Hello Readers. I am usually very decisive but this blue dress had me changing my mind again and again. Let me show and tell you all about it.
Before and after.
I found this dress at a thrift store and could tell it was hand-made. (If
I see a hand-made dress at a thrift store, I almost always buy them
because I know how much work went into making a dress yourself.) I also really liked
the bright blue color.
I opened up the seam that went down the middle of the back of the skirt. It was a straight line and opening it made more room for me. 
The seam was easy to open with my seam ripper. 
I also cut off about 20 inches of fabric from the bottom. It was so long, it really needed a big cut in length. (Spoiler- This was going to pay off later in a big way.) 
I gave the dress a new hem with my sewing machine. 
I really liked it. It was cute and useful, but I wasn't really done. Come back tomorrow ans see what I did with the extra fabric. Now go make something fun for yourself.
When I tried it on later I had a small problem. It was too small around. I could not tie the back tight enough to close it. It was also way too long. That's OK, I can work with that.
This dress became a shorter, better fitting apron.
