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Day 72: Refashioning a Little Black Mess to a Little Black Dress

Day 73: My Football Skirt
Day 71: A Sure-Bet Dress

Yay!  A new old lady dress!  As you know by now, every time I see one of these, I get giddy!  🙂

Refashioning a Little Black Mess to a Little Black Dress Before
A Little Black Mess

So…this isn’t very attractive for a fun Friday night.  🙂  Let’s get to work, shall we?

First I chopped off the top of the dress.

chopping off top of dress
Chop!

Then I folded the raw edge over and pinned it.

pinned top of dress
Pin it!

I ran the pinned edge through my machine. 

Now I have a casing for some elastic to make the top nice and snug.  🙂

adding elastic to top casing of dress
Elastic…it’s fantastic!

Now I have a super-cute little black dress…perfect for an evening hanging out with friends!

First, we swung by The Cigar Box…

Refashioning a Little Black Mess to a Little Black Dress After
Which one shall I choose?

Then we spent some quality porch time.  🙂

Jillian on porch with Alex
Cigars, Wine, and Friends…Ingredients for a perfect evening! 🙂
Jillian and Katherine toasting on porch
Clink!
wine on table
Cigars & Cigar Box Malbec!

Cheers!

Refashioning a Little Black Mess to a Little Black Dress
Day 73: My Football Skirt
Day 71: A Sure-Bet Dress

6 thoughts on “Day 72: Refashioning a Little Black Mess to a Little Black Dress”

  1. Loved what you did with the black dress. I’ve been following your blog for a while now and love your creativity. If I could, I would use some of your ideas to add to my wardrobe, however, strapless is not for me. Your creativity intrgues me so I will continue to follow you journey. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Beautiful again! I saw orbs in your second to last pic. The “clinks” pic. It looks like your grandma and other spirits were enjoying the togetherness of the evening too. 🙂

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