Day 188: Welcome Back Dress
Today’s dress was reminiscent of antique wallpaper.
This crazy uber floral frock was actually handmade. This means that someone actually saw this fabric in a store and thought “Hey! That’s awesome! I want to make a big tacky dress out of that!” I don’t get it.
I didn’t pause to think about this for very long. There was much work to do!
First, I removed those fake pocket flaps from the front of the dress.
Next, I took the whole big mess in 2″ on each side
Then I cut off a good bit of the length, and hemmed it.
I took that bottom part that I chopped away, and sewed it into a nice lil matchy-matchy sash, and voila! I had a fun dress to reunite with my good buddy, Lisa who has been teaching in China for the last six months.
Cheers!
19 Comments
And harper
Omg my mom had a dress like that when I was in my late teens early eighties. Same print.
Karine
The look of horror on the lady standing behind you is priceless lol.. Cracks me up every time 🙂
Makayla René
OMG! Where did you get that skull necklace?? Its amazeballs 🙂
Catherine Waters
It’s an owl, not a skull.
KatieCootie
love it, looks like a betsey johnson print to me! i’d love to rock this dress or one like it!
Erin W
fake pockets are like oatmeal raisin cookies…evil and liars! fantastic refashion. I’m really afraid of colorful prints…maybe I should try it anyways!
furpurr
Wow, even on tiny you, that is a LOT of print!!!!! {Those clashing colours are killin’ me too; i dislike red & gold/yellow together, same with red & hot pink…} I was hoping you would also remove the sleeves, just to eliminate some of that outlandishness. *ha ha*
Devorah
that is fantastic-i do that kind of stuff except i have to pay my seamstress!! i always wished i knew how to sew to make changes like that on my own:)
Charley Helfet
Looked like a Muumuu (hope I spelled it correctly) to begin with!
Fab Ab
wow. that’s just amazing!! check out my fashion blog: http://www.fashionfreak4ever.wordpress.com …like,share and follow it! Also check out the fb page!
ReFashionista
Your blog is so fun! Lots of fun fashion tips! 🙂
ooothatsshiny
amazing dress!
ReFashionista
Thanks! 🙂
studiothirstycrow
❤ ❤ ❤
ReFashionista
And triple hearts right back atcha! 🙂
Adrianna
this looks great! wouldn’t be able to guess how it used to look judging by the outcome, great job!
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Style Positively
That is amazing! You are very talented!
hannahloughlin
I love this. So creative.
hillerysawyer
Love how the dress turned out. Fantastic.