Wednesday, January 21, 2015

A Refashioned Thrifted Dress: No More Sleeves

thrifted refashioned silk dress - DIY tutorial and wear it six ways - www.fashionablyemployed.com

thrifted refashioned silk dress - DIY tutorial and wear it six ways - www.fashionablyemployed.com

When I stumbled up in this gorgeous material at the thrift store, I knew I loved it. But I did not like the hideous sleeves. As an easy fix, I took it home, chopped off the sleeves, and had myself an awesome new dress (that actually could be worn as a tunic as well)!

To do the refashion, I just cut off the excess sleeve fabric leaving about an inch to create the new seam. I folded the seam under twice, sewed down the "hem" with my machine, and away I went with a new dress.

Hop on over to Fashionably Employed to see six ways I wore this dress.

5 comments:

J said...

Beautiful fabric! Nice refashion

Corina said...

Love these colors!
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GeekyArtsyMommy said...

Those sleeves truly were hideous. The Before pic looks like a mini-muumuu. You gave that dress the look that the gorgeous fabric deserved. :)

RanchHouse said...

Refashionistas: Read her blog for ideas on how to style this refashion. Thanks for sharing.
Mary @ RanchHouse

Unknown said...

It looks way better without sleeves!