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Day 363: All the Angles Strapless Dress Refashion

Day 364: All Tied Up Top
Day 362: Mairi Shrug

When I found today’s dress at one of my fave $1 thrift stores,  I was stoked!  Check out the amazeballs print! 

All the Angles Strapless Dress Refashion before
The shoulder pads are slightly less than amazeballs,

You’re looking at a totally 80’s shoulderpadded number that desperately needs a facelift!  Time for a Nip/Tuck!

First, I made a big chop!

cutting off top of dress
Nip!

Then, I took in the whole thing about 2″ on each side.

dress on ironing board
Pin, then Sew! 🙂

After cutting off the excess material, I folded the top raw edge over twice and stitched it down, leaving about a 1″ gap.  This is where I’m going to insert some elastic.

sewing top of dress
Tuck!

After digging through my stash, I realized I was all out of elastic!  Ugh!  And I was soooo not in the mood to make a last-minute craft store run!  :/

Then I remembered this leftover scrap from the strapless top I refashioned from a dress on Day 315!

skirt scrap
You shall be sacrificed!

I cut off the elastic waistband…

cutting elastic
Why didn’t I think of this before????

I threaded the elastic through the dress’ new casing…

adding elastic to dress
Thread it!

Then, I stitched the two ends together, as well as the 1″ gap I left to insert the elastic through.

sewing end of elastic
Closing up shop!

Now that dress is ready for a fun night of Karaoke with friends!   🙂

all the angles strapless dress refashion after
From Sad to Sassy! 🙂
all the angles strapless dress refashion after 2
My shoes are pretty sweet, too! 😉
jillian and friend
The PBR tall boy in her hair really ties the whole look together! 😉
jillian and friend at bar
Hey, LA! 🙂

I would love to say that my dress was the most stylish thing I saw tonight, but this simply wouldn’t be true.

friend in squid hat
This hat beats a cute dress any day! 🙂
jillian in squid hat
It really completes my ensemble! 🙂
jillian in squid hat with friend
The right accessories make a difference, y’all! 🙂

Cheers!

refashionista Day 363: All the Angles Strapless Dress Refashion before and after



Day 364: All Tied Up Top
Day 362: Mairi Shrug