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One Dress, Three Ways II !

One Dress, Three Ways III !
One Dress, Three Ways!

Welcome to the second installment of…

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I really enjoyed wearing my no-sew dress, but I had to move on to my second refashion of this strange brown thing!  🙂

To get started, I chopped off a good bit from the sleeves.  It’s hot here.  Seriously hot.  Long sleeves just won’t do!

Choppy Chop!
Choppy Chop!

I put the dress on my dress form inside-out and backwards and got to reshaping!

I spy a shape in progress!
I spy a shape in progress!

I only kept one side pinned though.  Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to get my newly-pinned dress off the form!  I measured the unpinned side against the pinned side with my measuring tape to get those pins even steven on both sides!

Pinned!
Pinned!

Each side went under the needle…

Whirrrrrr!
Whirrrrrr!

…and the extra fabric got chopped off and stored for later!

Hmmmmm....wonder what I'll do with the leftovers?
Hmmmmm….wonder what I’ll do with the leftovers?

Remember how I said I turned it backwards?  My reason for this was to turn that tacky velcro back closure into an attractive V-neck, like so:

Just stitch each side down and snip off that velcro!
Just stitch each side down and snip off that velcro!

I still wasn’t quite done!  The fit was much improved, and the neckline was waaaaaay better, but my new dress still lacked oomph!

I remedied this with one more chop!

Just.  Like.  That.
Just. Like. That.

I wore my new dress to work, followed by Yappy Hour (and no…that’s not a typo!) at Jake’s!

Sassy, no?
Sassy, no?

For those of you who have been clamoring for more Douglas, the following pics are for you!

We're both sooo happy Jake's is dog-friendly...and not just for Yappy Hour!
We’re both sooo happy Jake’s is dog-friendly…and not just for Yappy Hour!
Douglas was a little shy at first...
Douglas was a little shy at first…
...but everyone was so welcoming and nice!
…but everyone was so welcoming and nice!
Dougie made lots of friends!
Dougie made lots of friends!

 

Methinks we'll be coming back to Yappy Hour next week!
Methinks we’ll be coming back to Yappy Hour next week!

Alright, folks!  That’s two down, one to go!  Wonder what I’ll do for my final refash of this dress….Stay tuned!

Cheers!

ba61913

 

douglasba
They grow up so fast!
One Dress, Three Ways III !
One Dress, Three Ways!

62 thoughts on “One Dress, Three Ways II !”

  1. Douglas is just as cute as ever … isn’t it nice that he can come with you? Yappy hour, tee hee!

    Also liked the refashion – you really show how this could be different with not too much work.

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  2. Really love this! Thank you for showing how you did the high-low detail. I would love to know, how you would hem that? Thanks!!

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  3. please make number 3 out of the sleeves and the cut off fabric, you should keep the dress, it looks good on you (or does hemming it with elastic lace or something count as a 3rd version?)

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  4. Hi there. So I am a lover of the color brown and I was really excited about this 3 way dress. When I was looking through the pictures at Yappy hour. I noticed in the first one with your 4 legged son, that there is a great little bit of sunlight hitting your side. This made me think of sewing a ribbon on that one side in a weaving downward direction. The shadow naturally hits your side in this fashion. What do you think?

    Sending the best,
    Heather

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  5. I don’t know about you, but I feel like 99% of the sewing bloggers are cat people and dang it is nice to see a dog person on here. Love the refash, love Douglas! 🙂

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  6. Super cute!!! , I don’t think I would change any part of this one.Do you ever do a refash that doesn’t work. And you have the trash the whole piece? Do you ever where anything twice?

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  7. Your reshaping skills are awesome. I love that you can wear this dress three times and it always looks different. Do you ever wear the same thing twice? What do you do with your refashions after you are done wearing them?

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  8. What fabric is the dress?! I’m picturing felt/ Halloween costume fabric and wondering how you can manipulate it so much and so well!? Looks great!

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  9. I LOVE this dress. You have the perfect figure for it, and I really think you hit the nail on the head by not making the “Hi” part too high. It’s just high enough! Sometimes those hi-low dresses are just too high in the front and yours is just perfect! Love that the old theme (pretty much) is back. Gotta keep the classic pic of you on top.

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  10. Okay I have to turn into a dork for a few seconds here……

    EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! DOUGLAS!!!!!!! CUUUUUUUUUUTE!!

    All right, I’m done. Back the the refash……

    I am feeling this dress. It looks fab, and it really suits your figure. I would definitely wear that dress. I really like the gladiator sandals with the dress – very sharp! Well done!

    Can’t wait for the third refashion….

    Jennifer
    http://highlife.mymwalimu.org

    P.S. – I’m writing my next post on my blog on individuals who inspired me to find ways to fabulously save money, and I’m going to mention you and your blog.

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  11. LOVE DOUGLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want a doxie, so bad! Love the dress too, by the way! You are amazing with a pair of scissors and a sewing machine! 🙂

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  12. wow! I gotta say–this is my very favorite refash, probably EVER! I normally don’t like mullet dresses, but the sleeve length and vee-neck on this one just really chic it up. Too bad it’s got another date with the sewing machine.

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  13. I echo the first comment! I hope the last refash won’t completely change the cool dress this turned into! I’ve always been too intimidated to sew clothes for myself, but you have definitely been inspiring me lately!

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  14. This looks fantastic. And, I do like the old format better, the logo/photo at the top is too good not to include. It’s always fun to see what you are up to.

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