Friday, November 22, 2013

Skirt to Star Trek Sweater Dress?

I thrifted this sweater knit long skirt with a torn waistband and a high back slit a couple of years ago at my local thrift store. I initially thought I could make a cardigan vest out of it. But since I just LOVE sweater dresses for Fall/Winter, I thought I should try to turn it into a sleeveless sweater dress.

Using a refashioned sweater dress as a guide, and some purple velour scarps from my stash, I turned it into something like this:

My hubby saw me in the dress and asked if I was going to be in the next Star Trek movie! I guess he thought that it looked too sci-fi/futuristic with those sleeves that stuck out.

What do you think? Should I redo the sleeves to make them stick out less?

5 comments:

  1. put a logo/communicator badge in position and go with the look!

    Really, though, I don't think it looks too Trekkie. Perhaps a belt?
    Sandy in the UK

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  2. I love, really love your dress. I want to copy it.
    As a friend of mine gave me a violet fabric, my dress will be violet with black fabric at collar and sleves.
    Thanks for sharing!
    Irma from Italy

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  4. Thanks for your comments! I have worn the dress once out already and I have decided to trim the sleeves a bit. I have broad shoulders and back so the sleeves as they are really exaggerate the width even more.

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  5. I love the look of this dress. Let us know how you get on with the altered sleeves

    Debbie EOD

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