Small skirt? Why don't you make it into a dress?!

I found a long, long skirt that just so happened to be too small for me. 

But I don't minor details like that put me off - especially as it was *my* colour.  So I bought it anyway and just knew that it would turn into a great dress with a bit of tweaking here and there.

In my head I could imagine the waistband being cut off to reveal much more fabric so that it would actually fit.  Yes, that worked!

And then that fabric would be fashioned into straps - yes, that worked too.

But it was a bit shapeless, so I decided to make it into an empire line dress.  I cut off the bottom, gathered both skirt and bodice and sewed them back together again.

Then added bias binding to finish off the neck and armholes.

And added a belt (and loops) for extra oomph. 

So much more flattering now!

Ta-dah!  One more dress!  And I didn't even need to hem it!!

For more details and pictures of this and other refashions, feel free to pop on over to my blog at:

Sew Selena

Happy refashioning everyone!