Day 217: Earning my Stripes Dress
This housedress was so comfy I could almost give up my sense of dignity and style, and just wear it as-is. 🙂 Fortunately, I snapped back to my senses when I realized I probably couldn’t get away with wearing this thing to work! Time to take this dress from Housefrau Bleak to Office Chic! 🙂 First, I ripped off those pockets with my seam ripper! Don’t get me wrong, I love a good pocket, but since I was going to…
Day 119: Apple Jack Dress
So…here’s something unattractive! As I have no intention of auditioning for a remake of Mama’s Family, this piece is going to need a bit of work before it’ll be wearable. I started off by removing that hokey lace from the collar, sleeves, and pockets. Then, I lopped off some of that length. I turned that bottom scrap into a sash to cinch the waist of my new dress. I wore my new dress to work on my Halloween costume. I…
Day 83: Orange you Glad it’s Fall? Dress
We’re going to start today with a little mood music, okay? I want you to play this song in the background as you read this (It’ll be your anthem for tomorrow). 🙂 I was pleasantly surprised by a text from Fella telling me that Nathan Angelo added a last minute Columbia show to his Follow Your Heart tour. 🙂 Of course I didn’t have anything to wear except this vintage housedress. The print is beautiful & exotic, and I love…
Teal We Meet Again
Today’s dress didn’t have much to love about it, other than the color. I’m a sucker for teal, so I snagged it right away! I didn’t know what to make of it. It just sort of hung there in a non-fun shapeless manner. Time to get to work! I didn’t like the sleeves being all long and in the way, so I made them 3/4 sleeves instead. The biggest problem with this dress was how utterly shapeless and blah it…
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Welcome to a magical holiday edition of ReFashionista which will fill you with wonder and a special warm, fuzzy joy! Okay…not really. This is very much like any other entry, but I do end up indulging my inner fatty with some tasty Thanksgiving Day fare. If you are an observant follower of my blog, right now you’re thinking, “WHOAH!!! Has Jillian fallen into some sort of bizarro universe where her front door is on the other side of the room…
An Easy No-Sew Oversized Dress to Strapless Dress
Today’s piece requires NO SEWING WHATSOEVER! I figured it was about time I did another no-sew entry for you sewaphobes out there. Armed only with my creativity, I had the task of transforming this huuuuuge housedress into something fun for Mr. B’s Goodtime Karaoke Explosion. I wasn’t going to be needing any sleeves on this lovely 70-something degree evening, so I decided to go the strapless route while I still can! I looooove letting my shoulders roam free! To make this happen, I unbuttoned…
