Thursday, April 21, 2016

Dress With A Purpose

Hello, HoffiCoffi here.

I made a top. View A Butterick B6182 to be exact, which is a Lisette pattern.


I love its cropped, boxy style but it did present me with a bit of a problem.  As somone of a certain age and a certain size I am not a regular crop top wearer.  I like to be covered up pretty much and I wondered if I should make a high waisted skirt to wear with this short top.  Then I remembered I had this....


It was 99 pence on Ebay - I was the only bidder.  I loved the colour and I loved the pleats and if I kept it as a dress to wear under my new top I would be midriff mishap free.

I took the sleeves off the dress to make it sleeveless - but I forgot to take a photo of the original sleeves - they were short but they stuck out beneath the top.  Also the neckline was a problem.. 


I didn't want the neckline of the dress to show under the top so I reshaped it - with the help of the Butterick pattern and a french curve.


The altered neckline above.


As you can see it is now nicely hidden away.


Here is a photo of the altered dress.  Not very exciting in its own right but it has an important job to do.


It lets a middle age woman wear an untucked, cropped top without fear of showing off midriff...


...no matter how crazy she gets. :)


4 comments:

Unknown said...

Your outfit is very cool...
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Catherine1216 said...

What a fun and usable refashion. Love the after.

I Can Work With That said...

Love the colors!

jennifer elliott said...

Nice job. I'm not young enough or have the shape for the midriff trend.

Jennifer, EOD