Vintage Dress 2

 Hello Readers. I am trying to get some vintage dresses off my refashion to-do list. This vintage house dress was the softest cotton and I love the colors and design of it. It was a little frumpy though. Let's get to work. 

Before and after.

This dress was cute, cozy and shapeless as heck. 

 

I decided to cut this dress in half so that I would have a separate top to wear with other clothes. I loved this fabric so much I wanted to wear it as much as possible. 

 

I used my serger on the hem of the shirt to keep it from fraying.

 

  I folded it under and itoned the shirt hem. Then I sewed it down with my sewing machine. I like this method for light weight fabrics. It makes a less bulky hem than if I were to fold it under twice and sew the hem. 

 

I made a small hole in the hem of the sleeves and threaded elastic through the casing. The elastic at the ends of the sleeves will make them a little puffy.  I thought puffed sleeves would be fun. 

 

Here is my new shirt. I love the big florals. Let's get to the skirt.

I took the skirt piece and pinned elastic to it to make the waistband. I wasn't sure if I wanted the red elastic to be visible or not. Was it too much??

 

I used a zigzag stitch to attache the elastic to the waist of my new skirt. 

 

I love the red waistband! This is so colorful and fun! My mental health improved my 73% just looking at this. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.