Today’s dress comes all the way from Saudi Arabia!
Anita bought it from a second-hand bazaar with the intention of refashioning it for herself and then decided that those ruffles just weren’t for her.
I was actually pretty stoked about this one, folks! I love the ruffles and that bright red hue! 🙂
This ruffled dress still needed a bit of work though.
First, I trimmed off those sleeves.
Then, I pinned each side on my dress form to get it more fitted.
I ran each side through my machine.
For my grand finale, I used one of the leftover scraps from the sides as a sash to break up the lines of the ruffles a bit.
And I must say…I love it! 🙂
Cheers! And Much Thanks to Anita for sending me this fabu frock! 🙂
Love this! Looks amazing xx
I am so glad you left it long–so much drama from that length!
Awesome! So flattering and original!
LOVE THIS!!!!!
I love your style. You have an uncanny eye that is inspiring.
Haha! I’ve been doing the SAME THING! 🙂
That looks beautiful, it looks like something you would see at Sak’s, so chic!
love you and this idea. but what the heck do you do that you are out drinking every night??? cause thats what i need to be doing!!
This “lady in red” dress is SUPER cute – how great and creative are you!?! I could never do anything like this, but I’m impressed by those who do. Just wanted to say I found your site through Pinterest and I think what you do is really cool! Keep up the awesome work!
I saw a link on Pinterest and thought that the name of your blog was enough to interest me and I must say, I am not disappointed at all! This project of yours is amazing and I feel a little inspired now to try some of your techiniques for myself. Thanks! I can’t wait to see what else you can do.
PS–I am adding you to my blog roll so that my readers can see you too!
Fabulous!
Red is a great color on you 🙂
That looks incredible – you are so clever at seeing the potential in some of these dresses that start out as real horrors!
I never would have thought to do that with the neckline. It’s cute now!
That’s really beautiful! Result!
Very pretty.
I just bought a dress like this for a friend of mine, but it’s more pleats, than ruffle…..VERY cute!
So, I came across a link to your blog from a pin on Pinterest…. I have spent the last two days reading every blog post all the way back to day 8 (it just stopped there for some reason). (I’m not a total slacker…. took the week off for a staycation). I’m really impressed!! I love(d) your ideas and my all time favorite was the t-shirts into shopping bags! What a groovy idea! (Yes, I did just use groovy in a sentence.) I am a HUGE thrifter…. since I live in good ol’ Alabama, one of my absolute favorite places to shop is America’s Thrift Stores (was once Alabama thrift, but apparently they are going nationwide). Anyway, you have inspired me to no end… I’m a seamstress too, and I love, love your ideas! Oh, and your sashes rock! 🙂
That’s adorable!