When I woke up yesterday, I had an unshakeable urge to do a quick Refashion! My victim was to be this jersey maxi dress!
This is a maxi dress. It’s not terrible. I’m sure there are worse maxi dresses in the world.
I actually wore this dress as-is a few times after scoring it for $1. It was one of those, “Eh…it’ll do for work, I guess…if I put a cardigan over it.” pieces.
But that’s lame. Why should I settle for a lackluster frock from 9-5?
I made a couple of cuts.
I took the top cut-off part and cut a little more…
…then I yanked on those fringy things so the fabric would curl, like so:
Then, I wrapped this sash-thing around my waist twice, knotting the top fringy things together and the bottom fringy things together in two separate knots.
I think this no-sew refashion is pretty swell!
Do you like those paintings next to me?
They’re by none other than the charming Michael Krajewski! He opened his studio to the public for Main Street’s monthly First Thursdays on Main Art Crawl!
I ran into some rather cool kids while checking out his new work. 😉
I didn’t get to spend as much time at First Thursday as I would’ve liked, as I had to make a mad dash to Finlay Park to check out SC Shakespeare Company’s production of Cymbeline!
As this is hardly ever produced, I was really excited to catch this rarity. 🙂
It’s a very good production, and you should catch it if you can.
Erin was nice enough to lend me a sweater, as the night was quite chilly. Luckily, the wine we brought kept us warm! 🙂
Cheers!
Love this refash!
Love love love it…..
Love your refashion. Especially the belt! Pinned
Very Clever! Glad I found you after a long time with no Jillian…..
Bonjour du sud de la France. J’adore votre blog. Il me donne envie de coudre et de customiser tous mes vêtements. Merci pour votre bonne humeur. Cathy
Love it! Just thought I would let you know that I loved your blog so much, I’ve spent the last week and a half reading all 220 pages of it. Finally finished reading it all… You’re a huge inspiration. 🙂
You are always doing something interesting (while wearing your refashions) and you accessorize so boldly. I love it! Would love to see that play, too…
Nice! No need to hem jersey fabric? I might need to invest in more of that for quicker no-sew refashioning. Thanks again for inspiring us!
Looks fantastic!
Excellent job as always…also, LOVE Cymbeline, was lucky enough to see it performed in Stratford upon Avon by the RSC…incredible!
So glad you have your mo-jo back. You are so stinking cute and clever. You inspire me.
Love it!
Glad you are getting back on the horse! I wasn’t quite sure where you were going at first, but I think it came out nicely! I am looking forward to seeing what is coming next!
Very cute! I’m glad you got your refashion mojo back. 🙂
Love the Fiestaware!
Great remake!
The crime rate in SC must be outrageous–somebody stole Paige’s shirt!
I had this same dress and almost wore it out then I chopped it off as well. Everyone liked it shorter! I wish I had thought to make the belt!
First I was thinking NOOOOO! That dress is so cute, don’t cut it up! But then you made it even cuter. Way to sew!
That was good as a maxi dress but great with the sash!
See, I knew that refashion mojo would come back.
Cute, so so cute! That arial shot of the first cut liks like it was taken up a ladder!
you culture vulture you. x
Very e. Glad you got your mojo back.
I’m so happy about all these posts lately! Way to get your “sew-jo” back!
Sew-Jo it up girl!!!