DIY Peplum Top

Aloha!  My name is Trish, and I've been blogging at Feeling Kinda Thrifty for about four months now. So far, my posts are mainly about refashioning, but I hope to write more about thrifty finds and other DIY projects.  I must say that Refashioning has become quite an obsession for me.   So, when I got the news about being part of Refashion Co-op, I was ecstatic. 

Although I sometimes pretend that I'm a high fashion designer, I have a day job as an elementary teacher.  I'm also a mother to a rambunctious two-year-old.  On my free time, I love to sew, crochet, shop at thrift stores, and lay on the beach (I'm lucky to live in Hawaii).

For my first post, I've put together a lovely peplum top for you.  However, it didn't start out so lovely...

 

I chopped the bottom off and detached the sleeves.  After altering the top portion on my dress form, I pleated the peplum around the midsection of the top.  Lastly, I sized up the sleeves and reattached them.  This top went from frumpy and outdated to stylish and chic.  More details can be found at my my blog.