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!
Omg my mom had a dress like that when I was in my late teens early eighties. Same print.
The look of horror on the lady standing behind you is priceless lol.. Cracks me up every time 🙂
OMG! Where did you get that skull necklace?? Its amazeballs 🙂
It’s an owl, not a skull.
love it, looks like a betsey johnson print to me! i’d love to rock this dress or one like it!
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!
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*
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:)
Looked like a Muumuu (hope I spelled it correctly) to begin with!
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Your blog is so fun! Lots of fun fashion tips! 🙂
amazing dress!
Thanks! 🙂
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this looks great! wouldn’t be able to guess how it used to look judging by the outcome, great job!
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That is amazing! You are very talented!
I love this. So creative.
Love how the dress turned out. Fantastic.