Go Big Blue!

When I put this dress on, I was immediately reminded of my beloved and bizarre high school mascot.

Unfortunately, I was unable to find any pictures of Big Blue.  I even emailed my old high school, and was told Big Blue no longer existed and that there were no pictures.  Really?  None?  What’s going on here, RCHS?  Sounds like a cover-up to me!  Luckily, through the magic of Microsoft Paint, I am able to recreate him for you.

Anywho…it was time to make this blue blob wearable.  First, I removed the shoulder pads, which were both sewn and velcroed in!

Then, I trimmed off some of the length from the bottom of the dress, as well as the sleeves.

I decided to leave the edges raw.  The fabric was a soft polyester/cotton blend that wasn’t going to fray, and I thought hemming this dress would make it look fussy, rather than fun and flowy…and fussy is definitely not part of my MO.

Still, the dress was too big for me, so I turned it inside-out, and pinned it on the sides, taking it in about 2″ on each side.

Next, I ran each side through my machine!

Here’s the view from the other side of my machine.  To give you an idea of how much I’m taking in/what it looks like at this point, I left my white thread in my machine.

Once I took in both sides, I trimmed off the excess fabric.

Then, I cut a piece of fabric from the cut off portion from the bottom of the skirt to use as a sash.  I decided not to leave the edges raw, so it went with the hem and the sleeves where I did the same.  How’d it turn out, you ask?

I paired my new dress with one of my favorite cardis…another dollar find.

I was fairly pleased with this one.  I was feeling easy and breezy all day long!  🙂

Cheers!