Day 321: Here Comes the Rain Dress
The thing I really like about the completely blah and shapeless polyester dresses I find for $1 at thrift stores… …is what wonderful blank slates they are! You can really do just about anything with them! 🙂 I decided to go for a quick, but dramatic no-sew refashion for this one! First, I trimmed off that bottom hem to make my sash. Then, I folded the dress in half and made a big asymmetrical cut! Those sleeves needed a bit…
Day 14: A Royal Jacket/Cape
For tonight, I picked out a dress that looked like something my 3rd Grade teacher would have worn (Ms. C., you were not known for your sweet sense of style). I began with removing those frikkin’ shoulder pads. I haven’t had to deal with any of those in a while, but they still give me the heebie jeebies! Next I chopped the dress into two easy pieces. Don’t worry about the skirt, I’m not about to toss it out! It’s…
Me Made March: Day 4!
Today’s piece was awkward when first I found it. The elastic in the waist had been completely stretched out, The length sucked, and it was too big for me. Erg. Thankfully, I wasn’t in the mood for a dress anyways. The pic shows the first cut, but rest assured, I used my teeny tiny scissors to clean up that raw edge, leaving the seam that separated the skirt and the top as-is. The sleeves had elastic at the cuffs, which…
She Wore Blue Polyester…
Woo hoo! I’m back! And so is Fall! I was looking in my closet the other day and noticed my fall dress collection is…well…shall we say scant? Time to make some new Fall duds to keep me warm and ever-so-stylish! My first Fall piece is this guy: …which made me feel a bit like how this guy must have felt… Now, I’ve never had a swan-like neck by any means, but the height on this turtleneck was ridiculous. And it was going…
