Yes, you read the title correctly; I started with a thrifted Shower Curtain
When I saw it in the store, the fringed valance really caught my eye…
so, this project starts with cutting off that funky fringed valance!
I knew I wanted to have a lavender tier
next, so I went through my T shirt stash, and found one… then cut off
the bottom 14″… as you can see, I cut it on a diagonal and sewed it up,
because I wanted to have a bit of a dip in the back… you’ll see how it
comes together in a few more steps :)
Now I had to decide what color I wanted for the top of my dress…. oh, decisions… decisions….
Some of you may disagree, but I selected
the light blue one from J Crew... I just liked the way it looked next to the lavender… I
cut the bottom half-ish off of the tank...
Then I pinned my two pieces together, and sewed it up with a zigzag stitch so it could stretch.
And here you have how that looked… see how that “dip” is working?
The next thing I had to do was to gather
the top edge of my shower curtain valance so that it would fit right
with the bottom of the lavender section… so I measured, gathered, and
sewed them together! Woo Hoo, it’s getting there!
Here’s what I’ve got so far:
Now, if you know me at all, you know that I
can’t just leave it at that. hahaha … I had to embellish it somehow… I
decided to make – you guessed it — a fabric “flower”! … and sew it to a
safety pin so it could be used wherever it was needed :) I finished it
with an adorable vintage sunflower button…
So here you have it… my new Shower Curtain Creation :) This was fun!!! And I’m really liking the little dip in the back!
3 comments:
Nothing against the colours and pattern of the former shower curtain, yet I'd been probably wayyy more rampant with the curtain-material: bust frill underlaid with it; straps and/or belt (giggle)
But hey, this could be just a way of a 'very grown up' occasionally getting a thrill of: a multi-coloured frill and more, since cloths are some of the only things one can 'push forward' to fun style - humans not ;-)!
LG, Gerlinde
PS: You're lucky, you've found the thing before I had found it!
The dress looks great and really fun for the summer. I like the use of the frilled curtain. It also means you didn't have to hem!
Debbie EOD
Oh wow! Super cute! Love all the colors together!
-TheRefashStash
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