Thursday, August 29, 2013

Short & Sweet

This dress was a smidge too large, but I didn't feel like just taking it in.

Short & Sweet Dress-to-Cami Refashion

Honestly, I prefer pants/shorts to dresses/skirts most days. I thought I might get more wear out of this as a top instead. So I chopped off the length, took in the sides, and rehemmed my raw edges. A super simple switcheroo, and in no time at all I've got a new cami with just a hint of peplum.

Short & Sweet Dress-to-Cami Refashion

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3 comments:

  1. And if you really, really, really wanted, you could take the bottom bit you cut off and turn that into a skirt and kinda sorta get the dress back, though it would be a tad shorter than the original.

    (Wow: that thought came to me BEFORE my morning coffee! Who needs caffeine? Read Refashion Co-op every morning instead!).

    ;-)

    IWOM: EOD

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  2. I was actually thinking the same thing when I chopped it off! It's sitting in my leftover pile right now, so we'll see when I get back to it. :)

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  3. You could always get some extra length by adding a different fabric waistband, which would get itself hidden by the peplum bit.

    I'm looking at a similar solution for a summer dress in the refashion box that I WAS going to harvest into something entirely different, but your take has given me pause for thought.

    IWOM

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