Better rarely than never...

Although I don't plan on officially retiring my blog, I have relegated it to the "storage closet" of life. I feel like the audience just isn't there at the time; like I'm shouting into a megaphone to an empty backyard.
Nevertheless, my blog lives. Here's a new refash!

Seersucker, sucka! That preppy, lightweight fabric worn by southern ladies and gentlemen I do declare. I bought this dress last summer, thinking it would be a simple hack-and-stitch job. It wasn't.

See? Look what happened with the neckline. It's huge!
I'll cut to the chase and say that when I wore this to school in June, I got some good reviews from the kids and adults. I like to tell people I "made" it, putting air quotes around that word and explaining that I didn't make the dress I just made it better. The after:

I wear those red shoes in a lot of my "after" pics, but I don't actually wear them out very often. They're fab, but they're not walking shoes. I have a sensible pair of red Aerosoles that can withstand a school day or thrift store excursion.
Feel free to check out my full post on my blog, Craft, Thrift, or Die.

Thanks for looking!
Erica