Oh my gosh, that was a lot of work for a skirt that doesn't exist in my life
Hey everyone! Welcome back to my channel and if you're new here, I'm Wendy and today we are doing a thrift flip
consultation
virtual flip if you will I made a request on my Instagram for photos of your clothes and now
It's time to get those thrift flip ideas flowing. Last time we did this, I tried really hard to cover
let's call it the basics of
thrift flip things like you have a dress and how to turn that into a matching set or you have a shirt and how to
Turn that into a nice little crop top, if you want to see that video the link is in the description
I feel like it's a really helpful way to see the potential in second-hand orther food clothing
But today we will not be repeating any of those ideas in this video. It's going to keep it fresh
I'm excited to see what you guys sent in and if you stick around until the end
I will actually do one of the flips. Let's see what ideas come out of the hips clothes You send me. Here we go!
Submission number one we have this lovely button up collared dress from Carla
this is definitely an item that I could imagine seeing in a thrift store. it's a salmon tone and she sent in two photos to really
really hit home with how long it is, which is great. We love the extra fabric gives you so much more to work with
Hmm this one plus another image that someone else sent to me is kind of forming like a bit of a mind meld for me
Let me try to put together this idea for you
I'm gonna start out with cutting out the top there's opportunity here to change it from a collared t-shirt into a completely different
Shape that is just so much more playful and interesting. I've cut two Cup sheets out at the top
I've retained a little bit of a
center
Button placket center button placket that will go up the middle through the magic of Photoshop
I'm gonna try to show you what this will look like if it was gathered
I'm gonna try to put these gathers into these two cups here, and I'm also going to
Put in some gathers at the top edge of the cups, okay
Those are the two gathered cups along the top. I actually have a tutorial that is very similar to this
I'll put that one in the description and
Bring over some more samples of fabric again still imaginary cutting them from the bottom of the dress with these ones
I'm trying to put together two little sleeves that also have a little gather along the top edge and the bottom
One sleeve done. Yes. Yes duplicate. Why didn't I do that last time?
I also want to put those same ruffles along the top opening. I feel like that would look super cute
I mean if you have the fabric to spare for it, why not use every inch you can
It's coming together. I want to change out the buttons, I think
Bigger buttons will help to make this look a little bit more luxurious
All right, you guys here is where we started with Carla. It was a buttoned-up collared dress with short sleeves
This is what we were able to achieve and I'll show the inspiration
This is a photo submitted by Aubrey. You can see definitely how I wanted to like mind-meld these things together
I would say the key for this one is you need to make sure you have a fabric that is not
so thick that it doesn't gather in a nice and kind of like gentle relaxed way say
Here we go with file number two
Whew?
So Emma sent us this denim
Dress and what I love about thrift is that you can capitalize on the design work that has already gone into a garment
for example
In this case, there would be a lot of work if you wanted to do your own zigzag paneling to assemble a skirt
But here it's done for us. So I think
We need to take advantage of that. I'd cut it open down the middle
You obviously have to have both of those edges so that they weren't raw
I don't want to bring it into the waist a little bit tighter
So you might have to put in some inverted pleats to just like suck in some of the fabric at the top
Let's let's just pretend that that was the amount of fabric that we took away
I want to put in some boning
if you don't have any access to the proper course that boney you can also just go to the dollar store and see if they
Have some zip ties as a tip, I learned from Micarah Tewers channels
What helps the skirt to have a lot more of a rigid shape. What I'm aiming for is something like this
This kind of like outer layer. It could be paired with a dress shirt. It could be worn on top of a dress
There's just like a lot of different ways to
Do this type of layer. I'm bringing in all of these course that lace up details
This next step here is me adding the grommets and the lace even though I'm pretty sure oh my gosh
That's gonna be so tiresome after
You race around every single little grommet but I
Don't know if this would be more work in real life inserting all the grommets or doing this Photoshop
Anyway, it's okay. Okay, I'm okay. Okay, we can do this. I
Don't mind the buckles at all in this. I think it's øresund. Iris where I got this in SPO pic
So we're gonna keep the buckles to that
You can make out of a contrasting material or you could probably get it to work with the denim, too
Here's where we started with Emma's skirt
It's a denim skirt and just like a regular a line shape, but I really liked the zigzag paneling
and so I want to
capitalize on that by putting in some contrast stitching that goes in
The vertical direction then I think visually it's like become something really interesting
So this is where we landed turning the skirt into a bit more of a layering piece where you could wear it as a skirt
But the lace-up gives you the option to parent over a dress or over a long dress shirt as I've seen this type of thing
Styled many times feel like it went from being something really soft and gentle to something that was a major statement
So if this is in your style range or comfort zone, I feel like it totally would look great
I shall save for a future reference
All right number three it's going okay so far. So Sarah. She sent us this cowl neck dress and
For real? I kind of want this dress and I don't want to change anything about it
Like there's a lot about this that really screams
Transformation dress worn by Elle Woods in Legally Blonde when she
Decides what she wants to wear because she's potentially gonna get proposed to by Warner. Sarah, Why you hatin this dress?
I'm gonna cheat. I really think this dress is like more of a styling challenge than a thrift flipped challenge
So I'm gonna thrift flip something that's gonna go with this dress
My thinking is we're gonna start with a sweater in particular the part of the sweater that I want to transform is the back
I'm gonna try my best to adjust this to be a bit more of like like a light pink, you know, like bubblegum pink
But maybe a bit softer. Someone DMed me this image. I think this is a top from ASOS
so all you would need to do is you take your sweater you cut out a
U-shape, yeah, you just kind of a u-shape from the back. You can add a little string at the bottom to close it up
I mean actually not can you will you should you should add a string at the bottom to close it up?
so in this a sauce top
I think you can tell in the corners that the string actually comes from
Inside of this opening and that helps to add a little bit of a cinching and ruching effect
Which I also like so you should definitely cut it hem it
Insert the string
pull it and
Then if you have fabric to spare it would also be super nice if the sweater that you're flipping could be turned at least
Into a mock neck if you can go all the way for a turtleneck. Why not? Okay, the sweater is on
I'm gonna try and fix the neck too because literally like no sweater cuts straight across the neck
I actually think this looks pretty cute from the front
let me also try to slap this dress design onto the back and see if that actually
Looks good, too. Because if you are looking good from the front and from the back
There's no complaints after that. Oh, yeah
This was the idea. Here's where we started with Sarah
Sorry, Sarah
but honestly you're wearing a dress that I really like and I would not mind if you mailed it to me so that I could
Just love it
I have brought in these inspo images Jonathan simcha as well this a sauce top submitted by
Lorena as a thrift flip idea, I appreciate that. So all of this has come together
With an idea for you to take and a sweater that has a fine knit slim it down. So that's the fitted sweater
ideally some kind of pastel color that complements the dress and showing you the option where you make a cutout from the back that
Complements the shape this is really a thrift flip of a sweater
so
I'll save that part of that idea
Here we are with number four, it's Juna. Whoo. So Juna sent us this green top
In terms of taking advantage of what's already been done in a garment
I want to highlight it has a shirred back, which is really tiresome to do on a domestic sewing machine
So I really want to capitalize on that a nice thing about shirred is that it just gives an elasticity that makes things fit
so much more comfortably the shirred back gives you an advantage that things like zipper closures or ties or
buttons just can't compare with because it
Flexes it moves with the zippers it's much pickier on you getting the fit right not to mention that they also look really cute
I think someone sent to me an image that is coming to mind a little mind-melding going on mash it together
My thinking is related to the chest and the straps. I think the concept is cute
but unfortunately
that fabric ends up rumbling a little bit when it's being used as the shoulder straps feel like the
Challenge with this top is that they had great ideas, but they didn't like commit all the way
so I'm just gonna cut off the entire part that is like chest and above bring the fabric up and
what I want to do here is
Turn this into a little bit of a crop top. So let me cut out a little shoulder for us
And the bottom. Okay. There's like a problem
Now we're technically her belly button should be showing this might be above and beyond my Photoshop pay grade
Let's bring in the jeans. We got to make sure the entire jeans are visible
Ooh, belly button. There's a weird google image search query
So disturbing right we're on the hunt. We're on the hunt for a belly button. There we are with the torso
Moving on we're just gonna move on you came here for a thrift flip not belly button Photoshop
I am going to try to clear up this shoulder. All right, so here is how the front is looking flat bottom crop top
one-shoulder sporty vibe on to the back
You're just gonna cut this shirring out make it a little bit smaller and then drop it back
Into the top to create something like this where you put the shirring in instead still gives you that
Flexibility that the lace-up does but now gives you full 360 coverage so you can wear a bra if you want
This is where we started with this top. The Juna sent in and
Here is where we are special note that I want to put this shirring detail in the back
I like that has a little bit more
Personality the shirring and the elasticity of the whole thing will still give you some breathing room if you wanted to put the lace up effect
I think it looks really nice
But if you want the option to cover up the back the shirringI think is an option worth considering. Mm-hmm
I'm gonna save this one now for number five. This one is from Ben. Does it come with the sleeves attached?
That's kind of a thing. Now. I'm just gonna assume it's this fuchsia and orange part
This is the case where I'm just going to lean in on the stripe design. We're just gonna give it a swirl
Tie-dye a black swirl would look really good
I also think I see a little silk-screening on the shirt and I've noticed tie-dye and silkscreen
Combines in a really cool way because the tie-dye usually doesn't really affect the silkscreen
So it helps to isolate the design a bit more you could go for a bleach
But I'm sensing the outcome for a black tie dye would be a little bit less riskier if tie-dye scares you at all
Earlier during lockdown I did it for my first time using a kit that I bought online and it went really well I even did
A swirl it was actually a collab video where I did colored tie-dye and my friend Latisha
Who else does DIY on YouTube she did bleach tie-dye?
so if you have any
Black or navy or any dark items that you want to do reverse tie-dye on you should definitely check out Latisha's video
I'll link them both. Here is how Ben's original shirts came in
I wanted to build on that to make it like a way more loud and fun shirt
The black makes it like slightly not as crazy psychedelic as tie-dye can be a still packs a statement
All righty out of those five
Ideas, I do have something that could be used to show you how to do number four. Let's do that
This is a t-shirt that I thrifted
I think it was five bucks is from when I did a dress like Billy Eilish DIY tutorial
It's a super comfortable Jersey stretch knit. So I am going to try and turn this into that little one-shoulder
shirred thing
We're gonna start with losing the sleeve another DM I saw requesting this padded shirt top
I mean, people. Come on up can totally do it
All you'll need is two shoulder pads if you've thrifted anything in the last year
You might even have a pair already that you cut out of a dress or a blazer
All you got to do is tuck them in at the shoulders and sew them in place
Make sure the t-shirt is oversized so that you have enough shoulder fabric to work with and there you have it
Actually, the next step we're gonna do is slim the sides
And now you can draw out the shape that you want in the front aiming for
Shoulder all the way to front Center is curved and then going straight around the side
Here, I think I have to sew up the side just a bit higher and then straight across the back
There's roughly a straight line going between the back middle to the upper shoulder
And then for this armhole, we're doing more of like a racerback shape. Let's see how it goes. I'm going to bring these two together
Start here and blend my way there
We're gonna add a half inch seam allowance all the way around the drawing and cut it out
We're also going to cut off the bottom
You just want to make sure you have enough fabric here to cover the back later
Since this is a pretty soft knit. We're gonna try to hem it with a little bit more structure. I'm gonna zigzag
sew this elastic to all of the openings to get that started
Here it is. Zigzag stitch all the way around. This is the line that we drew
So the next step is to fold it in once fold it in twice zig-zag stitch along here
She'll be springy totally smooth and professional
This is how it looks on the inside around the outside
I'm happy with it. Now. I got to do the other way bigger opening and
The bottom
Okay a few adjustments
The shoulder needs to be taken in see like when I pinch an inch
the size
Could be narrower by maybe an inch on both side near the bottom feel like it's shorter on this side than on the side
I'm going to just try to like level that out before I do the same elastic hem on the bottom
Way better
Somehow I think fixing those shoulder strap actually pretty much leveled out the situation down here. I do think the back
needs to be maybe a
Centimeter shorter than the front because the front has more surface area to go around so I'm going to trim the back
One centimeter and then do that same elastic hem all the way around now you could just stop here
but we're gonna add one more little
Touch of pazaz. It's time to share. I have drawn the lines
elastic thread ready
The bobbin with the elastic thread fully loaded and make sure you can see it coming out the correct spot to come up above the
Plate my attention is on seven. I don't know if that's important. But what is important is straight stitch number one for me?
longest
Stitch lengths possible. Here's the back here is the shirred thing that we have created edges hemmed
We're just gonna cut out a hole
I'll do a gathering stitch sew these together the other assignments to come
Sew these together
Pray that it fits.
This top is so small, but I somehow managed to pack so much action into it
so my verdict on the shirred
Detail instead of the lace-up is I'm pro and happy that I decided to do that on the other side. However
this
Extra little ruched thing that happened that was not intentional
It's just because they didn't do a good job matching the height of the shirred section and the height of the flat
Section the blue color though
I really do love that feel like I'm ready to be a member of
All my favorite 90s girl bands say my name say my name
Let me know which of the five ideas that I presented was your favorite
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