Hi, I am Trudy Callan of Sewing With Trudy. I am coming over from Wardrobe Refashion. Formerly a court stenographer for six years, I am now a 46 year old stay-at-home, Christian homeschooling mother of five with one on the way, due in August. Our oldest just graduated from college this week Summa Cum Laude after being homeschooled all the way through. Our next oldest turned 18 Saturday. The others are 10, 8 and 3 and one in the womb. I love to do refashions, vintage and modern day fashion sewing. So excited to be a part of this community. Thank you so much for having me.
I found this 1970's formal in a thrift store. It had this shiny silver top and polyester plaid knit skirt and jacket. The top was too tight, and I can't imagine wearing it anywhere anyway. It was floor length. The jacket wouldn't close and was long sleeve. So I decided to modernize it a bit. I separated the top from the skirt, sewed a zipper in the back, shortened the length to just above the knee. I shortened the sleeves on the jacket, and took out the bust gathers so it would close. And voila, there you have it, a new outfit for me. Hope you like it!
The jacket was too small. It would not close all of the way. There was a four-inch gap. So I unpicked the band at the bottom and released the bust gathers. Then I sewed the band back on. And now I am able to close it all of the way and tie it.
I cut off part of the sleeves and hemmed them to make them shorter.
8 comments:
Pretty!
I'm a homeschool mom too. :) Only for the last two years though. It took moving to an area with a terrible public school to get me to make the choice. I was really shocked to learn how much my daughter did not know yet.
Any plans for the silver top?
This is so cute! Lovely fabric, and a lovely restyle!
Lovely Trudy! And congrats on the fifth!
Welcome Trudy! How do you find the time to sew? :) You did a great job with this outfit, I particularly like the way your little jacket turned out.
I'm also 46...your energy astounds and impresses me. Not to mention your refashions!
Congrats on all!
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I love it! I must admit though, I was completely distracted by how pretty you are while looking at your pics, I checked out your blog too, can someone say SUPERMOM?!?!?!? You're my hero!
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I have to agree with Jamie Lee! I too was distracted by how beautiful you are! And I love your refashion... the jacket especially.. great job! I homeschool too.. but this was our first year (K4 and 1st grade) I'm going to go over to your blog now :)
Very smart re-do.
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