Day 78: Faux Halter Dress

Today, I needed something pretty to wear for an arts magazine launch party.  I chose this:

Of course, the arts community would probably question my taste if I wore this $1 thrift store find as-is.  🙂

Luckily, this transformation wouldn’t take much time at all!  🙂

First off, I removed those shoulder pads and the sleeves.

I used some of the fabric from one of the sleeves to make a teeny tiny sash.

Now for the easy/fun part!  First, take your now-sleeveless dress and tuck the outside parts under, and tuck the neckline into a V.  You actually don’t want to sew this.  If you do, it’ll look weird.

Now, take that little sash and use it to tie the shoulders together in the back.

Now I have a super-easy faux halter dress!  🙂

The back looks really cool too!

I wore my cute new dress to the launch party for Jasper Magazine, Columbia’s new arts magazine!  🙂  I have a few friends who are affiliated with this awesome publication, and I’m really excited about it!  🙂

While at the party, I ran into several artist friends, including Susan Lenz.  You should check out her blog, Art In Stitches to see what she’s all about.  🙂

Cheers!