Thursday, January 17, 2013

Grandma's silk top no more....

Hello lovely refashioners!

I am happy to have finished a refashion this year. This one took a while!

First enter this lovely periwinkle top that I thought I could turn into a cute short dress. But really its way to short to be a top. I didn't like the buttons on the top and there was something really, really wrong with the sleeves. It was some weird combination.


So what did I do?? I added a navy blue strip to the bottom to give it length. I got rid of the buttons and made the top a V-neck. Then I took it in some. And the part was the biggest challenge was I remade new arm holes, gathered the sleeves, added them back to the dress and added elastic to gather the sleeves a little more. Then to tie it all in, I made a tie with the same navy blue fabric to bring in the waist. Here is my end dress!
To find out all what I did and see pictures, etc. Stop on by here. And Enjoy! :)

xoxoxo,
LaLaLauren

6 comments:

Sandy said...

oh wow! that's great!
Sandy in the UK

Huli said...

well done miss!

Cucicucicoo said...

wow, huge difference! love the contrasting dark blue parts! they keep it from being too drab. nice job! :) lisa

La La Lauren!!! said...

thanks ladies! :)

LaLaLauren

Adele said...

That is gorgeous hun! Loving it.

Clare said...

Looks great! I want one!