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. 

***Year End Update***- This is my favorite project of the year. The colors and floral pattern are so pretty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travel Refashions #3

  Hello Readers. I am going on a trip to England and I decided to coordinate my travel wardrobe. I am packing all new refashion projects and I will be posting about my journey and my outfit of the day along the way. This post is about a dress that was just OK but got more fun.

 Before and after.

This dress had such a fun blue and yellow floral design. It was not that it didn't fit it just did not flatter me at all. The length was not good at all. I could have just shortened it but I decided to break it in 2. I thought it would be more useful as a 2 piece outfit and I could make the skirt more flattering at the same time.

I had to unpick all the stitches that made the waist seam. It took a while but it was not difficult.

It looked like this. I hemmed the top and left it at that. The skirt needed a waistband of some kind. 

 

It just so happened that I had this matching bright yellow elastic. This was it's time to shine.

 

I loved the bright yellow waistband. It looks a little like a belt. I can also wear the top untucked with the skirt or with something else. 

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

***Follow up review***

My trip was so much fun.- This was a great sundress for this hot sunny day. I like the yellow elastic a lot. 

***Year End Update- This was a great dress but showed a little more cleavage than I thought it would. I put the top aside so I could shorten the straps. I didn't get to it and it is still waiting.