Violet Femme Dress
Hello there! Sorry for being so long absent. I’ve been extremely busy coughing up my weight in phlegm for the past month. :/ I don’t know or understand the cause of my grody lung gunk funk. But now, it appears that I might actually be getting better! Huzzah! 😀
Of course, the best thing about feeling better and no longer being stuck in bed is getting back to refashioning! 🙂
While digging through my big bin o’ refashionables, I stumbled upon this yellowed white dress that I never managed to get around to revamping over the summer.
I look like one of the sisters in The Virgin Suicides.
As anyone who knows me can attest, I cannot wear white for more than 5 minutes without spilling something on myself. My day is actually just a long cycle of accidentally sloshing different beverages and sauces upon myself, but luckily my wardrobe consists mostly of dark colors, so ha! It’s my little secret (which I just foolishly shared with all of you). This dress isn’t all bad. I love the pleats, but I don’t like the dropped waist or the length.
I knew I didn’t want to leave this dress white, so I reached for a bottle of blue!
You’ll do!
I set up a dye bath in my machine, and let my dress toss around in it for about 45 minutes.
Hmmmmnnn…looks more purple than navy…
After my dress was dyed & dried, I saw that it actually ended up being more purple than navy. No big. All I wanted was to make it not white, and I like the color purple too.
Nononono! As in Purple, The Color. I actually can’t stand this movie. :/
To fix the length, I made a chop!
Spock is giving my choppage the evil eye!
Then, my new dress got a new hem!
Pinning…
…annnd hemming!
I’m not done! To give that dropped waist a little more definition, I needed to make something…
…a SASH! 🙂
I turned my fabric tube right-side-out and then sewed up the ends. After a good press, my new dress is no longer in distress (hot rhyming action!)
Pretty in Purple!
I just rolled up the sleeves to take care of their awkward length. Now I’m all set for a lovely & warm afternoon!
Why, hello there! 😉
From this angle, my head looks huge! 🙂
Cheers!
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44 Responses to Violet Femme Dress
Amazing
Wonderful – this turned out to be a show stopper! Glad you’re feeling better – you were missed!
Stinkin adorable!!!! Missed ya!! Funny cause i got on your blog today cause i thought i had missed ya!! Then POW…. Here u are!! 🙂
You look beautiful. Don’t like the white dress much. But see what you have done, turned it into a master piece. Well done.
Jillian, this turned out to be one of my favorites! Keep up the good work!
Wow, you certainly are talented. What a difference in the dress! And it is very becoming on you too.
this is really cute!
So glad you are back! You look well anyway, lovely haircut. I got onto your blog a fortnight ago and love it; you have inspired me to return to my inventive childhood where I was always making something out of nothing. Thank you!
Thanks to Pinterest I franticly went trough all your refashions the last few weeks, pinned a lot for inspiration and was soo disappointed to find out I could’n’t get a daily update anymore as your year already passed… You were the final push to buy that sewing machine and give it a try soon!!! So I am glad you’re back and I love this dress. On the pictures it has a slight denim look by the way which I love.
I adore this! That purple color looks very pretty on you! Great job!
So glad you are feeling better! I love this refashion and may I say that the length on this one looks great… sometimes I feel you go a tad too short…I love seeing all the dyed projects.
Yay! So glad you’re better. I love what you did to this dress. You are so gifted. That face you’re making in the before photo is priceless.
My secret is the same.
You are so adorable. I just love all your refashions. You are my inspiration…I need to get back to mine.
I think this is my favorite refashion yet! Love the length and the color.
That is so pretty! It turned out lovely!!
Love this refashion! The dress turned out great.
I love the color! Great job on this one =)
Love the perfect shade of purple! This is one of my favorite refashions! Missed you this past month! Glad your feeling better!
This is one of my favourites! You’ve got such an eye for colour choice and style. Glad to hear you’re feeling better! 🙂
Very cute refashion, I like it alot. So glad you are feeling better and to know you haven’t stopped, just slowed down a bit.
This dress re-fashion looks much better the length you made it and the dye job is much better too. Love it!
Happy to hear you’re feeling better. I love this dress and I just wanted to say thank you for helping me realize that I can make cool clothes out of hideous ones. Since I first came to your site last week I’ve refashioned 5 new outfits out of some of my old clothes 🙂
That’s awesome! Rock on! 🙂
Amazing! Get all well and keep refashioning for us!
Probably one of my favorite refashions you’ve done and I NEVER comment. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Great job! (And welcome back!)
Oh, I love it! I especially like how the white stitching shows up against the dye–a great accent!
Oooh nice! It looks great, very contemporary and you look awesome as usual!
I love it! Great shoes too!
Wow – talk about a FABULOUS remake! This dress looks AMAHZING on you! Welcome back – I missed you!
the dress turned out amazing! it really suits you…but how do you manage to look so gorgeous for someone who has been unwell?! glad you’re feeling better doll xo
Thanks, Huli! One word. Makeup. ;P
good one!
Is there any type of fabric that you cannot dye with Rit Dye? My friend might dye her old ballet costume (It’s white) but it’s a weird fabric and I’m not sure if it would work to dye it. And what is your dying process?
Thanks so much!
A good rule of thumb is that if it’s natural fiber (like say…cotton), it should take dye just fine. But, if it’s acryllic (like polyester), it won’t take it very well. 🙂
What a pleasant surprise!!! I clicked on my quick button at the top of my browser out of habit, not really expecting to see anything new. So glad you are feeling better & you are still with us!!! We have missed you dearly! Great job on the dress! I love it!
I was having such a frustrating day. I feel so much better now that I read your post. You always cheer me up with your humor and amazing refashions. I love the purple dress. I hope you completely recover soon.
Yay! you’re back! I’m glad you’re feeling better-keep gettin’ healthy and keep refashioning!! 🙂
So happy you are back and feeling better. The dress is gorgeous and you look amazing.
You do such amazing things. I can’t wait to start sewing all on my own. =]
I think this is my fav and i have looked through all your posts… Ps… Pretty ring on your finger!!
Ha! I freakin’ love it!! It looks amazing on you and the color is fantastic! You’re amazing 🙂
Can you dye any type of cloth with Rit Dye? I have something that I would like to dye (it’s white) but the fabric is really different and I have no idea if it will work. Any tips for that?
Thanks and great refashion today–love it! 🙂
A good rule of thumb is that if it’s natural fiber (like say…cotton), it should take dye just fine. But, if it’s acryllic (like polyester), it won’t take it very well. 🙂
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