
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!
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.
I took the top cut-off part and cut a little more…
…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.
I think this no-sew refashion is pretty swell!
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!
I ran into some rather cool kids while checking out his new work. 😉
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!


26 Comments
VRGJS
Love this refash!
Jem Buenvenida
Love love love it…..
Michele
Love your refashion. Especially the belt! Pinned
Judy Dyer
Very Clever! Glad I found you after a long time with no Jillian…..
Cathy HERR
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
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
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
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
Looks fantastic!
B & the Moon
Excellent job as always…also, LOVE Cymbeline, was lucky enough to see it performed in Stratford upon Avon by the RSC…incredible!
Candy
So glad you have your mo-jo back. You are so stinking cute and clever. You inspire me.
Moriah
Love it!
april
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!
Gretchen
Very cute! I’m glad you got your refashion mojo back. 🙂
Sarah
Love the Fiestaware!
karen foster
Great remake!
Becky
The crime rate in SC must be outrageous–somebody stole Paige’s shirt!
Ginia Wood Magers
I had this same dress and almost wore it out then I chopped it off as well. Everyone liked it shorter! I wish I had thought to make the belt!
Nicole
First I was thinking NOOOOO! That dress is so cute, don’t cut it up! But then you made it even cuter. Way to sew!
Probably Rachel
That was good as a maxi dress but great with the sash!
Connie
See, I knew that refashion mojo would come back.
lizard100
Cute, so so cute! That arial shot of the first cut liks like it was taken up a ladder!
karenbail1963ey
you culture vulture you. x
vjstracener
Very e. Glad you got your mojo back.
emlyrose12
I’m so happy about all these posts lately! Way to get your “sew-jo” back!
Nancy Lindsay
Sew-Jo it up girl!!!