Elise's Sewing Studio

Category: How to Upcycle Clothing

  • How to dye fabric with onion skins

    An introduction to a more sustainable way to dye fabric. Ever have a piece of clothing or other textile that you felt had potential, but you wish it was another colour, or maybe you just want to change it somehow? Dyeing the fabric can be a fairly straightforward way to give something old a new…

  • How to make and sew piping

    Sewing level: Beginner to intermediate Piping is way to add an extra design element to any sewing project – I’ve used it for details on clothing (like around a neck opening, the lapel of a blazer, waist seam between a bodice and skirt for example) and also for upholstery. While I usually sew clothes, right…

  • Sew a patch pocket on anything

    Beginner Sewing Project – Upcycle Clothing Tutorial Patch pockets are pockets sewn to the outside of a garment – not pockets in the seams. Because they are one of the last steps in the garment making process, they can be added to nearly anything that you can sew. Patch pockets could also be added to…

  • Sew a cuffed hem on shorts

    Sew a cuffed hem on shorts

    One of my favourite ways to finish shorts or cropped pants is to sew a cuffed hem. I’ve used it to save pants that were a bit too short in the leg by turning them into cuffed capris (I’m on the tall side, and if pants shrink in the wash at all, I end up…