I don't know because I'm turning 40 right at the start of December and I just know that that is going to blow my mind for a week or so, and then it will all be too late. Too late, I tell you. I think I might just get a bulk box of cloves and stick 'em into oranges. Laura would be grateful...dammity grateful!

Excellent refashion, I love it when you can make your faves live on and on.

Thanks so much...it really was very easy, and I really am a relatively new sewer, so totally do-able. I hope I can replicate that fit with my next one, I've already forgotten which t-shirt I used to guide the bloody thing!

So clever Jen, and so much nicer than the jumper it was!

Out of my regular 'haunts' only "Y's Buys" (run by the YMCA) has kept the prices low. This is also the shop where I'm most likely to find fantastic treasures, and have a lovely chat with the older ladies who run the place and always have great tips for altering or refashioning! Worryingly, people in real need shop at these places - how are they supposed to afford them?

Thanks - it was so easy and I only broke two needles 'trying' to miss the pocket studs!

Yes, of course! What about Marion Cunningham Goes to Vegas?

This is what I want to make with my navy and red polyester - I like your tutes, they're do-able! Really, really ado-able.

What are you naming these ones Ginger?

OH, I BOUGHT it alright! And it's looking at me right now and blowing me kisses!

Oooh I know..nothing (nice) to see here between waistband and shirt hem, I'm loving the tshirt refab as well..only problem is the only tshirts I'm finding in the thrift shop seem to all say "Team Building '07"...JUST like Business Night! No Joke!

You'e so right...there is nothing like the idea of someone finding and opening mail that you've MADE and sent! There's also nothing like finding a piece of classic red with navy diamond polyester in an op shop and thinking how much someone you've never met, on the other side of the world would LOVE you to amke her bag pattern with it!

WHERE did you get white GOGO BOOTS??!! Did you have them in your wardrobe, hidden up the back?

We're just coming into Spring so I have the opposite problem: my 8 year old has grown about 7 foot tall, so her tops are all too short. I'm about to add strips to the hems of her tshirts that I've cut from t-shirts that I've refashioned for myself. Jersey and those stretchy knits are really forgiving, so you could lengthen her sleeves with your old tshirts, otherwise (I learnt from My Mama Made It), you could just get a top that does fit her, place it on one of your tops, cut the outline (with a little seam allowance) and sew it up. Sleeves the same, and then play with the neckline: gather it, pleat it, sew in shirring elastic..Good fun! Good luck!

Thanks Care, and they're so easy, they make excellent last minute gifties...and change the dimensions and you can make a perfect purse to accent your big night out, without the big bucks! And perfect for those thrifted zips that are only wee lengths.

So good the way you can facilitate the fabric conversation, I usually end up asking my 8 year old! I'm thinking you need to add a tute for putting on the very cute button flap. I'm far too lazy to figure it out without getting a nosebleed, but I'm guessing you might add it just before you sew the tiny turn through hole?

Best bag! Do you just make it up as you go along?

WOW! Is he single? Because it looks so good on him, he won't be for long! That's what I mean.

Love it! And I think it fits you perfectly - it'll be great for autumn with a tiny refashioned shrug!