This week’s Reader ReFash comes from Raven!
We have been stuck in the snow and ice for days, luckily we had a pile of clothes to refash from the Goodwill Bins. This skirt was 89 cents per pound. Love the print and sequins, didn’t love the ink stains and the “one size fits most”. The waist band became the neckline, replaced the drawstring for ribbon, cut slits for the arms, took the skirt part of the dress in and added a belt. This one was super easy!
Check it out! :)
I should take some inspiration from Raven during this miserable cold weather and get out from under my blanket and get to refashioning instead! :)
Beautiful work, Raven!
Cheers!
UPDATE 2/23/14
Lots of you had questions about how Raven pulled this refashion off, so she sent me a (really cute) drawing to share with you that will hopefully clarify it a bit for ya. :)
Wow, that turned out awesome!
Very good !
Beautiful refash!
Love it! I’d like to see exactly how you did it, Raven. I can’t tell you how many large & beautiful skirts like this that I’ve held in my hands and passed over.
love it
Great job Raven! Such a beautiful after.
Love it! What a great idea for a big skirt refash.
It looks so much better as a dress!! Good thinking & nicely done. Like how you paired it with the cute boots too.
Raven, you are awesome!! What an eye for fashion. :-) Beautiful job!
Love it! Looks so much better.
Amazing!
Adorable!
you are a clever seamstress and it is a beautiful dress.
Raven – you are a refashioner worth watching!
Wow that looks great! :) Super cute outfit now!
What an ispiring young lady!
“Inspiring”-sorry for the typo:)
Completely adorable! I love it!
You are kidding me!!! You made this great little dress from that big skirt! amazing!!!
Hey Girl, you should start thinking about Designer School. You DID SUCH A FABULOUS JOB WITH THAT SKIRT…………. Like Willow posted I also would like to know how you did it, I concur that I’ve also done the same thing passed over Beautiful Larger Skirts not knowing really what to do with them. You’ve Got A Great Talent Keep it up.
This looks amazing. I need to find a skirt like that :)
What a great idea – and you can be sure the top and bottom will go together since they started as one piece. Very cute!
You have VISION! What a power to use in the world!
That is fantastic! You’re so creative!
Adorable! I love the look of it much better as a dress. :)
Love it, I want one!!! Really – would buy it in the store immediately if I saw it!
Wow, very cute!
Really love it – Raven looks great!
This is fantastic! You’re so creative!
Very nice!!
Beautiful work, Raven!
That is so cute!!
This as got to be my favorite reader refash. What a great job. What girl would not love this dress, I have a niece who I know would just love this. 2 thumbs up!!!
I’m going to have to try this! I think I have a skirt like that hanging around somewhere…
Such a cute refash! I will have to re-think all the skirts that I pass up!!!
This is adorable!
Great job, Raven, seeing the beauty in that once frumpy skirt.
Looks fantastic!
What happened to the ink stain? Did it get cut off?
I think she took it in, and that took care of the stains.
Is everything okay? Wishing you the best.
Yep! :) I’m back! :)
This is amazing! I couldn’t tell at first that it was the same skirt!