Hey guys and welcome to another episode of thrift flippin'
I don't know why I did those hand movements. Okay, um
As you guys know,
I love Reformation just as much as the next social media hoe
Um, probably more
Probably like a little bit, too much
I'll just let you soak in the beauty that is these pieces of clothing for a second
And then remind you that they cost like a hundred and seventy eight fucking dollars
So, today I'm gonna be trying to make some Reformation inspired designs from things that I found from the thrift store
Oh, and before we jump into it
Today, we have a special guest as well
Let me go grab her for you
This baby, the sewing machine!
I finally got one thanks to a lovely, lovely subscriber
I've had this for around like two months and I have
NOT learned to use it yet.
But today is the day
Okay, so the first piece that we're transforming,
is this lovely, linen dress
Oh, that's backwards
I got this at Council Thrift Stores,
which is a chain of thrift stores in LA for 8 dollars
What drew me to this dress,
is that it already has kind of all the makings of a reformation dress.
It has these tortoise shell buttons that are super trendy,
that I have on this dress as well
I also love the big ass pockets on this thing
You could probably fit,
not an iPad, but maybe like
2 Chipotle burritos in this pocket
However, in its current state, it's a bit
sack-tastic
That's a disgusting word
I mean, it looks like a potato sack
is what I'm saying
So instead I thought I would turn this into a two piece set
Honestly, this is one of the more complicated thrift flips that I've done,
and it's been about a year since I've used the sewing machine
So
I'm honestly not sure if this will work
I promise you I'm not being dramatic. I'm just....
unskilled
So, let's get to the voiceover and I'll walk you through...
whatever the hell I end up doing with this
So, to make this two-piece
I started off by cutting the dress into,
two pieces, as one might expect
and because I'm a real adult now who actually hems her edges
it was time to call in our good friend, the sewing machine
Well, let's see how this works
This does not seem right..
Okay, this is not how my grandma's sewing machine worked
You know you have an old person hobby when the instructions are written
this big on the page
This is like 34 point font for all those grandmas out there
Good thing my eyes are so young and healthy still
Is this the winder?
Alright, I think she's all threaded
Suppose, let's just get her fired up and sewing
I will say that sewing machine took a little bit of getting used to
but I'll show you guys what the top looks like right now
The hem is not straight
It is...
bicurious at best
Really, my craftsmanship is...
doing the least
Now for the skirt section,
which is more of a...
flaccid tube right now
I wanted to bring in the waist
but I couldn't just sew directly down the sides of the skirt
because that would cut off those pockets, which I wanted to keep.
So instead I cut out a panel from the back
so the total waist of my dress would be around 27 inches
and sew the center seam
right down
the butt side of the dress
So I just finished sewing the skirt and
I may or may not have
fucked up a little bit
Um...
Let me just show you...
It's pretty bad.
Basically, my problem is that I forgot that my body isn't
27 inches the entire way down
and I actually...
have hips...
Um..
Sorry, it's kind of new to me. I just went through puberty about five years ago
So yeah.
Your girl forgot to put in some room for the booty
So luckily I still have some of the fabric left over that I cut off from the skirt
so out of that I'm gonna cut a new triangle insert that'll hopefully
Fill in that nice big old crotch if you have also this could be a really useful way if you have a skirt
That's too small for you that you can expand it a little bit. I don't know why you'd have the exact same
Fabric as the fabric your skirt is made out of lying around your house
But that is for you to figure out I'm really just trying to rationalize my failure. Okay, let's fix this skirt
So to fix this I'm using my handy. Dandy seam ripper
Which I finally bothered to buy for like four dollars from Joanne's
Your girl's really moving up in the world
After frankensteining my skirt back together with that new sexy butt triangle and trimming off the excess fabric on this hot mess of a raw
I finished it all off with a simple hem along the top of the skirt
With the skirt done and finally covering my entire crotch
We're definitely heading in the right direction
But the top was still a little loose for my taste it kind of flared out weirdly in the back
So I brought it back to the sewing machine for what is essentially an incredibly thick
We're talking like three C's worth of thick dart down the back and trimmed off the excess fabric
And here is how the two pieces turned out
I will say the concept was a solid 10 out of 10
The actual execution was maybe 2 out of 10 at best
I think it looks cute as a set together, but honestly
I think they look even better and a little less like a nurse uniform when they're separate
That's obviously what's cool about the two-piece though is that I get more outfit options for like the 8 dollars that I spent on this
Entire project so I'm not mad at all next on the chopping block. We have this skirt. I got it for
$5.49 at Goodwill right now, it's fine
It's just chilling, you know a solid color a plain design not objectionable
But I thought I could turn this into something a lot cuter
So the first thing I wanted to do was make the skirt a little bit more of a modern silhouette by taking a couple inches
off the bottom hem
I tried on the skirt and folded it up to where I wanted the new hem to be to test it out and then mark
that spot with a safety pin then I laid it down flat and cut across about an inch below that mark to sew the new
Hem, we're gonna be doing an invisible stitch so that we won't see the stitches on the outside of the skirt
Which will hopefully make it look a lot more polished and also to be honest
I was just kind of triggered by my inability to sew a straight line on the first thrift flip
so to do an invisible stitch
I'm poking through the folded up part and then grabbing just the tiniest tiniest
Single thread from the other side so that on the outside. It doesn't really look like there's a stitch at all
At least that's the goal
So now it's looking like a much more flattering shape, but I still feel like it's a little bit plain
So I also bought this weird
cardigan slash jacket thing
Um, you know looks like something your grandma who collects cat statues would wear no offense though to grandmas who collect cats tattoos
That's good. Beanie endured 60 years, but obviously, this is all my style. Not my color either
So I'm basically just gonna cut the buttons off of this and put them on to the skirt
Which kind of breaks my heart because I feel so bad wasting this piece of clothing but thrifting this was honestly cheaper than buying
By themselves and hopefully like at least I'm upcycling a little fist. So
don't hate me just sew the buttons on I opted for a cream thread instead of a pink that matched the skirt because I really
Wanted that button details to stand out and here's how the skirt turned out
Hopefully nobody stops to think about the fact that there is an entire row of buttons
That's not actually attaching anything to anything like buttons are supposed to but other than that
I think it looks quite cute and on trend and definitely a little bit more of a statement than the original plain skirt
And lastly we have this pale yellow dress for some reason
I'm going through a yellow phase right now, and I thought this color was delightful
So again, this dress is a little bit large on me and a little bit shapeless and especially since it's a longer length
I feel like it's really easy for me to look kind of drowned in the fabric look a little bit like old-fashioned prairie girl
But not in a cute way, you know, so to bring in the waist and add a little more detail to the dress
I'm gonna be making this corset detail
I'm basically Criss crossing some satin ribbon across the back of the dress and attaching it using some matching thread
So to do that
I'm creating a tiny little loop at the side of the dress with the thread and
Tightening it just enough so that the ribbon is attached, but it can still move around
So at the end I'll be able to tighten and loosen the corset thingy
I
Continued making those little loops all the way down the dress spacing out my stitches around 2 inches apart vertically
Also because I'm scandalous I wanted to change up this more conservative neckline
So I flipped the dress inside out and then inside out again
like inside out
Deception so that I could resew the line where the neckline was attached to the lining. I sewed a new straight neckline which was a
lot more similar to stuff that I'd seen on Reformation dresses and something that I just loved personally after trimming out the excess it was
Looking like this
I still wanted to iron out the seam a little bit so that it laid more flat
But I'm a college student so I don't actually own an iron
So a handy life hack for you is that you can actually just use a random object
I'm using a big stack of paper. You can use a textbook you can use the crushing weight of your parents expectations
You know
Whichever is heaviest and just leave it on top overnight to press those seams flat after a good night of pseudo ironing
Here is how it turned out.
I was actually so happy with how this turned out and so proud of this dress that I bothered to go outside and prance around in
Front of a stranger's house to show it off. Also, please ignore how many leaves are on my butt in this shot
I was sitting on the pavement posing dramatically like two seconds earlier, and I forgot that they were there
So yeah
It's so proud of how this turned out and I'm just gonna go ahead and say what we've been waiting for me to say this
Entire video which is that it reminds me of something from Reformation
Alright guys, and that is all for this video. Thank you so much for watching
I know this video was a bit struggle at the beginning
But we got through it and I'm really happy with how everything turned out. Especially this dress. I literally feel like a fairytale princess
I'm so happy with it also
Let me know if you guys want me to do a certain thrift flip on like a certain item from the thrift store
Where was a certain theme or season in mind? Let me know in the comments below
So thank you again so much for watching and I will see you guys next week