Refashioning a vintage top with a bit of guilt!

This was a tricky refashion, not in the refashioning itself, but in the fact that it was a vintage top, bought at a vintage fair, by my daughter, and it was a lovely style as it was. The idea of chopping it up was making me feel guilty?

However the damage to the underarm area, on both sides was pretty disgusting! So I eventually decided it had to go. My daughter wouldn't wear it as it was, nor would I and it was actually a bit too big... luckily!

I had to reuse the waistband and buckle, because the buckle was particularly pretty. I cut of the sleeves and the offending underarm pieces and reshaped the side seams.

The sleeve was a very full shape, so from them I managed to cut the bias binding strips, to finish the armholes. I wanted to lengthen the entire top and had enough sleeve fabric for these shaped pieces. If you would like a look at the whole story, have a look here. 

This is the before.

And the after. I reused the waistband and made it into a self fabric belt so that I could keep the pretty buckle. I reused the buttons. If it ever gets warm enough, I'm looking forward to wearing this top.