Happy Hump Day! 🙂
This week’s wannabe is based on this pretty silk peplum blouse by Piperline.
Teal is my favorite color, and I love the relaxed look of this top!
I just knew I could make a copycat from this:
First, I made a couple of amputations:
I’m close, but not quite there yet! Those buttons just don’t match the clean & uncluttered look of the original top. Before removing them, I placed pins between each one to keep the front placket nice and flat.
With the buttons removed and the placket pinned, I sewed the front down with a zigzag stitch twice. This covered up those buttonholes. 🙂
Almost done! With the newly shortened length, the pockets from the original romper peeked out. This would not do, so I shortened them a good bit.
Now that ooglay romper is a cute peplum top that looks a LOT like the original!
I rocked my new top over to Real Mexico for a delish dinner with friends!
Original Cost: $79
Copycat Cost: $1
Savings: $78!
Your work is always so wonderful. Thank you for the step by step instructions and the great pictures. Beautiful end result.
Awesome job! I love your version and you can’t beat the savings.
I like the shirt, but am smitten with the doxie!!! I have a black/tan named Oscar (he is an award, not a hot dog!). Oscar had a wife, Emmy, we lost her last spring and still miss her every day.
Douglas is adorable, and I’m so happy with the little guy! He’s my bff! I’m sorry to hear about Emmy. 🙁
Love the new shirt … what material is it made out of?
So cute! I love the color. Hope you saved those buttons for something 😀 ….necklace?
Actually the buttons were in pretty bad shape. The gold paint was coming off, so I just tossed ’em. I DO save any nice/reusable buttons I find though!
Could have scrubbed off the gold a bit more, & painted them!! 😉
Great job on recreating the original {teal is a terrific colour!}, but…for the very first time that i can recall…your hemline looks rather…uneven. 8-\
Amazing!
Very cute – I like how you dealt with the buttonholes!
Love it. I think I could actually do td one!
Lauren
livinginaboxx
Nicely done!
Hi Jillian!
I wanted to let you know that I started a Google+ community titled “refashion” (because quite frankly I was shocked to find out there wasn’t already one that existed there!) I linked to your blog on there and I thought you might like to check it out and be a part of the community! Here’s the link…
https://plus.google.com/communities/102591121290785911830
Take care!
~Jen 🙂
I know I sound like a broken record, but this is awesome! Great job!
lovely refashion! The expression on your puppy is priceless though!
I love that shirt! Sooooo cute!
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This refashion is fab!!! BTW what is that fruity libation? I need one of those:)
Nice refash girly-gril and I agree about the teal, it is definitely your color! While the new top looks great, and even though Douglas was only in one photo — he stole the show for me. DOUGLAS IS SOOO DARN CUTE!
“girly-girl” that is — and what a cool chunky ring, is that a thrifted item or an art piece?
You continue to amaze with these ingenious refashions! Congrats on one more great alternation!
Very impressive! I was concerned when I first saw the peice, but you can work miracles!
That’s cute but was wondering if you hemmed the bottom?
A very cute top, and for 1/79th of the price too 😉 Doesn’t get any better than this. Good job for ditching everything that is completely out of date on certain pieces, you have real talent and imagination!
Cute top! And I could steal Douglas he is so freaking adorable!
Love this one. Teal is one of my favorite colors too 🙂
Where do you fiind all these pieces for $1 each? My thrift stores are 4-5 times that!
That said – another winner!
Definitely one of my favorites!
Hmm, so I don’t know if it’s the color, the peplum, the bling, Douglas, or what it is…… but this is definitely one of your best!!!! Sooo copycatting you!
this one is definitely a winner! I think I like yours more, actually.
Thanks so much!!!
Cute puppy!
Nice! And honey, teal is YOUR color!
I love this! I love that you left the pockets in too! 🙂 Super cute! 🙂