The Indecisive Dress

 Hello Readers. Decisions are hard right? We can all be indecisive at times. What should you do when you can't decide what to do with a refashion? I say refashion the item a little at a time. 

 I had a great dress and it fit well but it was really long on me. It had a fun polka dot pattern at the bottom where I would need to hem it. There was plenty of extra fabric to play with.

I decided to make sleeves from all that extra fabric at the bottom. I was going to hem the dress anyway so I could use that fabric to make sleeves. I used a shirt as a sleeve pattern and traced the sleeve shapes in chalk. I just tried to see if I could do it.

The extra polka dots at the shoulders added a little interest to the neckline area.

My sleeves turned out really well.

I shortened the dress a little and I still felt a little frumpy. This wasn't a great length for me because I am so short. That's OK, I can try again.

I went a little shorter in length. I liked this length much better. But what if you don't want a dress?

What about a tunic length top to wear with leggings? The dress had a waist tie that I tied in front for this look.

I kept going and made a shirt that was more office wear/business casual. I know a lot of people are going back to work in person now. That means work clothes. This top was great for work.

You can see each cut I made in the dress here. It was fun to try each length and I learned a lot about what I like as I was sewing and trying the dress on over and over.

Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 

***Chickie's Year End Review-This shirt is still going strong.