hello september!

Short post today because I have to go study, but...

Before:

Another thrift store find :P Boxy weirdly shaped top; really really long; and why is there a random slit in the middle??

The one redeeming factor in this dress was the fabric on the skirt portion--I loved the light, crepe-y material and the color scheme of the floral pattern. 

valu-plus dress

Late last year, I had mentioned getting a bunch of stuff from a Valu-Plus store that was going out of business. Here is another piece from that haul:

Before:

no shape, super long, and side slits?! I look so thrilled haha xD

To justify my decision to get this dress, not only were they super cheap (literally $0.60 each), the fabric was really light and crepe-y. The material was perfect for the summer. I liked the general shift-shape of the dress, but it was way too plain...and long >__<

post-exam outfit~

I got this shirt a really long time ago--during the winter when my hair was still long (!). A thing called med school just sort of took over my sewing time :(

before:

I loved the print and the shell buttons on this shirt, but there were
1. 2 gaping awkward slide slits
2. awkward shoulders with humongous SHOULDER PADS and
3. just an overall grandma-esque fit

oversized men's shirt

Happy New Years everyone! To celebrate 2011 (and the end of winter break T__T), I decided to fit in one more refashion

before--

I chose this shirt because the material was thick and warm--perfect for winter!

mom: is this dad's shirt?! he doesn't even wear things this big!!

singaporean mob boss

This shirt I found on one of my thrift-store hunts. It was only 1 dollar! I was really drawn to the paisley print--it looked so cultural :P

before

mom: are you serious? that looks like a shirt that belongs to a singaporean mob boss

I guess I could see the rational behind my mom's comment--the shirt DID have a tinge of asian flavor to it. I decided to go with the asian theme and make the shirt even more asian, just for a girl :P

grey flower dress

before

I got this dress a while ago while thrifting. There were so many things not wearable about this dress:

1. SUPER long, but short sleeves?!
2. grey boring color + boring pattern
3. it looks like a pillowcase
4. i look like a grandma >__>

valu-plus XXL shirt

Valu-plus is a store just across the street from our apartment that happened to be going out of business this past week. As a result, they are liquidating pretty much all their goods, including plain cotton t-shirts. Normally, I never buy just plain cotton T's, but ever since I started following sewing blogs, I've had an urge to grab every cheap fabric source I can get at to practice sewing xD Here's a shirt I found for <$1!

before:

jared's subway commercial take 2 xD

Haha I really have a soft spot for these XXL shirts--mostly because they can easily become tunics ;)

old navy 'tank'

So, Old Navy had this 50% off clearance sale and I found this tank with super cute ruffles--final cost only $3 (5.99/2)!! Only caveat, as you can see by the size on the tag... (click on the photos for larger views)

size XXL o_O

 ...it was definitely way too big ^__^''

Here's the catch: I had actually chosen it to be XXL on purpose, so I would get all that fabric and length to turn the tank into a...dress! xD