Day 215: Earning my Stripes Dress
This housedress was so comfy I could almost give up my sense of dignity and style, and just wear it as-is. 🙂
Yup…my dignity is hanging by a polyester thread!
Fortunately, I snapped back to my senses when I realized I probably couldn’t get away with wearing this thing to work!
Time to take this dress from Housefrau Bleak to Office Chic! 🙂
First, I ripped off those pockets with my seam ripper! Don’t get me wrong, I love a good pocket, but since I was going to be taking this dress in from the sides, those pockets would just get in the way.
Bye!
I trimmed of a bit of the fabric from the bottom. Usually I wait and do this at the very end, but I knew I’d want to make a nice long sash to tie around the waist of this dress. If I took the dress in first, my sash might be too short. I only trimmed of a teensy bit! 🙂
Just a smidge!
Then, I put the dress on my dress form inside-out, and pinned each side. I used my tape measure to make sure each side was even.
Pinned and ready!
I ran each side through my machine…
Whirrrrrrr!
…and lopped off that excess fabric!
Making the Cut!
My new dress is really shaping up! 🙂
I gave it a brand new hem…
Brand Spankin’ New!
…and then stitched down that front placket for the bottom three buttons. This will keep me from inadvertently showing off my *ahem* lady bits. No gaps for this gal!
No hoohahs on parade here! 🙂
I’m almost done! To finish this whole thing off, I snipped around the original bottom hem from what I cut off in the beginning. This will give me a nice, slender sash!
Snip!
And now my dress is all ready for a day at work!
Welcome to my office! 🙂
Of course, I had to take a break and grab some grub! 🙂
Lunch Time! 🙂
I heart funky filters! 🙂
Cheers!
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14 Responses to Day 215: Earning my Stripes Dress
I cant actually get over how good that refashion looks on you!
This is definitely one of my favorites!!!! 🙂
Wow, and it was looking like my mom (on her lazy days) in that first photo!
Love it!
Love, LOve, Love!!!
Wow! What a great refashion! I agree with Renee, the before looks like my mom well…everyday she’s disabled and really no longer cares how she looks but dang that after is lovely! So bright and fresh! I may have to start hunting me a striped housefrau to do something similar 😀
I stumbled on your website last week, and absolutely love it. I even got my bff reading it too. You are such a creative and talented person. Keep up the good work.
Fabulous refashion! I love it!
Looks gorgeous on you, my fave refashion so far!
I echo the other ladies — WOW!! You have such an amazing eye for refashioning. This refashion is absolutely in top 5 refashions. You took a house dress and made it work appropriate, but also way too cute. Great job!
cute!
I CANNOT believe that turned out so freaking cute when it started so horribly wrong. Wow – great job once again!
Love this one!
I think this is my favorite refashion so far.
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