Refashion Runway Week 3: Handbag Challenge

by Kara Metta | Aug 8, 2015 | diy, diy fashion, refashion, sew, Uncategorized

This week’s refashion challenge was something I’ve never even thought about doing before, but I loved that it gave me a chance to try something new!  I got these pants at a thrift store for $10 (pricey if you ask me).  They are 100% polyurethane, but look...

Refashion Runway Week 2: Gingham

by Kara Metta | Aug 1, 2015 | diy, diy fashion, refashion, sew, Uncategorized

It was so fun to see everyone’s incredible refashions last week,  I kept checking over and over again until the post was up.  I get so excited to see the creativity. This is such a great competition! I went to 4 thrift stores until I finally found this gingham...

Refashion Runway: The First Challenge

by Kara Metta | Jul 25, 2015 | diy, diy fashion, refashion

I’m currently in a refashion competition called Refashion Runway, hosted by the Renegade Seamstress,.  Every week (that I’m still in the running) I’ll be posting a new refashion project. For the first round, the challenge was to combine floral and...

Lace Dress Refashion

by Kara Metta | Feb 16, 2015 | diy, diy fashion, refashion, Uncategorized

As you may know, this last week I moved to California!  It’s been so much fun to have a change of climate and be so close to the ocean.  We’ve been spending all our time unpacking and hitting up the beach.  Camden loves the sand and water.  He keeps making...

One Floral Dress Refashion, Three Results

by Kara Metta | Jan 30, 2015 | diy, diy fashion, refashion

  About this dress: Store: Deseret Industries Price: $6 Brand/Designer: Jessica McClintock Sizing: My current size Floral Dress Refashion: Fabric Dyeing Some of you may remember me posting the before picture of this dress a little while back.  I already...

Golden Refashion Part Two: The Tutorial

by Kara Metta | Nov 26, 2014 | diy, diy fashion, fashion, refashion, sew, Uncategorized

  I wasn’t kidding when I said that I was really excited about the potential of taking any top and turning it into a dress bodice as I did in this previous tutorial.  When my friend Madison of Madison Larsen Photography talked to me about taking some of my...