I had a few errands to run before catching the USC Gamecocks football game with friends, and only had time for a very quick refashion. 🙂 I pulled out this garnet dress from my stash (gotta support the Alma Mater!).
If I wore my dress as-is, I’m afraid my fellow Gamecock fans might question my sanity.
I made quick work of removing those manky shoulder pads.
Then, I chopped off those sleeves, as well as some of the length.
I tied the bottom scrap on obi-belt style, and was ready to meet up with some awesome people! 🙂
I’ve gotta say, this is one of my favorite refashions I’ve done so far! And it only took about 5 minutes! 🙂
The Gamecocks won soundly, and we all went out to dinner to celebrate! 🙂
Cheers!
Seriously you need a “donate” button or something. I would happily donate some money for all these fab ideas.
I love it when you use the obi belts in your refashions. I really have to try making one sometime. Again, another cute refashion and I love, love red. 🙂
I just found your blog and I LOVE it! This is my fav refashion of yours so far! I hope to find a similar piece to refashion 🙂
I love your blog and I like the way this dress turned out.
At the same time, though, I wish that you would spice things up sometimes. I get that you’re doing this every single day and don’t always have time for a complete overhaul. I also understand that you may be trying to cater to less sewing-savvy readers. But it does seem like a lot of the time you just shorten and take in a dress, or make it a shirt/skirt. Maybe a certain day of the week (or even month) you could drastically change a piece, or maybe have a week devoted to one item, where the first day is a no-sew fix, the second is a change in length, etc., until the last day is a total makeover.
Again, I love what you’re doing. I think you’re super talented and amazing for keeping up with this. I hope you take this constructive criticism as it’s intended. I just think some of us might be craving some ideas for extra creativity or thoughts on how to see potential for something totally different in an article of clothing.
Great job on this outfit. I think you’ve outdone yourself with the quick turn around time. Very stylish. Keep the creativity flowing.
Found your blog thru a WordPress Tag Search. You’ve got the re-fashioning down! It’s been fun to scroll thru all of your projects. 200+ days to go!! Good luck!
What a stunning dress, love it!
Love this one too, the colour suits you!
Love this refashion!
When you chop, do you measure, or are you able to just eyeball the right length for the sleeves?
Thanks! 🙂 Before I chopped, I tried the dress on and marked where I wanted to shorten the hem and the sleeves with a safety pin. After I chopped one sleeve, I used the chopped-off sleeve to measure where to cut the other sleeve. 🙂
Loving the fact that you were able to cut the dress up so boldly! I do that all the time too! And then use leftover fabric for DIY projects!
You are always welcome on my blog
Xo
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