▼

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Twirling in This is My New Favorite Past Time

I'm a 15 year old Audrey living in the Chicago suburbs, this is my 6th completed dress but my first post. I'm hoping to maybe eventually start selling my dresses at a near by vintage/thrift store but i figured I should get some feedback first.... so here it is, Dress 6.


Before:
This dress featured an oh so very (not) flattering, 6 inch wide, awkwardly located, elastic section along with a modest button up front. For $3 at an Atlanta Goodwill, it was like getting an averagely weird dress for $3.

After:


I turned it around, chopped a bunch of stuff off, created a belt out of left over fabric, used the chopped off buttons to fasten the belt in the back, and then frolicked around for a while.

If you'd let me know what you think, that'd be nice.
at

17 comments:

  1. Anonymous30 June 2011 at 17:28

    Perfection! Such a great refashion.

    ReplyDelete
  2. kmfukuda30 June 2011 at 17:32

    Absolutely lovely!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Corina30 June 2011 at 17:35

    Goegeous! I would definitely wear that.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Tracy30 June 2011 at 17:45

    BRAVO...I love it! You transformed a frumpy dress into a chic one with just a few well placed alterations. I would wear that with a smile!

    ReplyDelete
  5. SewingScientist30 June 2011 at 18:03

    I love it! I would wear it! (maybe I can figure out how to do something similar in my next refashion)

    ReplyDelete
  6. everosetti30 June 2011 at 18:07

    this is great! it's amazing how you can take the original and envision it to be a new spectacular dress!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Carrie30 June 2011 at 18:17

    Love this!
    Style in the City

    ReplyDelete
  8. Katcouture30 June 2011 at 19:56

    You've got talent, girl!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Anonymous30 June 2011 at 21:16

    Beautiful! I know you can sell it. I would love to see your other refashions. Please show us.

    Linda C.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Lollean30 June 2011 at 22:24

    Really lovely! I agree with Linda C, I'd love to see your other refashions also.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Unknown30 June 2011 at 22:55

    Oh this is lovely, well done! I'm interested to know if you have done anything with the collar you removed? Have you seen that people are making detachable collars like this with a tie around the neck to wear with different outfits? A bit like this: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=356301.0

    Maybe you could try it

    ReplyDelete
  12. Anonymous30 June 2011 at 23:33

    Based on this, I'd say your creations will sell pretty well. And I can't wait to see what else you've done, either. This dress is so charming!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Lyndel1 July 2011 at 00:09

    oh its great!!! and I agree with Erica Louise... keep the collar... USE IT..♥♥

    ReplyDelete
  14. Anonymous1 July 2011 at 00:13

    "In my day"(creak, creak) we used to wear collars like that that were detachable and we would wear them with sweater, etc.

    Keep the collar and wear it.

    Linda C.

    ReplyDelete
  15. magistra051 July 2011 at 00:44

    Just darling! What a great re-fashion. :)

    ReplyDelete
  16. Anonymous1 July 2011 at 16:25

    Thank you everybody for the kind comments, I'm oh so flattered and maybe blushing a bit. The collar idea is terrific! I'll get right to work on that and post something when it (hopefully) turns out.

    ReplyDelete
  17. learningnewtricks1 July 2011 at 17:45

    The original dress was way stiff and too conservative for your youthful age. The refashion is adorable, youthful, and very cute. Would love to see more of your creative refashions. It's always wonderful to see an ugly, dowdy, and/or too old looking garment refashioned into something lovely.

    ReplyDelete

Please contact the editor on duty if you have problems posting comments.