Hey! with the sweater/ beanie thing, if you get a normal size sweater you can have the beanie and cut the sleeves of and use them as legwarmers, so your not wasting as much fabric! Hope that helps!
Before you even said you were thinking about making the denim dress a high-low piece, i was already typing a comment saying that you should do it. Great minds think alike !
I found some great long coats for the homeless. Please everyone if you don't need a coat and you want to give it away please give it to someone you see who. Needs it.