Welcome to my long hot summer! Yes…I’m aware that technically it isn’t quite summer yet, but with temps in the humid mid 80s, I feel like I’m already there. I was cleaning out my pajama drawer and came up with this jersey-knit shirt that I scored for $1, but never refashioned, as it quickly became my favorite winter pj top.
This top just won’t do for a getaway to Georgia Wine Country! First off, I needed to get rid of those sleeves. Since this is a jersey knit, I simply cut them off right at the seams, as I knew they wouldn’t fray.
Then, I took it in a couple of inches. Baggy is great for sleepwear, but I wanted something a bit more fitted!
Don’t get me wrong…shirts are swell. But I was in the mood to wear a comfy dress for my trip. I took the sleeves and cut them open, like so:
Then I stitched them together to make one long strip and pinned it to the bottom of the shirt.
As I pinned, I realized that (doh!) I didn’t have quite enough fabric to reach all the way around. Not a big deal for me, as my keister was fully covered, and I don’t mind a little side slit. I COULD have added on a different similarly-colored fabric to the sleeve strip, but…I was in a bit of a hurry. 🙂
I stitched the discarded cut-off sides together to make a matching sash. I mean, how could I resist the urge to make a totally no-waste refashion?
But I styled my new dress with a thick belt for this trip instead. Don’t worry! I can always use that sash later! 🙂
Here’s a look at that side that the sleeves didn’t quite get to:
I think it looks kind of neat…but to each her own! 🙂
My new dress was uber-comfy for a lovely wine-laden Georgia day!
Our favorite wineries were Three Sisters , Wolf Mountain, and Monteluce. If you can’t get to Napa or Sonoma (heck…even if you can!), check this area out! It’s definitely worth your while. 🙂
All that wining really makes you hungry! One of my readers responded to my facebook post about what I should check out while in Dahlonega with Shenanigans Irish Pub (Thanks, Kellie!), so that’s where we went! 🙂
Ahhhh! What a perfect day!
Cheers!
Oops. Gamine.
I think the elfin look is a very good thing, especially on you. You look positively gamin!
I like this dress so much! Wow…. … ummmm … I have noticed that you are one of those rare people who can wear ANY colour… lucky you… Love your blog…. It makes me smile and gives me great inspiration… Thank you!!!
Super cute dress hun! Looks very comfy.
This is one of my favorite refashions you have done! I LOVE the uneven hemline and that is the kind of dress you can find in Nordstrom or Saks for mucho $$$. Just love this piece! Great job!
Love dahlonega (we went to college there!) and wineries 🙂 perfect pairing!
If I knew you had gone wine tasting, I would’ve tried to bump into you! I live 20 minutes away from all of those! BAH! -_-
You must have been in a hurry. You could have made the selves do a low high thing too…
Comfy AND fashionable – I love it!
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I agree with the other commenters–do that crazy blue dress next!
So… I may have just read your entire blog in like a week. Lol. And I have to say I wish I was more comfortable in dresses, because the stuff you re-fashion is awesome!
I’d also like to thank you for your “run a thread through candle wax” trick! My 5 yr old is currently learning to sew, and it stops her getting so frustrated (and her dad or I having to help her every 20 secs) when it doesn’t get tangled up!
You have achieved oneness with refashion. Very cool!
I think it’s adorable! I would wear that, ESPECIALLY with the funky asymmetric hem. That is what makes it unique, not just some replica of something off the rack at Old Navy 🙂
Love it, “my keister’s covered!” You’re SO brave, that’s what I think anyway. Thanks for the inspirations, keep’em coming.
I love the colour, but the bottom is just bad. I think YOU could have done WAY better. I have been reading your blog since the beginning and I have to say, lately the refashions haven’t been impressing me at all 🙁 Sorry to be a downer! I will still always come back to see what you’re up to!
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Absolutely love you refashions but not feeling the love for the hem on this one. Anyway just my opinion, looks like a lot of other people really liked it.
I love how the top part turned out… comfy and fitted. I ESPECIALLY love the idea of wearing PJs out in public. Well… PJ’s that don’t LOOK like PJs… I’m not a fan of asymetrical (at the bottom), but you are rocking the look!
I must say that the dress looks very wearable and comfy and that wine looks too delicious :P~ ..yummy to both 🙂
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This is definitely in my top 3 of all of you refashions. LOVE it!!!
Very creative, and I am impressed by the no-waste aspect! What a beautiful place to visit.
Love your ReFashions!!! Just recently discovered blogs (Yeah, behind the times) and I LOVE your blog!
Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your photos.
I don’t live in Georgia but have been to a few of those vineyards and Dahlonega. Love it there! Great job on the dress!
Avant garde! Looks great on you : ) The vineyard looks sublime as well!
Good grief, that’s cute!
One if my favs! I love the natural edge hem and it goes great with the napa valley style!
I love this! It looks so comfy and flattering. I like the side slit. Personal preference for me would be snipping the flappy bits back a bit or knotting them like someone above says, but that’s probably just because it would bother me like when my bangs get too long. It looks great on you just as is! 🙂 And who doesn’t love something bed-comfy being pulled off as day wear? Yay!
i love the whole look. Thank you. I’m getting ready to take the refash plunge. I have about 5 things waiting to take a scissors and sewing machine to. You are very motivational and inspirational.
Very cute little dress. What if you tied each of the ends that hang in a knot?
That was my thought, too! That would be so cute! (Not that it isn’t the way it is already) :). Love the blog!
I was just going to say that! 🙂 (Great minds think alike? 😉 ) I really like it as-is, cuz it looks kinda artsy, but I was wondering what it would look like to tie the ends together in a little knot. Hopefully that wouldn’t make it too tight to walk in!
Great refashion!
~Jen
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Reading your blog makes me want to drop a cool hundred at the thrift store and hit up my sewing machine. 🙂
A HUNDRED DOLLARS?? WHOOOOAA, sugar, you’d be refashing til YOU”RE a HUNDRED!! Shucks, even $30 would net you enough raw material to keep ya busy for a loooong time…..how expensive are the thrift stores where you live?!
Where I live in Memphis we have oodles of great thrifts…..but I avoid Salvation Army or Goodwill because they are really expensive on their stuff and don’t really have good sales like the other of my favs…..
Get out there and grab you a few goodies and dust of that machine!!! Carpe the church lady dress! 🙂
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Love it!! I don’t usually leave comments but I really would love to have something like that (last product). Keep it up!
I love it. It looks adorable on you and oh so comfy. Thanks for sharing the photos of the lovely views.
Super cute dress!!!
My property backs up to Monteluce. It’s just beautiful there.
I’m sooooooo jealous!!!!
I am waiting with bated breath to see what you do with that fantastic electric blue dress just behind you. I’m guessing those sleeves will GO. 🙂
So funny! I’ve been watching that too!
Not sure how I feel about the sleeve hem, but it is definitely creative and double points for a no-waste refashion!
Super, super cute. I love the look on the bottom of the dress and I LOVE some knits with their non-fraying!! It’s in the 90s here in Texas already so I am ready for summer clothes too.