Today I started with is soft and comfy cotton dress. I picked this one up because of its funky pattern.
This is more of a winter dress but I really hated the look of the sleeves plus the elastic at the cuff was all stretched out.
Pinned my new sleeve hem.
Took 3 inches off the bottom and hemmed it.
Next, at the waist the elastic was too big. So I picked open a hole and pulled the elastic tight and sewed it together.
I went way out and changed the black buttons to bright red ones and I even used red thread for the hems.
I didn't do too much exciting with my new dress, just lazed about the house all day. I liked the look of a belt with this dress but perhaps not this red belt, I think it miht be too dressy for this one.
Happy Refashioning!!!
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Beautiful refashion. Love the red button change up. Cheers, Michele
ReplyDeleteWow, basic and smart changes and it went from frumpy to great! Nice.
ReplyDeleteGreat update. I like the red belt and button.
ReplyDeleteCindy - EOD
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Nice update. And quite the contrary I think that the red belt is a great touch, that makes the red details of the dress pop.
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