Help! Idea Needed!

Hi Everyone!

So, today I am coming to you with a different type of post. I need an idea on what to do with a garment as a Christmas gift for my boyfriends mother..

She gave me a BEAUTIFUL vintage robe that belonged to her mother for me to refashion into a dress - she insisted that I make something for myself with it, but I will have excess fabric that I would love to use to make something for her for Christmas but I have no idea what

I don't have an actual picture, but it is similar to this one:

And up close, the print look EXACTLY like this:

The fabric is gorgeous, but I want to avoid clothing as I worry about making it fit without measurements (And the fabric is so fancy, I'm not sure where she would wear it)

ANY ideas would be awesome!

Thank you so much!

Miche from Buttons and Birdcages

Granny dress to Tunic

Well hello there readers!

Yesterday I did I refashion I was pretty proud of.

It started with the granny dress, complete with restrictive collar, floor length, and side zipper to hold in all those granny bits.

I found this little gem at the dollar-a-pound thrift store in Asheville, NC. It's a small one but I left with some good stuff! Read: refashionable stuff. This dress was originally a Liz Claiborne granny dress. The tag said the material was imported but didn't tell me what kind it is. It feels like a super light weight jean fabric, like a chambray. But what do I know....

Anyway! 

I grabbed that sucker off my dress form, tried it on and started safety pinning off the too big parts.

Then I ended up here: I removed the inner loopy neckline, leaving just the outer embroidery, took the length up a ton, took in the sides, and made endless hems. When I tried it on again tho, the sleeves were too tight. SO, I just cut the existing hem plus maybe a quarter inch, and then hemmed that as well. I ended up with this:

And the back!

What do you think? My husband said it looks like scrubs, I think it looks rather hippie and I feel like it needs something but I don't know what :/ help!

Sustainabot