A Scrappy Christmas Dress

  Hello Readers. It is Dressember 2024. I am wearing and refashioning dresses all month to participate in this fund raiser. This organization works to help the victims of human trafficking. Currently there are an estimated 27million victims around the world. Most of these victims are women and girls. That is why we wear dresses all month, to raise awareness of this issue. I will be wearing and refashioning dresses all month. Visit their website to learn more.

Let's make a dress from some scraps.

 

Before and after. 

These wonderful over-alls were wide and very stretchy. That is how this dress was possible at all. 

 

I mean it was s-t-r-e-t-c-h-y.
 

I cut the bottom of the legs for my last project. 

I put the pant legs together with the right sides facing each other. 

I sewed them together. The Christmas design on the fabric is in all different directions so I did not need to make sure it was right side up. 

I basically made a stretchy tube dress. This is going to be tight and strapless.

It matched my coat dress. That would give some extra warmth on a cold winter night. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.

 

Over-alls to Fun Dress

  Hello Readers. It is Dressember 2024 this month. I am wearing and refashioning dresses all month to participate in the fund raiser. This organization works to help the victims of human trafficking and forced labor. Currently there are an estimated 27million victims around the world. Most of these victims are women and girls. That is why we wear dresses all month, to raise awareness of this issue. I will talking about this issue all month to advocate for this cause. Visit their website to learn more about how you can fight human trafficking and forced labor where you are.

It is almost Christmas, let's make a fun Christmas dress.

Before and after.

These over-alls are a bit big but they are soft and Christmas themed. I loved them. I decided to make them into a casual dress.

I cut some length off the legs to get it out of the way. I saved those scrap pieces for later. I will show you what I made with them tomorrow.

I cut the center seam out to open up the pants. 

I turned the over-alls on their sides. 

I cut the pant legs into a skirt shape in the front and back. 

I stitched those new seams together. 

 

 I hemmed the bottom of the skirt as well.

I made a small opening on the inside so I could make the elastic waistband smaller. 

I pulled the elastic waistband out and cut off about 3 inches. 

I sewed the elastic ends together. I tucked it back into the opening. 

I sewed the opening closed to keep it all together. 

 

My new fun Christmas dress is ready to wear. It's perfect for this time of year. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.