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Day 283: Flowers on my Shoulders Vol. 3

Day 284: Back in Black Dress
Day 282: Orphan Dress

Let’s jump in the ol’ TARDIS and go waaaaay back to Year 1 of this blog!  Some of you might remember this post, and this awful dress!

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Personally, I don't see how one could forget my awful growing-out mullet. :/

Hopefully more of you can remember Day 98, when I made the bottom scrap into a top of sorts.  🙂

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Remember me?

The biggest problem I had with my top was that it was basically just a tube of fabric.  Not really an easy sell for Revente’s Last Call, as how would anyone know what the heck it is just by looking at it?

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Seriously...how would you know???

Not to worry!  I have a plan!  First, I stitched up the bottom of the scrap, and along one side to make it straight instead of slanted.  🙂

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Whirrrr!

Then I took this scrap of jersey fabric and ran it through the top of the scrap, which was the original hem of the dress.  I used this hem as the casing for a new drawstring.

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Save those scraps! 🙂

I sewed the ends of my drawstring together, and now I have a cute slouchy bag, which would be perfect for the beach.  Just add trashy romance novel & sunblock!  🙂

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My dress form likes it too! 🙂
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...but I wear it better! 🙂

Cheers!  🙂

Day 284: Back in Black Dress
Day 282: Orphan Dress