A No-Sew Jersey Maxi Dress Refashion

When I woke up yesterday, I had an unshakeable urge to do a quick Refashion! My victim was to be this jersey maxi dress!

no sew jersey maxi dress refashion before — Multi-tasking.

This is a maxi dress. It’s not terrible. I’m sure there are worse maxi dresses in the world.

I actually wore this dress as-is a few times after scoring it for $1. It was one of those, “Eh…it’ll do for work, I guess…if I put a cardigan over it.” pieces.

But that’s lame. Why should I settle for a lackluster frock from 9-5?

I made a couple of cuts.

no-sew maxi dress refashion cutting off bottom — Cut #1.

Cutting off seam of maxi dress to make belt — Cut off the seam, then cut it in two!

I took the top cut-off part and cut a little more…

making diy no sew belt from jersey maxi dress — Kind of looks like a rectangular squid!

…then I yanked on those fringy things so the fabric would curl, like so:

Then, I wrapped this sash-thing around my waist twice, knotting the top fringy things together and the bottom fringy things together in two separate knots.

closeup of no-sew belt — Nice lil detail, eh?

I think this no-sew refashion is pretty swell!

no sew maxi dress refashion after — Wearing boots for as long as the weather will allow!

Do you like those paintings next to me?

They’re by none other than the charming Michael Krajewski! He opened his studio to the public for Main Street’s monthly First Thursdays on Main Art Crawl!

Refashionista and Michael Krajewski — He’s the one on the right.

I ran into some rather cool kids while checking out his new work. 😉

A No-Sew Jersey Maxi Dress Refashion 8 — The Lovely Paige!

It's fellow writer & theatre critic, James Harley! — It’s fellow writer & theatre critic, James Harley!

I didn’t get to spend as much time at First Thursday as I would’ve liked, as I had to make a mad dash to Finlay Park to check out SC Shakespeare Company’s production of Cymbeline!

As this is hardly ever produced, I was really excited to catch this rarity. 🙂

It’s a very good production, and you should catch it if you can.

Erin was nice enough to lend me a sweater, as the night was quite chilly. Luckily, the wine we brought kept us warm! 🙂

Cheers!

refashionista no sew jersey dress refashion before and after

26 Comments

VRGJS

February 15, 2020 at 2:54 pm Reply

Love this refash!

Jem Buenvenida

July 13, 2014 at 7:57 pm Reply

Love love love it…..

Michele

June 1, 2014 at 1:34 pm Reply

Love your refashion. Especially the belt! Pinned

Judy Dyer

May 24, 2014 at 2:53 pm Reply

Very Clever! Glad I found you after a long time with no Jillian…..

Cathy HERR

May 16, 2014 at 1:05 pm Reply

Bonjour du sud de la France. J’adore votre blog. Il me donne envie de coudre et de customiser tous mes vêtements. Merci pour votre bonne humeur. Cathy

Malibu99

May 6, 2014 at 8:59 pm Reply

Love it! Just thought I would let you know that I loved your blog so much, I’ve spent the last week and a half reading all 220 pages of it. Finally finished reading it all… You’re a huge inspiration. 🙂

ladycynthiana

May 3, 2014 at 3:12 pm Reply

You are always doing something interesting (while wearing your refashions) and you accessorize so boldly. I love it! Would love to see that play, too…

barbara

May 3, 2014 at 2:19 pm Reply

Nice! No need to hem jersey fabric? I might need to invest in more of that for quicker no-sew refashioning. Thanks again for inspiring us!

Yasmin Allen

May 3, 2014 at 8:07 am Reply

Looks fantastic!

B & the Moon

May 3, 2014 at 5:19 am Reply

Excellent job as always…also, LOVE Cymbeline, was lucky enough to see it performed in Stratford upon Avon by the RSC…incredible!

Candy

May 2, 2014 at 11:32 pm Reply

So glad you have your mo-jo back. You are so stinking cute and clever. You inspire me.

Moriah

May 2, 2014 at 7:46 pm Reply

Love it!

april

May 2, 2014 at 6:54 pm Reply

Glad you are getting back on the horse! I wasn’t quite sure where you were going at first, but I think it came out nicely! I am looking forward to seeing what is coming next!