Day 363: All the Angles Dress
When I found today’s dress at one of my fave $1 thrift stores, I was stoked! Check out the amazeballs print! 🙂 You’re looking at a totally 80’s shoulderpadded number that desperately needs a facelift! Time for a Nip/Tuck! First, I made a big chop! Then, I took in the whole thing about 2″ on each side. After cutting off the excess material, I folded the top raw edge over twice and stitched it down, leaving about a 1″ gap. This is where I’m going to insert some elastic. After digging through my stash, I realized I was all out of elastic! Ugh! And I was soooo not in the…
Day 350: Charity Shop Chic Top
Sometimes I draw a lot of inspiration blatantly steal ideas from other refashionistas out there. Today’s refash is inspired by Sally over at Charity Shop Chic. 🙂 Sally’s blog recently featured a Carrie Bradshaw Month, where she created clever knockoffs of stylish pieces worn by Sarah Jessica Parker on Sex and the City. She was inspired by this top right here… …so she created her own version (you can check out Sally’s tutorial here) out of a thrifted tee! 🙂 I decided I simply must have a go at making my own version! I managed to thrift a navy and white stripey tee for $1. Alright. I knew I wanted…
Day 338: Spoleto Dress
Today’s dress was a freebie from a friend. 🙂 I needed something comfy, light, and fun to wear for the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. With just a few modifications, this dress would work just fine! At first glance, you might not see anything wrong with this one…but let’s delve a bit deeper, shall we? I don’t like it. It fits perfectly, but I don’t like the whole red & white color scheme (too stark!), the length is awful, and that little crinoline-y layer makes my legs itch. :/ Oh…and that stupid flower? Yeah…it’s coming undone. :/ With the raveling fake flower ripped off, I put my dress into a…
Day 337: Art Collector Dress
Wow! Check out this mumsy number! :/ As you can see, I’m not entirely thrilled about this dress, folks. It’s made of a lovely lightweight linen (perfect for a hot SC day), and that coral hue is just delightful. But I can’t get over that flippin’ collar! :/ An amputation is in order, friends. Okay! That ugly collar is gone, freeing up what is actually a very pretty V-neck. 🙂 But something had to be done about that length! I couldn’t just leave that raw edge fraying all over the place, so under the needle it went! 🙂 I’m almost done! 🙂 This dress, though shortened and de-collared was still…
Day 326: Grecian Bubble Dress
I love the dark green hue and subtle print of today’s dress… …and that’s it! I didn’t like weird cross-over top of the dress at all. It felt really stifling! I got to snipping! I carefully snipped the top part away from the bottom part, right along the serged edge, so it wouldn’t fray. For some dresses, this would be a totally no-sew refash, but I had to stitch down a couple of things before I moved forward. Next, I pulled it under my arms with the bottom hem as the top, and the smaller waist as the bottom and pinned it once… Then I began folding it back and…
Day 324: Play in the Park Dress
Check out this lovely 2-piecer! Talk about a BOGO! 🙂 I’m a huge fan of this fun tropical print and the lightweight fabric of this thing. I’m not such a fan of the frumpy cut of the dress or the not-so-hot layering action! Time to get this dress ready for a warm & beautiful day! First, I cut the dress off near the top, right where it starts to get narrow. Then, I hemmed the resulting raw edge! Next, I cut two strips from the back of the jacket. I stitched them both into tubes… …and turned them right-side out! I pressed my tubes, and pinned them onto my dress…
