tool: Here’s my groovy method (& secret tool) for easily giving your thrifted jeans that wonderfully worn out …

The Fugly Dress Refashion: A Simple DIY Cropped Blouse

Remember those fugly vintage dresses that had been languishing in my stash for far too long? All of your fabulous refashionista brainstorming in the comments gave my imagination the kick it needed to finally transform them into …

my adorable cropped apron jacket refashion

My fave berlin charity shops are full of vintage Kittelkleider (apron dresses) & although most of them are made of slippery, scratchy workwear polyester occasionally I stumble across a sweet soft cotton that begs to …